Self-Assessment

For designated classroom tests, students can perform a self-assessment that allows them to compare their open response answers to specific scoring criteria for each question, and then assign their own score. This helps students to understand how well they met the goals for each question and to think critically about their answers. Teachers will see self-assessment scores and comments when scoring the test.

Partially completed self-assessments can be saved and finished later. You can only take a self-assessment once, but you can review it later by clicking Review.

To perform a self-assessment:

1. Take the test online or on paper as directed by your teacher. You can perform a self-assessment regardless of the method you used to answer the questions.
2. In the Review a Test widget on your home page, click Self-Assess next to the test that you want to score. This option is available only on tests designated by your teacher.
3. For each open response question, review your answer and assign a score. You may see several score levels with specific scoring criteria that you can use to assess your performance.
4. If you want to, enter a comment about the question to share with your teacher. This option may not be available on your self-assessment.
5. Click Save Results (scores for all questions will be saved). Your self-assessment and comments will be shared with your teacher.
6. To exist the self assessment, click Return to Previous Page.
7. After your teacher has reviewed your self assessment and assigned their scores, click Review in the Take a Test widget to see your teacher's score and comments as well as your own. The scores you gave yourself will appear in the Self-Assessment column.