Copying an Assessment in Aware

(Using a test from a previous year or the English test to create a Spanish test)

WHY?

You want to use a district created test/benchmark written in a previous year

You want to copy a STAAR test to use

You want to copy an English version of a test to create the Spanish version

As seen to the right, Campus/District Test Creators and Teachers will now choose

one of the three options for creating a new test. The roles/rights of the user will

determine the level of the test being created. Selecting an option will then move to the

respective test creation page.

3. Copy Existing Test

Copying an Existing test starts by selecting a test to copy from available types and tests.

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After selecting a test to copy, you can update the following information to reflect the new version of the test.

The copy button will turn blue when you have chosen the test to copy.

Naming Conventions for Benchmark Assessments (pdf)

**Note:

If we are continuing to post equate standards, set the Approaches Grade Level at 2%. Then follow your content leader’s directions for setting the Meets Grade Level and Masters Grade Level standards.

District Define Field A and District Defined Field B can be blank.

The Generate test button will turn blue when you have entered all information.

Choose the Course

Choose at least one campus. You can add more campuses later.

Questions Tab

Allows you to reorder, delete, and edit questions.

Use this tab if you are changing the language of the questions a test.

Alternate Lettering

The default lettering choice is:

A B C D

A B C D

Turning Alternate lettering on results in:

A B C D

F G H J

Edit the

question,

answer choices

or TEK

Delete

the

question

Add a new

question before

this one

Add a new

question

after this one

Reorder the

questions

by dragging

Switch this

question with

the one above

it or below it

Current TEK

attached to

this question

Layout Tab

Allows you to make quick changes to the layout of a test booklet.

These are

the Test

Book Styles

you can print

There are many

choices for things

you can print

When you hover

over a question

with your mouse,

these options will

appear

You can change

the amount of

blank space after a

question by

specifying the

number of lines

Layout Tab

You can insert a

page break after

the current

question

This icon indicates

that this question

is set at half width

(page). To change

it full width (page),

click it once.

This icon indicates

that this question

is set at full width

(page). To change

it half width (page),

click it once.

Tip:

What you see on the Layout Tab

is not always how it looks when

printed. To “print preview”, choose the

Test Booklet Print Option, then click

PRINT. A PDF will download. You can

view and make any adjustments to

your layout before printing the final test

booklet.

Test Key Tab

Allows you to quickly delete questions, edit the correct answers or TEKS, and reorder questions.

These icons

allow you to

drag and drop

the questions

to reorder

them.

All answers

have been

entered.

You can

change the

weight of

each item.

Questions

1 – 3 have a

TEK

attached.

Question 4

is missing a

standard.

You can delete a

question.

To change the TEK,

Item Weight, or

Correct Response,

click Edit.

Administration Tab

Allows you to share, rescore, or clear answers for the test.

Administration Tab

**Where are the kids located? **For Spanish tests, you might choose only

*Select All is useful Dual/Bilingual Campuses.

Test Status:

A. Pending: All tests will initially be pending. You can only make edits to the test in this status. You cannot print answer documents.

B. Active- You can print answer documents and administer online testing.

C. Archived- Please change the status of all tests to Archived at the end of the school year.

Rescore:

If student results have been collected for this assessment, adding, removing, or changing performance level thresholds will require you to RESCORE.

You also have to Rescore IF you change the weight of any items and data has already been collected.

Why Delete?

If you have generated answer documents but no scores have been entered, and then need to edit, delete, or add a question the test, you need to delete answer sheets first. Click Delete Answer Sheet and select all individual students.

Why Clear?

If you have generated answer documents, and then need to edit, delete, or add a question the test, you click Clear Answer Sheet.

Note: ALL data from scanned answer documents or online testing will be permanently removed, and existing answer documents will no longer scan once these entries are cleared. Throw these answer documents away. You will have to print new ones.

First, you can filter by a grade level to

find the correct campuses.

**Which kids on the selected campus(es) are taking the test?

This is the default. If you do not select anything, then

campuses will not be able to find the assessment and

print answer documents.

*Remember to think about the specific course(s) that

the students taking this benchmark would be enrolled

in.

*You can change the Subject on the top right drop

down. For example, for Writing Benchmarks, change the

Subject Area from Writing to English Language Arts to

find the courses.

Change to Collection

Use the information in the Benchmark

Timeline/Test Codes Calendar (pdf) to

identify the grade level’s Start and End Dates.

WHEN FINISHED:

Go to the Layout tab, print a Test Key and verify

that all information is correct.

Keep defaults

Keep defaults