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The Add Assessment button on my tracker is not active. When I try to add the assessment from the Mastery Assessment list...it says I have no trackers. But when I click on Master Trackers in my Canvas..it is there and I have added to it in the past.

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How do I set up performance bands in Mastery Connect? We're hoping to set up 5 performance bands for a district writing assessment.

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Is there a way to change the final grade book to exclude PLUS and Minus? Our program no longer gives plus and minus so it would be much easier if the student saw the final grade in the grade book. NOW... I have to convert it and omit the plus-minus.....

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Can teams collaborate on assessments?

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Is there a limit of how many assessments that can be created? It seems to be 20. All assessments after 20 will not show on my assessment screen. I also bookmarked the assessments. When I searched for bookmarked assessments, only 28 total assessments ...

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Gave School Superintendent the District Admin Reports Role since does not want to be bothered with assessment details. But when impersonating the "Overview" Report does not show District Benchmarks, just formative tests from schools. Is there a bette...

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New to this....Student has been absent.....test window was extended....trying to log him in to take assessment and once I put in the # of the test it goes to a blank screen.....

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In the Learning Mastery gradebook view the slide-in menu on the right-hand side that shows different levels of mastery does not match my levels of mastery. How can I change that menu to reflect my levels of proficiency?

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Can you manually add student responses to multiple-choice questions?

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I came across an assessment that I used for my class that they all made Basic on.  I started to research the questions and the key and noted the key had 5/12 wrong KEY ANSWERS that the students actually got right.  How do I correct the KEY?

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There is a teacher that is getting email notifications every time she fills out a grade for a student on a specific curriculum map.  I went into her email notification settings and nothing is checked. I'm puzzled..would you be able to help?

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There is a teacher that is getting email notifications every time she fills out a grade for a student on a specific curriculum map.  I went into her email notification settings and nothing is checked. I'm puzzled..would you be able to help?

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I am an instructional technology coach and I have an English teacher trying to assign an essay using the Essay with Rich Text question type. It allows you to select multiple standards when picking the question type but when you finish creating the qu...

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I would like to review an assessment with students that includes their answers. Am I able to print the test with their answers in Mastery Connect?

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Every time I attempt to create an Item for Mastery Connect, I receive the error message attached. 

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Our 5th grade team shares students. On one of our teams, there are three teachers. The reading teacher can see the breakdown of the reports on our last test for two classes, but not for the third. Anyone know how to change the settings to allow her t...

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Seems like such a simple issue, yet no option is available.I created a test in MasteryConnect, but aligned it to the wrong standard. You would think I could edit the test, but you would be wrong. Changing the standards is not allow. Rather than makin...

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Can the teacher see the student annotations after they take the assessment in Mastery Connect?

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Hi there,I am an administrator for Sinclair Elementary but when I run my reports in mastery connect, I see division wide information.  I am not sure how to view reports for my school only. Any help would be great.Cyndi Stephens 

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If I sent a pdf file through MasteryConnect, can the students still use the tools and accommodations?  I set up a practice test, clicked all the appropriate boxes for students to use in tools, but the students were unable to use them, i.e. highlight,...

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I make my own assessments weekly. Today when I went to assign the assessment, the assessment tab will not load.  Is this a website error? Is anyone else have issues with the assessment tab? 

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But I do not know where or how to generate an access code for students to access assessments. I thought it 

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I have 2 new students this 2nd quarter.  They are on my skyward roll but do not come up on the SIS??How do I add them to a tracker? 

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I have an inclusion teacher that is trying to view the question used during an assessment. When she goes to the tracker, she has each standard listed in it. If she hovers over the colors (remediation, proficient, etc.), she can see where it says exte...

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In creating an assessment, I have came across several questions that are aligned to the wrong standard.  Is there a way to correct this? 

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I am an administrator. How do I find how my teachers classes did on the BOY Science Assessment?

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I would like to provide each school with a test coordinator that has the ability to restart a benchmark test that has been accidentally submitted.  Which role would I give this person?

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Can you tell me how to delete an individual student's score so they can retest the same test again?  

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I am an admin and I am creating district benchmarks for our winter assessment window as I have done for several previous windows.  However, after creating the assessments under the Admin Benchmark index, they are only showing up in my personal assess...

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New research indicates that Mastery Predictive Assessments consistently and accurately forecast students’ end-of-year outcomes in math, reading, and science, even as standards vary from state to state.

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In any school district, change is a constant. Staffing adjustments and shifts in teaching assignments can happen at any time during the year. When a new teacher takes over a class, it’s crucial that their digital tools and records reflect that change...

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The Mastery College Prep Assessment now mirrors the redesigned ACT, giving students realistic practice in less time while boosting confidence and readiness. Discover how these updates set learners up for success.

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We’re developing Co-Labs, our new interactive product roadmap experience – and we’re looking for engaged customers to join the pilot. If you’re excited to share meaningful feedback and influence what comes next, this is your chance to get early acces...

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Last back-to-school season, we introduced a redesigned analytics experience in Mastery Connect, giving educators more intuitive dashboards, advanced filters, and the ability to save customized reports. That launch was just the beginning. Since then, ...

