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How to use Math assessments
Assessments are similar to a test or quiz. They can be used to test your childrens’ understanding of a topic or to identify any gaps in their learning. When a child takes an assessment, they’ll be answering outside of Sumdog’s games, much like a paper test. The results are sent to you in real time and you can share or print these if you wish.
Assessments can be repeated for a child or family to see if they have shown an improvement.
With the assessment, you will be able to choose the questions and set a time limit for children to complete the assessment.
Children are able to start the assessment and then stop and come back to it (as long as it’s within the time limit you have set).
How to create an assessment
These instructions explain how to create an assessment for your family or individual children.
Click ‘Set Work’ at the top of your dashboard
Click ‘CREATE & VIEW’ in the ‘Assessments’ box
Click ‘Create an assessment’ in the green box at the top
Select the subject you would like the assessment to focus on, and click ‘Next’
Select which children you would like to include. Tick the children you want to add to the assessment.
You can select multiple children to be included in the same assessment however they will all be asked the same questions.
Click ‘Next’
Enter the details of your assessment.
Name – Give your Assessment a title. Your children will see this title on their account and it will help them identify the activity in their Tasks list.
Number of questions – This is how many questions your children will be asked.
Time allowed – This is how much time your children will have to complete the assessment once they have started it.
Activity starts and Activity ends – this will be the period during which the assessment will be visible on your children’s accounts.
Click ‘Next’
Select the skills you would like your children to work on in the assessment.
Click the circle next to the skill to add it to the assessment. To filter the skills, use the ‘Grade/Year/Levels’ and ‘Topics’ filters.
Scroll down to view more skills from your selected Year Levels and Topics. Click on the downwards-pointing arrow to see details about the skill. Click on the ‘?’ to see sample questions.
Once you have selected all of the skills you would like to be added to the assessment, click ‘Next’
This page will show you the questions that will be asked in the assessment. To change a question, click on the blue refresh box on the top right.
Click ‘Create’
You will then see a summary of your assessment details, click ‘Done’ to return to your dashboard.
Don’t worry if you make an error when setting up the activity. You can edit the activity after it has been created
How to view the results of an assessment
These instructions explain how to view the results from an assessment you have set.
Click ‘Set Work’
Click ‘CREATE & VIEW’ in the ‘Assessment ’ box
Click ‘result’ next to the Assessment you would like to view
You will be able to see your children’s performance. If you hover your mouse over the number you will see which question was asked.
If there are dashes in the results, this means that the child skipped that question or ran out of time.
Click ‘Show questions’ to view all of the questions. Click ‘Download’ to download a spreadsheet of your children’s
Click ‘Done’ to return to your dashboard
How to answer assessment questions as a child
Assessments should appear on children’s dashboards when they log in to Sumdog, however if it does not, they should follow the instructions below to answer assessment questions.
These instructions explain how a child can participate in an assessment you have set for them.
Click ‘Task’
Select the activity from the Tasks list
Click ‘Start’
Children will see a quick loading screen.
Click ‘NEXT’ to start the Assessment
During the Assessment, children select the answer from the multiple choice options.
If they don’t know the answer, they can click ‘NEXT’ to skip a question. They can also click on the back arrow to review or change a past answer.
If your children need to stop the Assessment and continue at a different time follow they can exit and when they log back in they will be able to continue from where they left off.
At the end, your children will have the option to review their answers or click on ‘DONE’ to submit them to you
Once the children have clicked on ‘DONE’, they will then see a screen showing them how many questions they answered correctly and how many coins they have earned
Frequently asked questions about the math assessments
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