Configuring Assessments with Subskills for Parent & Child assessments – eduCLIMBER

Assigning Child assessments to a Parent Assessment creates a single chart allowing users to visualize the overall performance of an assessment and then drill into Subskills to see individual assessment performance. Alternatively, any assessment not tied to a Parent Assessment is charted individually within eduCLIMBER. This lesson will demonstrate how to configure assessments within an Assessment Group to include Subskills.

Where to Start

Go to System Configurations.
Select Assessments.

Enter into the text box to search for an Assessment Group to configure.
Select the Assessment tab.
Select Manage Assessments.

If an Assessment Group has not already been created, select Add on the right-hand side of the list.

Create a Parent Assessment

Select New.
Enter the parent Assessment Name.
Select a content Category.
Select an Assessment Type.
Select Save.

Double-select the Calculation box for the parent assessment to select a calculation type.
- eduCLIMBER will create a score for the new Parent Assessment by a calculation of the child assessments. A score is necessary for the Parent Assessment to be visualized. Options for calculation include:
  If data already is visualized within the platform for the child assessments, once a calculation score is selected a prompt will appear to “Run Recalculate Scores” for that parent assessment. Selecting Apply will then display a prompt that “Score Recalculation for this assessment will run”. When finished a prompt will display that “Recalculation is complete".
Double-select the Parent Name box for each Subskill Assessment to generate a drop-down from which to select the Parent Assessment. Select the Parent assessment for each subskill assessment.

The amount of Subskill assessments tied to a Parent assessment is displayed next to the hierarchy icon by the name of the Parent Assessment. Additionally, any Subskills assessments will be listed directly below its Parent Assessment.

Next Steps

To learn how to visualize this data, visit Visualizing Subskill Assessments in eduCLIMBER.