There are several properties, such as the subject and standards, associated with an express testA test that is generated by the system based on selected standards. or manual testA test that is created manually by a test creator with new test items or existing test items selected from the item bank.. The table below provides a brief description of test properties that may be associated with a created test.
To edit test properties, you must either be the owner of the test, a co-author of the test, or have the Create and edit tests for an institution operation. The test must be at your institution (for a school-level test) or your must have permission to edit for the institution (for example, a district user can edit a district benchmark test).
To edit test properties
When assessments are integrated with PowerTeacher Gradebook, any change to this data is synchronous with the gradebook. If any errors occur in synchronizing changes to this data, a detailed error message will appear.
Test Properties
Test Property
Description
Institution Source
Optional: Defines where the information comes from (e.g. district, region). Most users will not change the default. This field option is only available to administrators.
Test Category
This defaults to the category or categories associated with the highest level institution you can create tests for, such as District, School, or Classroom.
Item Visibility
Determines whether students and parents can view test questions and/or answers online or print
Unanswered Questions
Select to include or exclude unanswered questions from the test score. This option is available for Classroom tests only. The TestNav Score Summary page and Score page in Schoolnet will reflect the correct score based on this setting. For example, if a test is set to exclude unanswered questions, and a student answered 3 out 5 questions correctly but did not answer two questions, the score will be shown as 100% on the TestNav Score Summary page and on the Score page.
Grade Range
Grade level of the students that are assigned to the test.
Score Type
Select the score type to be displayed for this test throughout the application:
Subject
Course subject e.g. Mathematics, Science, History.
Preferred Standards Document
The standards document that is used for reporting purposes.
Enable Assessment Notes
Allows teachers and administrators to add notes on the use and effectiveness of an assessment when it is in the following test stages: scheduled, in progress, or completed. When enabled, the Assessment Notes area will be available on the Test Detail page.
Items
The number of content items on the test.
Point Value
The value of each content item.
When assessments are integrated with PowerTeacher Gradebook, any changes to this data are synchronous with the gradebook.
Test Creator
Staff member who created the test.
Vendor
Schoolnet
Description
Enter a test description.
Applies to TestNav and test booklets. Select a default font for items and passages on the test. Custom item and passage font settings will override the test settings. Only fonts supported in TestNav are supported. Labels in TestNav will use the standard font, not the default font selected here. The default fonts defined for a test will be maintained even if the system-level default fonts are changed.
The following fonts will not be maintained when exported to Word: Andale Mono, Helvetica, and Terminal. These fonts will be converted to a default font.
Enable Student Comments
Allows students to enter or update comments about the test and/or items. Select to allow students to either Comment at the end of the test, to Comment on each item, or leave blank to remove student comments for the test. This item setting cannot be changed once the test is scheduled. These comments display on the Score page.
Capture Teacher Comments on Answer Sheets
Choose Yes to add space on the printed answer sheets for teacher comments. This option is automatically set to No and may only be updated prior to scheduling a test.
Enable Student Self-Assessment
Select this option to enable student self-assessments for this test via the Review a Test widget. The test must be a My Classroom test and have at least one open response or human scorable question. After taking the test, students can compare their open response answers to specific scoring criteria (via rubrics) for each question and assign their own score. Teachers will see self-assessment scores and comments when scoring the test.
Select whether to enable the following accommodations for tests delivered in TestNav. If the magnifier and line reader are enabled in Test Properties, they will be available on the test regardless of a student's PNP setting. For Text to Speech, the accommodation must be enabled in both Test Properties and a student's PNP settings. For more information, see Student Accommodations.
Enable Printing
Select whether to allow the printing of student test booklets, test rubrics, answer keys, scoring instructions, and cover sheets. By default, all test materials can be printed. Student test booklets can be downloaded for printing, in PDF and .DOCX (Word) formats.