Customize the Assessment Scale

Customize your school's assessment scale

Summary: The assessment scale is how your school records where a child is with a material, and you can customize both the labels and the type of scale. By default it is a Levels scale shown with a triangle icon, where one side of the triangle means presented, two sides mean working, and the completed triangle means mastered. To change it, open the School Profile and click Edit Assessments. From there you can rename the terminology for each level, add optional levels, and switch to a different scale type such as a number or letter scale. Click Update to save.

Who can do this

The assessment-scale editor lives in the School Profile, so this is an Account Owner / Administrator task. Here is who can do it:

• Account Owners and Administrators can customize the assessment scale.
• Teachers manage their classroom only and do not change the school's assessment scale.

The way to tell is the context switcher in the upper-right corner. If you can switch to Account Admin, you can customize the assessment scale. If you only see your classroom there, you do not have permission, and you will need to ask an administrator for help.

Step-by-step

1. Open the School Profile. Go to the School Profile, where the assessment scale is configured.
2. Click Edit Assessments. On the School Profile page, click Edit Assessments.
3. Update the terminology. Change the term used for each level, for example renaming the levels to Introduced, Practicing, and Proficient.
4. Add optional levels. The scale supports a maximum of 6 levels. Levels 1 to 3 are required (the default 3 are Presented, Working, and Mastered), and levels 4 to 6 are optional and enabled with a toggle.
5. Choose the scale type. Keep the default Levels scale, or switch to a number scale or a letter scale if you prefer.
6. Click Update. Click Update to save your changes. The new terms take effect right away.
7. Label any added level. If you enabled an additional level, give it a name (for example, Mastered). It then appears as an available assessment option.

What the default Levels scale means

Out of the box, the scale uses three Levels, shown with a triangle icon that fills in as a child progresses:

• Presented, one side of the triangle. The lesson has been presented to the child.
• Working, two sides of the triangle. The child is practicing with the material.
• Mastered, the completed triangle. The child has mastered the material.

Renaming levels to match your language

You are not locked into the default words. If your school speaks of children as Introduced, Practicing, and Proficient, or any other terms, you can edit the terminology fields so the scale reflects the language your teachers and families already use.

Adding levels or changing the scale type

Beyond renaming, you can adjust how many levels the scale has, up to a maximum of 6. Levels 1 to 3 are required, and levels 4 to 6 are optional and enabled with a toggle. You can also change the scale type entirely. If a triangle of levels does not suit your school, a number scale or a letter scale is available instead. Any level you add can be given its own label and will show up as a choice when teachers record a child's progress.

A few things worth knowing

• Changes are school-wide, the scale you set here is what every teacher uses when recording lessons.
• This is the same scale teachers choose from when they record a lesson, so renaming a level changes what they see there too.

Related articles

• User roles and the Account Admin area
• Recording a lesson and setting the assessment level
• Editing your School Profile

Watch the video

Here is a short video covering this topic for additional reference.