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Creating Answer Key Only School Benchmarks

Principals can designate specific teachers to become Test Item Administrators for the

purpose of creating school benchmarks within SchoolNet. These requests should be

directed to Kathy Shelton for the appropriate permissions and training.

An alternative to a full blown test in IDMS SchoolNet is to create an Answer Key only test. The conditions of this type of test require that you have a “hard copy” test either from purchased

materials, personally created or created on the OAS website.

1. The paper copy of the test would be given to students and pre-printed answer sheets could

be generated through IDMS.

2. The results can then be scanned into IDMS for Item Analysis much like for district

benchmarks.

Create Your Answer Key Only Test:

1. Gather the copy of the test to be used (purchased testing materials or an OAS

test).

2. Login to IDMS SchoolNet.

3. Click on the Assessment Admin tab.

4. Click on Create.

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5. Choose Option 2: Create a Test Manually.

6. Name your test: School Name(Initials) + title of test (Gr level /subj/skill)

(Could use the initials of the school such as CHES for Chapel Hill ES or PCMS

for Peachtree Charter MS. Examples: CHES Math GR 1 Geometry, PCMS ELA Gr. 7

Grammar) 7. School Benchmark is the Test Category. Select Subject/Grade level/Preferred

Standards document. 8. Click Yes for Answer Key Only. Enter the number of questions for the test

answer key. If all answers are multiple choice, place a check before that option.

You can edit the question type as you build your test.

9. Generate Test.

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10. Mark the correct answer for the first question. Click Standards Lookup to

locate the appropriate standard for the test item. Select it and click Done.

Correctly created answers will generate No Alerts which means the question is

complete.

When choosing the appropriate standard, be sure you click + sign next to standards

to reveal elements under the main standard that may be what you need to select.

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11. Click Return to Test Detail. This SAVES the question.

12. If you decide you want a true/false question instead of multiple choice you can

click edit item type to make the change. Do this before marking the correct

answer and selecting the standard.

13. Use the drop down arrow to select the new

question type.

14. Click Edit to begin the next question. Mark the correct answer and click on

Standards Lookup to select the standard. Click on Return to Test Detail.

Continue with all questions following the same procedures where you choose the

correct answer and select the standard.

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15. Review each item to make sure the correct answer and standard have been

selected.

Each numbered question requires you select the correct answer

& choose the appropriate standard.

Making the Test Available for Your School:

16. Click Make Public when test answer key is successfully created.

17. Click Ready to Schedule (upper right corner of test). Make sure you have checked

to see if all answers are marked correctly and standards selected for EACH

question. No changes can be made after this step.

18. Click Schedule to add dates and assignments.

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19. In the Scheduling window, complete the following details at the top of the screen:

• Start Date- first date the test will be given and answer sheets can be

printed.

• End Date- last date the test should be administered.

• Score Due Date-date when all answer sheets should be scanned into

IDMS for Item Analysis.

20. Scroll down to the Assignment portion of the scheduling window. Click on Accept

Quick Assignment. (This step pushes the test out to the teachers in your building

in order for them to print the answer sheets for their sections.)

21. Click Save to finalize the scheduling of this test.

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���� Things to Remember: • Naming Convention: School Level benchmark tests, either

complete tests or Answer keys only should start with your school

name or school initials and then delineate the details such as shown

here:

o Hawthorne Gr 2 Money Test

o HMS ELA Gr 6 Grammar (Henderson Middle)

o Cedar Grove MS Gr 7 Fractions

• Scheduling: Be sure to schedule your tests to begin and end on a

schedule that suits your content and/or grade level. You must

ASSIGN the test to your school and all courses that would use that

type of test, such as 8th

grade Science courses, 4th grade ELA

courses, etc.)

• Printing Answer Sheets for School Benchmark tests: Once your

tests and/or answer key only tests have been scheduled, your

individual teachers can print the answer sheets for their sections

once they login to IDMS SchoolNet. Directions for this process

can be accessed on the IDMS Resources website located at the

URL below.

• Scanning School Benchmark Answer Sheets: The scanning

process for uploading benchmark data to IDMS is detailed on the

IDMS Resources website. (Re: Using ScanIT) Teachers can scan their

class sections by following the procedures from the website.

IDMS Resource Website: http://www.dekalb.k12.ga.us/idms