Groups
Grouping students organizes them for testing and reporting purposes. You can create as many groups as you’d like and students can exist in multiple groups or be in a single group of their own. No matter how many groups a student is in, their test results will not only appear in each group they are in but their results/scores will be compiled, in totality, in the student's individual report.
If you have several students you want to assign the same test to, place them in one group. If you have a student that needs to be assign tests specific to just them, make them their own group. Likewise you can organize students by a reading/math group, class period, teacher and/or just their own single group for individualized testing.
Group creation
Students are automatically listed in the “All Students” group. To create additional group(s), go to the Students tab. Below the Managing your Students paragraph, there is a column section on the left-hand side called Groups. To the right of the title name, Groups, is a + sign in the green box. Click on this icon and a blank box will appear. Enter a group name.
Select a name and click on the green checked box. Remember tp please be sensitive to the group names you choose as they are seen by students. You can work out your own naming convention, choose arbitrary names like a teachers' name or a class period or a single group can have the students' name.
Activating students in groups
If you do not assign a student to a group, the student’s name will not display when measures are assigned to a group, and the student will not be able to login and take an assessment. Once your group has been created it is time to activate students within it.
To assign students to a group, first click on the name of a group in order to highlight it in black. Now go to “Students” column section to the right of Groups. With the chosen group name highlighted, click on the small box to the left of the student’s name in the Students column. This will produce a √ (check mark) in the box and highlight the student's name in black. This assigns a students to that group. Repeat this procedure until all of the students in a given group, have a checked box next to their name and they are highlighted in black.
Once students are assigned to a group, you can begin the testing.
Group deletion
When you want to remove a group from an account, only the group will be removed. The students who were in that group will remain in the account and will continue to be accessible in the Student's column. Please note, if you are a returning account holder and have advanced your students’ grade in school, you may need to regroup your students (especially if they are grouped by grade). In this case it is easier to delete groups and start over.
To delete a group, go to the Students tab, then select a group name by clicking on the circle to the left of the group name. All but the "All Students" group will have a red trash can icon to the left of its name. If you click on this icon, you will be able to delete the group. Deleting a group from an account will only delete the group, and not the students and their data.
Once you click on the red trash, icon.a pop-up window will appear like the example listed below. When you click on the delete button, the group will be removed from your account.