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At Instructure, we know that time is the most valuable commodity in K12 schools. That’s why we’re putting the power of IgniteAI to work in Mastery Connect, helping educators efficiently gain actionable, accurate insights into their students’ learning...

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We’re excited to unveil the enhanced item bank experience in Mastery Connect — built around your feedback to deliver a faster, smarter, and more intuitive experience. Whether you’re authoring new content or searching for just the right assessment ite...

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We’re enhancing the scaling, scoring, and reporting model for Mastery Predictive Assessments to strengthen our alignment with the latest research-based practices and further lay the groundwork for even more powerful reporting capabilities in the futu...

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This blog post is part of the Mastery Connect back to school series, where we highlight the feature enhancements and updates to prepare you to maximize your upcoming school year.  Also check out our Back to School Tips & Tricks: Teachers: Tips for a ...

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Last week, we hosted a K-12 Assessment Product Discovery Session (CDS) in San Antonio, bringing together curriculum and assessment leaders from districts across the country. This in-person event provided a valuable opportunity for participants to eng...

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At Instructure, we believe the best way to improve is by listening to the people who use our tools every day—you. That’s why on June 21st US customers will begin seeing a quick question pop up while using Canvas or Mastery asking for your feedback. I...

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Students may have specific learning requirements for assessments that are essential for their success. To support this, we are offering the ability to enable tools and accommodations for individual students to provide a fair and inclusive assessment ...

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Ideas, Customer Discovery Sessions, and Early Adopter groups are exciting, but our efforts go beyond that. Here’s how we’ve been further strengthening our partnership:

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Ensure reliable and secure assessments by shuffling answer choices on Mastery assessments.

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With over 60 Mississippi districts using the Mastery View Predictive Assessments, Mississippi educators need confidence in their accuracy. A new study confirms that the Predictive Assessments are strongly aligned with the Mississippi Academic Assessm...

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Discover how incorporating validated items in the Predictive Assessments enhances accuracy, strengthens instructional insights, and ensures a balanced approach to assessment—without adding extra burden to students.

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We're launching the Mastery Item Review Panel, where select assessment and standards experts can provide direct feedback on draft Mastery View Predictive Assessment items.

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We’re thrilled to announce two new features designed to streamline your assessment workflows and save you valuable time: Assessment Student Preview and Bulk PDF Exports for District Assessments.

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As we near the end of 2024 and look back upon the year… I’d like to share a deeper dive about our discovery process, how the R&D team creates new feature solutions.

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The Mastery View College Prep Assessment Reports, previously only available via ShareFile, can be accessed by teachers, school administrators, and district leaders directly from within Mastery Connect.

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Discover three updates to help districts and teachers create their Mastery Trackers for the 2024 school year! 

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A new report sharing predictive validity evidence for the Mastery View Predictive Assessments is now available. The report provides evidence from seven districts across four states for grade 3–8 students in math, reading, and science.

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If you have accessed your Mastery Connect account since last week, you likely noticed a change in our default color palette. While this change has significant visual impact, we believe it will ultimately improve Mastery Connect by making it more acce...

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Explore your Mastery connect data with new dashboards, visualizations, and features! 

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Please read for important updates to our Mastery Connect teacher and student mobile apps.

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Beginning on April 10th 2024, explore and provide feedback on over 200 items aligned to the ACT reporting categories. Access the new sample items for free for two-weeks!

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Your students can now demonstrate their Mastery on any graded Canvas Assignment or graded discussion. Simply align your assignment, and score your student's work. 

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A few weeks ago our team was able to visit districts in the Gulf Coast Education Initiative Consortium in Mississippi.  We were met with warmth and enthusiasm when over 40 representatives from various districts across the region joined us, bringing w...

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As uncovered in our latest studies, grade 3–8 students who completed more assessments in Mastery Connect had significantly higher ELA and math performance on end-of-year assessments. 

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Mastery Connect Release Notes

Learn about the latest releases, updates, and bug fixes for Mastery Connect

Release notes outline upcoming customer-impacting changes that are expected to be displayed in production environments. Please note that features considered for future development are not included in the notes. Unless otherwise stated, all features i...

Mastery Connect Releases

Release notes outline upcoming customer-impacting changes that are expected to be displayed in production environments. Please note that features considered for future development are not included in the notes. Table of Contents New FeaturesTrackersG...

Mastery Connect Releases

Release notes outline upcoming customer-impacting changes that are expected to be displayed in production environments. Please note that features considered for future development are not included in the notes. Unless otherwise stated, all features i...

Mastery Connect Releases

Release notes outline upcoming customer-impacting changes that are expected to be displayed in production environments. Please note that features considered for future development are not included in the notes. Unless otherwise stated, all features i...

Mastery Connect Releases

Upcoming Mastery Connect Changes 2025-07-31 End of Life: Inbox & MessagingEnd of Life: Resource Pins & PlaylistsEnd of Life: Student Class Activity & Playlist For more information, please see Upcoming Mastery Connect Changes and Frequently Asked Que...

