The Assessment section of Admin Tools includes an adaptable Assessment Monitor to support teachers in tracking a child’s progress toward CASEL Competencies and development goals throughout the year.
Dashboard #
Select the purple dropdown arrow at the top of the Assessment dashboard to select a class.
The left side of the screen displays an All Students option or each student in the selected class. Select a student’s name to open their Assessment Monitor.
The right side of the screen contains the Assessment Monitor, where you can track student progress by CASEL Competencies and assess outcomes.
Learn how to create a new class here.
Students #
On the left-hand side of your Assessment tool, you will find the students enrolled in your selected class. You can click on each student’s name to view each student’s competencies.
Show Archived Students
To show archived students, click Menu and select Show Archived Students. This will pull up a list of any students who have been marked as Archived. Return to your current class list by clicking Menu and unchecking the Show Archived Students option.
Recording Competencies #
Select a students name and you will be able to assess all students or an individual student by one of the five CASEL competencies.
Use a cell on the rubric to the right to record an observation of the student’s position in that competency. Select Approaching, On Target, or Advanced. Make a selection to accurately describe the student’s current ability when demonstrating the selected competency.
Each Competency will have a timestamp in its box indicating the last date the student was assessed on the selected Competency.
Collecting Evidence
In addition to the assessment data, you may provide additional evidence of the student’s progress. Click the gray plus sign in the Evidence column to add visual evidence (for example, a video or photo) along with anecdotal notes.
Assessment History
The History dropdown menu at the bottom of the screen will allow you to view past assessments. Click on a date to view past assessment data. Click on NEW to make additional assessments on the current date.
Progress Reporting #
To view a full report of a students progress, click the orange Reports button. Here you will see an all students view of your classes assessment across all competency areas.
The colors indicated the level of competency selected on the date of assessment. The numbers on each color-coded block indicate how many competencies were assessed within that class.
The assessments are in order of when they were recorded, left to right.
