How to Build a Test in the IBTP Access the IBTP through the Single Sign-On Portal: Choose Polk from the drop-down menu. Your username is your Polk e-mail address, and your password is your Active Directory password. Once you’ve signed into the IBTP, mouse over Assessment Admin, then select Create: Once you begin the Manual Test creation, you will enter in the name of the test and select the subject and grade level. Please use the district’s naming protocol for assessments that you create: 53.Subject.Course#.TestType.ItemType Level: 53 = district, S=school (multiple classes), C=classroom (single teacher) Subject: See Naming Protocol sheet for complete list of subject abbreviations. Course number: Use the course number from CPALMS to ensure consistency and for easy location of the test. Type of test: This will vary depending on what type of test you are creating. Examples include “EOY” “INT” (for interim/progress monitoring),“Unit,” “Baseline,” “Quarter,” “Chapter,” “Midyear,” “Final,” etc. Author: 3 initials Item Type: MC = Multiple Choice, GR = Gridded Response, ALL = Includes some manually scored items Example: 53.1200370.Quarter1.HPW.ALL Regardless of how many items you want to put on your test, always choose 1 as the number of items. You can opt to create a test for your classroom only, or, if you want to share with other teachers at your school, as a School Interim Assessment: You can select your preferred score type, and use the drop-down menu to select the appropriate standards for your test: Select No for “Answer Key Only” and for “Enable Assessment Notes.” Under Initial Item Settings, you can decide if you want to allow your students to use manipulatives and tools like rulers or calculators on all questions, or if this will be dependent on the individual items. You can also adjust the layout of your multiple choice items: Test item settings will allow you to set up the test to allow student comments, or to control privacy settings like hiding the test item content from the test results that the students see: You can use the Optional field to enter a description of the test, if you would like to. Generate test:
How to Build a Test in the IBTP Access the IBTP through the Single Sign-On Portal: Choose Polk from the drop-down menu. Your username is your Polk e-mail address, and your password is your Active Directory password. Once you’ve signed into the IBTP, mouse over Assessment Admin, then select Create: Once you begin the Manual Test creation, you will enter in the name of the test and select the subject and grade level. Please use the district’s naming protocol for assessments that you create: 53.Subject.Course#.TestType.ItemType Level: 53 = district, S=school (multiple classes), C=classroom (single teacher) Subject: See Naming Protocol sheet for complete list of subject abbreviations. Course number: Use the course number from CPALMS to ensure consistency and for easy location of the test. Type of test: This will vary depending on what type of test you are creating. Examples include “EOY” “INT” (for interim/progress monitoring),“Unit,” “Baseline,” “Quarter,” “Chapter,” “Midyear,” “Final,” etc. Author: 3 initials Item Type: MC = Multiple Choice, GR = Gridded Response, ALL = Includes some manually scored items Example: 53.1200370.Quarter1.HPW.ALL Regardless of how many items you want to put on your test, always choose 1 as the number of items. You can opt to create a test for your classroom only, or, if you want to share with other teachers at your school, as a School Interim Assessment: You can select your preferred score type, and use the drop-down menu to select the appropriate standards for your test: Select No for “Answer Key Only” and for “Enable Assessment Notes.” Under Initial Item Settings, you can decide if you want to allow your students to use manipulatives and tools like rulers or calculators on all questions, or if this will be dependent on the individual items. You can also adjust the layout of your multiple choice items: Test item settings will allow you to set up the test to allow student comments, or to control privacy settings like hiding the test item content from the test results that the students see: You can use the Optional field to enter a description of the test, if you would like to. Generate test:
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