What is the Assessment Editor?

The Assessment Editor in Mastery Connect allows you to create or edit item-based or document-based assessments.

In the Assessment Editor, you can view assessment details, manage assessment content, manage settings, edit cut scores, and move assessments from draft state to created.

What is the Assessment Editor?

What is the Assessment Editor?

1. Open Assessments

In the global navigation, open the assessments link.
Open Assessments

2. Add Assessment

To open the Assessment Editor, you must add a new assessment, or edit an existing assessment in the draft state. To create a new assessment, click the Add Assessment button.
Add Assessment

3. Edit existing assessment

To edit an existing assessment, click the More icon.
Edit existing assessment

4. Edit assessment

Then, select the Edit option.
Edit assessment

5. View Assessment Details

The Assessment Editor displays assessment information, including a draft label if the assessment is in draft state, a label indicating the type of assessment, the assessment title and standards alignment.
View Assessment Details

6. View Information Tiles

Information tiles display the number of standards covered in the assessment, the number of items in the assessment, and the total number of points for the assessment. To view additional details about a standard, click the Information icon on the Standards tile.
View Information Tiles

7. View Assessment Editor Buttons

Assessment Editor buttons allow you to control scoring and assessment settings, or to delete the assessment.
View Assessment Editor Buttons

8. View Document-Based Assessment Editor

A document-based assessment contains questions that relate to a document that you upload or to a bubble sheet. The Assessment Editor displays the Assessment Content tab by default. To view the answer key for the assessment, click the Answer Key tab.
View Document-Based Assessment Editor

9. Manage Assessment Settings

To manage assessment settings, click the Settings button
Manage Assessment Settings

10. Manage Assessment Details

In the Settings tray, select assessment details.
Manage Assessment Details

11. Toggle On District Approved

By default, the District Approved toggle is turned off. To designate an assessment as District Approved, click the toggle on.
Toggle On District Approved

12. Save Changes

To save changes, click the Save button.
Save Changes

13. Edit Scoring

To edit mastery cut scores, click the Scoring button.
Edit Scoring

14. Edit Mastery Levels

To change mastery cut scores for the assessment, enter the new minimum scores for mastery or near mastery in the Mastery Level fields.
Edit Mastery Levels

15. Edit Question Minimum Scores

If a question is worth more than one point, to adjust mastery levels for the question, enter new minimum scores for mastery and near mastery in the item's Mastery or Near Mastery fields.
Edit Question Minimum Scores

16. Save Changes

To save changes, click the Save button.
Save Changes

17. View Save Time

Edits are saved automatically, and the most recent save date or time is indicated.
View Save Time

18. Exit Editor

To exit the Assessment Editor and keep the assessment in draft state, click the Exit button.
Exit Editor

19. Create Assessment

To create the assessment, click the Create Assessment button.
Create Assessment
The guide covered how to use the Assessment Editor in Mastery Connect.