Initial Setup

The following steps only need to be completed once at the beginning of the school year.

Navigate to Assessments

Teachers in a participating district will see "Assessments" in their left navigation.

Add Assessments

Before taking any further action, a teacher must first add assessments to their landing page.

Teachers add assessments from their landing page

Teachers should only add the assessments recommended by their district. 

Product controls are currently at the district level, which means all teachers will see these options, even if their school is not participating, or if the district has elected only to participate in certain assessments.

Add the assessments you plan to administer throughout the year

Connecting Classes

Once an assessment is added, the teacher selects which of their classes to connect to it. 

This is the critical step — only students in a connected classroom can access the assessment, and reports use connected classrooms to determine who's included in completion tracking.

Connect appropriate classes to each assessment

Once teachers have successfully added assessments and connected classes, they will see a row for each class/assessment combination on their assessment landing page. The section closest to the current date will open by default. 

For example: if teachers complete setup right when they get back to school, the Beginning of Year accordion will be open. 

No further action is required until the window opens.

 

Use manage assessments button to make edits

Implementation Steps

The following steps need to be completed during each assessment window:

Unlock / Lock Assessments

Once the testing window opens, teachers will see an "Unlock" button on each row. This button controls whether students in the class can access the connected assessment. 

Please note that an unlocked assessment becomes the most prominent call-to-action on the class dashboard, so teachers should only unlock an assessment when they are ready to administer it in a proctored environment.

Teacher unlocks an assessment from the landing page

Once an assessment is unlocked, the button will toggle to show “lock” instead. An 120-minute “auto-lock” timer automatically begins.

Important - Khan Academy Interim Assessments are not timed tests. The auto-lock timer is simply a fail safe in case teachers forget to lock the assessment.

Auto-lock timer begins once an assessment is unlocked

Teachers can lock and unlock assessments as many times as they want. Only students who have not already completed the assessment will be able to access it.

For more resources, see:

• When are the interim assessments offered?

• Who can take interim assessments, and who can administer them?