Editing Assessments – DnA & ISE

Assessments may require edits to correct typos and errors, to reflect updates, to add tags and label information, and more. This lesson walks through how to edit an assessment, and the different aspects of an assessment that can be edited.

Before You Begin

Required Permissions: Users must be the assessment author or have the Can Edit permission to edit an assessment.

Where to Start

Go to Assessments.
Select View Assessments.
Select the title of the desired assessment.

Flexible Assessments

An example Flexible assessment, with the Edit button labeled as step 4.

On the top bar of the assessment, select Edit.

An example Flexible assessment Edit screen, with the title, description, and tags options labeled as step 5, the standards and upload materials options labeled as step 6, an example question labeled as step 7, and the Settings option labeled as step 8.

Edit the Title, Description, and Tags as desired.
Edit the Standards and Upload Materials as desired.
Edit the question order, Label, Question Type, Answer Choices, Weight, Standards, Question Groups, and Extra Credit status as desired.

After updating any Question Type, Answer Choices, Weight, or Extra Credit status of a Flexible assessment that has already been administered, the assessment must be re-scored to reflect those changes. Take a look at Re-Score Flexible Assessment Scores to learn more.

Select the Settings icon to access further editing options.

Edit the Performance Bands and Show in Portal as desired.
Edit the Tags and Answer Choices/Rubric Levels as desired.
Once edits are completed, select Done to save all changes and return to the assessment overview page.

To learn more about the functionality of Flexible assessment features, take a look at Creating a Flexible Assessment.

Item Bank Assessments

An example Item Bank assessment top bar, with the View button labeled as step 4.

On the top bar of the assessment, select View.

An example Item Bank assessment View screen, with the title, description, and tags labeled as step 5, the included questions labeled as step 6, and the Settings gear icon labeled as step 7.

Edit the Title, Description, and Tags as desired.
Edit the question order, Standards, Question Groups, item lock, Weight, and Extra Credit status as desired.

Once an Item Bank assessment has been administered to students, edits cannot be made to the assessment items. To alter assessment items after the assessment has been administered, the assessment must be duplicated, with item edits made within the duplicate assessment, and then existing student scores can be imported into the duplicate assessment, or the assessment can be retaken, as appropriate. To learn more about duplicating an Item Bank assessment, take a look at Duplicating Assessments.

Select the Settings icon to access further editing options.

Edit the General settings, including Tags, as desired.
Edit the Question Groups as desired.
Once edits are completed, select Done to save all changes and return to the assessment overview page.

To learn more about the functionality of Item Bank assessment features, take a look at Creating an Item Bank Assessment.

Skills Assessments

An example Skills Assessment Details page, with the Details tab labeled as step 4, Manage Questions labeled as step 5, Manage Materials labeled as step 6, Manage Linked Assessments labeled as step 7, and Edit labeled as step 8.

Select the Details tab.
Select Manage Questions to edit and add questions.

Skills Assessment questions cannot be edited if students have been tested, and the assessment contains student data. This includes adding, editing, and deleting questions. To alter Skills Assessment questions after student data is added, the assessment must be duplicated to create a new assessment without data, which can then be altered and published. To learn more about duplicating a Skills Assessment, take a look at Duplicating Assessments.

Select Manage Materials to upload materials.
Select Manage Linked Assessments to link assessments.
Select Edit to access further editing options.

An example Skills Assessment Edit Assessment page, with the editable fields labeled as step 9, and the Update button labeled as step 10.

Edit the Title, Academic Year, Subject Area, Scope, Grade Levels, Performance Bands, and Description as desired.
Once edits are completed, select Update to save all changes and return to the assessment overview page.

To learn more about the functionality of Skills Assessment features, take a look at Create a Skills Assessment and Add Skills Assessment Questions.

Summary Assessments

An example Edit Summary Assessment Information page, with the Information tab labeled as step 4, the editable fields labeled as step 5, the Save button labeled as step 6, the Columns tab labeled as step 7, and the Responses tab labeled as step 8.

Select the Information tab.
Edit the Title, Local ID, Description, Date Administered, Subject, Scopes, and Grade Levels as desired.
Once edits are completed, select Save to save all changes and return to the assessment overview page.
Select the Columns tab to edit the Summary Assessment columns.
Select the Responses tab to Enter/Edit or import student responses.

To learn more about the functionality of Summary Assessment features, take a look at Create a Summary Assessment or Demographic.

Assessment Views

An example Assessment View Information page, with the Information tab labeled as step 4, the editable fields labeled as step 5, and the Save button labeled as step 6.

Select the Information tab.
Edit the Title, Description, Assessments, and Participation Setup as desired.
Once edits are completed, select Save to save all changes and return to the assessment overview page.

To learn more about the functionality of Assessment View features, take a look at Create and Manage an Assessment View.

Next Steps

To learn more about assessment functions, take a look at the other articles in the Assessment Basics manual.