Administering Assessments FAQ

How do I enable text to speech for students? You can add text to speech for any student in the assignments page. See Adding Text to Speech from the Assignments Page . 

How do I add a student's makeup assignment results to the original data? If a student tests after the rest of the students in their class, you can create a separate assignment for the makeup student(s). As long as the same teacher is chosen for all of the students in the class, the data will display together.

How do I delete a student’s first assessment attempt? To delete a student's test results, the assignment containing the results for the student needs to be unpublished. After the assignment is unpublished, select the icon to the left of the Student ID number in the assignment to delete the student. After the student is deleted, the assignment will need to be published for the updated results to be viewed on the data reports. See Unpublishing an Assignment to understand this process. 

Is there a script to be read to students for snapshot and benchmark assessments? Yes, the script can be found on pages 19-20 of the Pathways Assessment Manual. 

How do I ensure that a student does not take another student’s assessment for them? There are multiple best practices to ensure that students do not take one another's assessments. Teachers can use student ID numbers as the sign in method for assessments so that a student would need the specific student ID number of another student to be able to sign in. Additionally, after all students have signed in for their own assessment, a teacher can change the assessment access code. This will not change anything for students that are already logged in, but it will keep students from logging back in to another student’s assessment. 

How do I give an assessment on paper? If you would like to give an assessment on paper, refer to the articles Printing an Assessment and Printing a Bubble Sheet. Currently, the ability to print bubble sheets is only available for districts for whom the state assessment is administered offline.

How do I view the answers to the assessment I am giving? You can view the answer key to any assessment from the test list. See Viewing an Answer Key to understand more. Once the students have completed an assignment, you can also view both their answers and the correct answers in the Student Item Analysis Report.