How do I create a formative assessment as an admin?
As a Mastery Connect admin, you can create formative assessments from the Admin menu.
You can create formative assessments from document-based sources or from item-based sources and you can distribute them as district formative assessments.
Assessments can be kept private, shared with your school, or with your district.
Open Admin Menu
![Open Admin Menu](https://media.screensteps.com/image_assets/assets/008/386/163/original/f378ee83-6a20-41e6-8aa4-4f73855bd52a.png)
In the Global Navigation menu, click the Admin drop-down menu [1]. Then, click the Assessments option[2].
Note: If you want to use specific standards from a tracker to create an assessment, you can create an assessment from a tracker.
Select Assessment Type
![Select Assessment Type](https://media.screensteps.com/image_assets/assets/008/387/940/original/fb7d37af-29f5-4e13-9579-2eddbfaea01a.png)
In the Assessments list, click the Formative option.
Enter Assessment Details
![Enter Assessment Details](https://media.screensteps.com/image_assets/assets/007/550/490/original/08fb5941-0a83-414c-b717-5616bd4d0305.png)
In the Add Assessment window, use the fields and options to specify assessment details [1].
Fields you must complete or select display an asterisk [2].
Enter Title
![Enter Title](https://media.screensteps.com/image_assets/assets/007/549/575/original/f66bdf1d-dcc4-44dd-8b79-4b048b663719.png)
Enter an assessment name in the Title field [1]. As you type, you can view the number of characters contained in your title over the number of characters allowed [2].
Select Formative Option
![Select Formative Option](https://media.screensteps.com/image_assets/assets/007/534/730/original/bb79900b-b10b-430d-88d7-4ab84c31d0ce.png)
In the Assessment Type area, click the Formative radio button.
Select Alignment
![Select Alignment](https://media.screensteps.com/image_assets/assets/007/538/993/original/6e5e7487-d3f1-4e79-8548-6eecc8478ec5.png)
You can create the assessment based on one of the following:
- The standards contained in a curriculum map
- The standards contained in a tracker
- The standards specified by a subject, core, and grade
Select Curriculum Map Standards
![Select Curriculum Map as Source](https://media.screensteps.com/image_assets/assets/007/534/743/original/2d3c06f6-7b56-4933-ab9d-2fd8b27c3326.png)
To align the assessment to standards in a curriculum map, click the Alignment Source button [1]. Then, click the From a Curriculum Map link [2].
Select Curriculum Map Name
![Select Map Name](https://media.screensteps.com/image_assets/assets/007/534/745/original/6af42f5e-d277-44bd-832e-099984c5959d.png)
Select the name of a curriculum map.
View Selected Curriculum Map
![View Selected Curriculum Map](https://media.screensteps.com/image_assets/assets/007/550/496/original/c1abc32e-1937-4c16-940c-f751a59d8332.png)
The selected tracker name displays [1], as well as its standard's subject, core, and grade [2].
To remove the curriculum map, you can click the Delete icon [3].
Select Tracker Standards
![Select Tracker as Source](https://media.screensteps.com/image_assets/assets/007/549/577/original/43141852-7067-4a1c-b1fb-e8e965d46b16.png)
To align to standards in a tracker, click the Alignment Source button [1]. Then, select the From a Tracker link [2].
Select Tracker Name
![Select Tracker Name](https://media.screensteps.com/image_assets/assets/007/534/751/original/5a44fa86-daea-481a-a1a6-212cdfec8d98.png)
Select the name of a tracker.
View Selected Tracker
![view Selected Tracker](https://media.screensteps.com/image_assets/assets/007/550/498/original/54274b98-7c3d-467a-8d5b-010a63d6984d.png)
The selected tracker name displays [1], as well as its standard's subject, core, and grade [2].
To remove the tracker, you can click the Delete icon [3].
Select Standards Directly
![Select Alignment Directly](https://media.screensteps.com/image_assets/assets/007/534/756/original/054f861e-3c01-4010-8031-696e6d08dc1e.png)
To align the assessment to specific standards rather than to a source such as a curriculum map or tracker, click the Subject, Core, and Class drop-down menus, and make selections.
Select Assessment Source and Privacy
![Select Assessment Source and Privacy](https://media.screensteps.com/image_assets/assets/007/550/500/original/1125c258-be0e-4015-8674-19924cd7f676.png)
In the Source section, to create an item-based assessment, click the Item radio button [1]. To create a document-based assessment, click the Document Based radio button [2]. To create a raw score assessment, click the Raw Score radio button [3].
To set a privacy level for the assessment, click the Privacy drop-down menu [4], and select a privacy option.
Open Assessment Editor
![Open Assessment Editor](https://media.screensteps.com/image_assets/assets/007/534/769/original/a53e0f1b-f68c-4c8c-b5c2-bfaecd39b219.png)
To draft the assessment in the Assessment Editor and enter assessment content, click the Next button.
View Draft Assessment
The assessment draft displays in the Assessment Editor. If you are creating an item-based assessment, you can add items. If you are creating a document-based assessment, you can upload a document and add questions.
Select District Approved Option
![Select District Approved Option](https://media.screensteps.com/image_assets/assets/008/390/140/original/338378b3-7457-4cca-bb61-8a0815b7d745.png)
To designate an assessment as district approved, click the Settings button [1].
In the Privacy drop-down menu, select the Private to My District option [2]. Then, click the District Approved toggle on [3].
Notes:
- To distribute a district approved assessment, Private to My District must be selected.
- You can only distribute district approved assessments that you have created.