During Assessment Window
Focus on Assessments during the assessment window. Your school and/or district leadership has set a designated assessment window.
This section will disappear once the assessment window is over.
Assign Assessments on the Teacher Dashboard
Click "Start Reading" and the system automatically assigns the appropriate assessments depending on your students' performance.
Your school and/or district leadership has set a designated test type.
When the orange flag disappears, it means the assessment are assigned successfully. The "Start Reading" button will also disappear as you have successfully assigned the assessments.
Outside Assessment Window
Go to Weekly Checklist
Go to Step 3: Check progress of student practice. Click on "Reading".
Toggle "Assessment"
Select the student(s) that you'd like to assess
Click "Start Assessment"
Select the Assessment Types → Next
Select "Proficiency Level" → Next
Prepare Students for the Assessment
Take a few minutes to review the presentation ahead of time so you’re ready to go.
Use the Slides Below to Review Assessment Dashboard with your students so they feel ready.
Show the slides the day of or the day before the assessment, and be sure to schedule time for it.
Pause to check in and make sure students understand what’s being shared.
Wrap up by asking students what strategies they plan to use during the assessment.
Remind them that the entire test will be in the target language — especially important if you're using English slides to support early readers.
For lower grades (e.g. G1, G2), conduct assessments in small groups (4-5 students)
Plan the Time for the Assessments to Take Place
Find time in your week for each student to complete the assessments.
Plan for three to five 20-minute sessions within the assessment window so students can complete enough assessments to determine their instructional level.
Students can “Save and Submit Later” if more time is needed.
For students at higher proficiency levels, the first round of assessments may take longer to establish baseline. Subsequent assessments will require much less time as baseline has been established.
Make Sure Students Can “See” the Assessments
School hours are Monday-Friday 7:00 a.m. - 3:30 p.m. local time.
Outside School Hours
Assessments are automatically hidden outside of school hours. Students can't access them at home, in the evening, or on weekends.
Note: If teachers need to assess students outside of school hours, they can set visibility to "always visible" which overrides school hours.
During School Hours
Once teachers "start" assessments, by default, students can view the assessments.
If you want to prevent unsupervised attempts, you can set visibility to "hidden".
