Note: You must create a test event before you can create test assignments. See Create a test event for instructions.
Test assignments are subsets of test events that specify the grade and level being administered, the group of students assigned to take the test, and the mode of administration—online testing or paper-and-pencil. Assessments allow you to assign test groups and test levels within a test family to different student rosters; you can also override those group assignments for students who require specific accommodations.
The following rules apply to test assignments in DataManager:
● The assignment cannot be edited after a test session has been created within it.
● Once students begin testing in an assigned mode (online or paper-pencil), they must complete the test in that mode or start over and complete the entire assessment using only one mode.
● Assignments can be overridden if individual students require separate, custom assignments. Subsequent edits made to location- and grade-based assignments themselves have no impact on a student override. If you delete the student override test, that student reverts back to the group assignment.
From the Test Assignment Overview page, you can perform the following tasks:
● View a list of test assignments already created for one or more test events.
● Create test assignments for specific grades and locations of students.
● Link to a test assignment's details page, where you can edit the test group, level, and battery/subtest and create special assignment overrides for individual students.
Whenever possible, create a single test assignment for all schools and classes in a given grade. This is the most efficient way to create system-wide test assignments. If some schools or classes are not participating in a test event, select only those schools that are participating.
Important: Online modes of administration must not be mixed across proctor-led and audio once a student begins testing. Students taking Levels 5 - 8 online must complete the test using either the proctor-led mode or the online with audio mode.