Mastery Connect Releases

Upcoming Mastery Connect Changes 2025-07-31 End of Life: Inbox & MessagingEnd of Life: Resource Pins & PlaylistsEnd of Life: Student Class Activity & Playlist For more information, please see Upcoming Mastery Connect Changes and Frequently Asked Que...

Mastery Connect Releases

Release notes outline upcoming customer-impacting changes that are expected to be displayed in production environments. Please note that features considered for future development are not included in the notes. Unless otherwise stated, all features i...

Mastery Connect Releases

In this Mastery Connect release (December 19), Mastery Connect supports bulk Printable benchmark PDF and answer key exports, and assessment authors can preview assessments. Additionally, Gradecam enhancement has been implemented.    New Features  ...

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In this Mastery Connect release (October 31), Mastery Connect supports single sign-on (SSO) through ClassLink. Additionally, Mastery Connect & Desmos customers can request the Desmos Matrix Calculator to add to available Desmos calculators.    New ...

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In this Mastery Connect release (September 27), the Quick Reassess feature allows Mastery Item Bank users to easily reassess students with a few clicks. Additionally, the Mastery Connect login page is redesigned with an improved user experience.   ...

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In this Mastery Connect release (September 19), administrators can export multiple Mastery View Predictive Assessment Reports at the same time, item types have been updated, and all educators can search for their items and passages using keywords in...

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In this Mastery Connect release (August 22), admins and teachers can easily compare an assessment to other assessments.    New Features   Assessment Compare   Admins and teachers can easily compare an assessment to other assessments.   On any Ass...

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In this Mastery Connect release (July 25), district admins can restrict teacher tracker creation. Additionally, districts can opt to change account settings so teachers only have access to approved cores when creating trackers, curriculum maps, or a...

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In this Mastery Connect release (July 19), the Mastery Connect global color palette is updated to enhance accessibility.    Updated Feature   Global Color Palette Update   The Mastery Connect global color palette is updated to be fully accessible...

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In this Mastery Connect release (July 11), the Save option allows users to save selected dashboard filters and options.    New Features   Saved Dashboards The Save option allows users to save selected dashboard filters and settings. This feature a...

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  In this Mastery Connect release (July 1), Overview and Assessment dashboards provide admins with flexibility and insight into student Mastery performance and assessment results. Also, educators can align assignments and grade Canvas content to a s...

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In this Mastery Connect release (April 18), the Assessment Editor for item-based assessments is updated with an analysis view. Furthermore, all assessment types are updated with an in-depth printable answer key. Additionally, searching for and filte...

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In this Mastery Connect release (April 12), additional item types are available for printing.    Updated Feature   Printable Item Type Updates Additional item types are available for printing. To ensure a smooth experience for printed assessments, ...

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In this Mastery Connect release (March 21), admins and instructors can align a Canvas assignment to a standard in a Mastery tracker for a more unified experience. Additionally, the header in the Mastery Connect student assessment experience is updat...

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In this Mastery Connect release (October 26), Canvas New Quizzes can be converted to Mastery Connect assessments.    New Feature   New Quiz Conversion to Mastery Connect Canvas New Quizzes can be converted to Mastery Connect assessments. New Quizz...

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In this Mastery Connect release (October 19), users can include archived student data when bulk exporting scores as CSV reports.    New Feature   Bulk Export Archived Student Data Users can include archived student data when bulk exporting scores...

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In this Mastery Connect release (September 28), district administrators can bulk deliver benchmark assessments. An interface update is also included.    New Feature   Bulk Benchmark Assessment Delivery District administrators can bulk deliver benc...

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In this Mastery Connect release (September 21), teachers, collaborators, and admins with permissions to access a tracker can export a CSV report that displays mastery and assessment results by student for each standard in a tracker. Additionally, in...

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In this Mastery Connect release (August 24), administrators can download a CSV-formatted file of the Overview Report. Also, the experience for creating and editing curriculum maps and trackers is updated to provide various windows for an intuitive wo...

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In this Mastery Connect release (August 17), all standard selector drop-down menus are updated. Also, instructors can print all of their assessments. Additionally, users can easily view the number of items found next to the standard and item type. A...

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In this Mastery Connect release  (August 11), districts that use Chromebooks can install Respondus Lockdown Browser using a new extension via the Chrome Web Store.    New Features   Respondus Lockdown Browser Chromebook Extension Districts that us...

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In this Mastery Connect release  (July 20), a Tracker Status field is added to the benchmark progress export.    Updated Features   Tracker Status Field A Tracker Status field is added to the benchmark progress export.    The Tracker Status field...

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In this Mastery Connect release (June 29), Mastery Connect introduces an updated user experience which includes: the ability to convert Canvas Classic Quizzes to Mastery assessments, a new assessment creation experience, and a Tracker Assessment lis...

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In this Mastery Connect release  (February 2), the district teacher export includes teacher status.   New Features   Teacher Status The district teacher export includes a teacher status column. This update allows users to easily view teacher statu...

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In this Mastery Connect release (January 19), the option to Include Dictionary and Picture Dictionary is available in the Export Students modal.   New Features   Export Students Dictionary Setting The option to Include Dictionary and Picture Dicti...

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