Study Path Options Test Settings

This article contains the following information:

• Study Path Options Test Settings: Active
• Study Path Options Test Settings: Disable Expedited Testing
• Study Path Options Test Settings: Enable Unit Tests
• Study Path Options Test Settings: Allow students to hold questions until the end of the diagnostic
• Study Path Options Test Settings: Skip initial diagnostic
• Study Path Options Test Settings: Randomize Questions for Diagnostic Tests
• Study Path Options: Use reserved diagnostic question pool
• Study Path Options: Override default minimum learning time between test attempts
• Study Path Options: Retest Options

IMPORTANT: if you make any changes to the settings on this page, be sure to click the Update button to save your changes.

Study Path Options Test Settings: Active

Selecting Active checkbox will make the study path active. If the goal is also active, this will make the study path visible to students. To deactivate the study path and make it inaccessible to students, uncheck this box.

Study Path Options Test Settings: Disable Expedited Testing

When this option is selected, EdReady will not present students with any questions that cover multiple learning objectives. Since each question will only test one specific learning objective, testing each unit and topic may require more questions, thus take longer to complete. This option is unchecked by default.

Study Path Options Test Settings: Enable Unit Tests

By default, students have the option of attempting to demonstrate mastery for an entire unit at once by taking a unit test, as shown in the images below.

If this option is unchecked, students will no longer have this option, and will only be able to show mastery and increase their EdReady score by taking topic level tests.

Study Path Options Test Settings: Allow students to hold questions until the end of the diagnostic

Selecting this option will allow students to skip a question during the diagnostic and revisit it after they have gone through all of the other questions. A Hold button will appear under each question in the diagnostic. Clicking the Hold button will save that question and move it to the end of the diagnostic. When the question appears again, the student will only be able to answer it or select Pass to skip it without submitting an answer.

Study Path Options Test Settings: Skip initial diagnostic

If this setting is enabled, students will all skip the diagnostic and be able to access their study path immediately. This can be beneficial if you want all students to start from the same place or if you don't expect your students to know the material in advance (ex: your study path covers the material students will be learning in class). 

Study Path Options Test Settings: Randomize Questions for Diagnostic Tests

Selecting this option will randomize the order in which diagnostic questions are presented to students. Instead of following the sequential order of the topics as outlined in the diagnostic scope, questions will appear in a random order. Students will see this reflected in the name name above the progress bar while taking the diagnostic. As they progress through the diagnostic, the unit of the topic and learning objective(s) that each question represents will change. Additionally, every student that takes the diagnostic for the study path will see questions presented in a different order.

Study Path Options: Use reserved diagnostic question pool

The setting will be automatically enabled for any English study paths, to allow the initial diagnostic assessment to use a special subset of the NROC Developmental English question pool. This question pool has been selected so that it does not include long reading passages. There is no reserved diagnostic question pool for study paths that use the NROC Developmental Math or Algebra 1 content, so this setting should not be enabled in those situations.

Study Path Options: Override default minimum learning time between test attempts

If your students complete a Topic Test but do not master the material, the Test button will become disabled, and they will be forced to visit the Learn resources for that topic in order to earn the right to test again. The "Minimum Learning Time" defines the minimum amount of time students must spend in the learning resources before the test button will be disabled.

If you want students in this study path to have a different Minimum Learning Time than the default time for your site (more details here), you can specify that here.

To enable this option, select the checkbox. The on-screen display will update and you'll see a textbox where you can enter the Minimum Learning Time you want applied for this study path.

Study Path Options: Retest Options

The Retest Options determine how learning objective mastery is retained in this study path.

Only retest unmastered objectives

This setting is the default for English study paths. When enabled, students will not be tested on previously-mastered material and will only see questions on the not-mastered LOs when taking a Topic-level Test. For example, the student whose status' are shown below would only see a question on the two red LOs and would not be tested on the one mastered (teal) LO.

It is important to understand that while this setting can reduce student frustration, it also means that students only need to prove mastery of any learning objective a single time. After showing mastery, the student will not encounter any additional questions on this LO. 

Retest every objective every time

This is the default setting for math study paths. When this option is selected, students will be tested on all learning objectives (LOs) in a Topic each time they take a Topic-level test. For example, in the view below, the student has 2 learning objectives mastered (indicated by teal dots) for this topic and one not mastered (the red dot):

If the student were to take the Topic-level Test, he would be tested on all three LOs and need to re-prove mastery of the previously-mastered material. 

Retest mastery every __ times

This option allows your students to temporarily retain LO mastery, but need to re-prove mastery after repeated test attempts. While the options above have students retest on mastered material either every time or never, this option allows you to choose how long they keep their mastery. 

When this option is selected, the on-screen display will provide you with a textbox where you can indicate how frequently LO mastery is reset. 

It can be helpful to look at different scenarios to understand how this functions. 

Example scenario: The "Reset mastery every __ times" option is selected, and a value of 2 is entered

• Topic Test 1: the student will be tested on all Learning Objectives in the topic.
• If the student does not master the topic and needs to complete Topic Test 2: the student will be tested on only the unmastered LOs in the topic. Any LOs that are currently mastered will not be tested & the student will retain their status of mastered. 
• If the student does not master the topic and needs to complete additional topic tests:
  • Odd Topic Tests (ex: #3, #5, etc): the student will be tested on all Learning Objectives in the topic.
  • Even Topic Tests (ex: #4, #6, etc): the student will be tested on only the unmastered LOs in the topic. 

Example scenario: The "Reset mastery every __ times" option is selected, and a value of 3 is entered

• Topic Test 1: the student will be tested on all Learning Objectives in the topic.
• If the student does not master the topic and needs to complete Topic Test 2: the student will be tested on only the unmastered LOs in the topic. Any LOs that are currently mastered will not be tested & the student will retain their status of mastered. 
• If the student does not master the topic and needs to complete Topic Test 3: the student will be tested on only the unmastered LOs in the topic. Any LOs that are currently mastered will not be tested & the student will retain their status of mastered. 
• If the student does not master the topic and needs to complete additional topic tests:
  • Every third Topic Test (ex: #4, #7, etc): the student will be tested on all Learning Objectives in the topic.
  • The other Topic Tests (ex: #5, #6, #8, #9, etc): the student will be tested on only the unmastered LOs in the topic.