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 Formative Assessments
In the Global Navigation menu, click the Admin link [1]. Then, click the Assessments tab [2] and select the Formative option [3].
Note: If you want to use specific standards from a tracker to create an assessment, you can create an assessment from a tracker.
Add Assessment
Click the Add Assessment button.
Enter Assessment Details
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 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
In the Assessment Type area, click the Formative radio button.
Select Alignment
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
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 the name of a curriculum map.
View Selected Curriculum Map
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
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 the name of a tracker.
View Selected Tracker
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
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
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
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
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.
