Entering Scores for Unscored Items
In order for a student’s test performance to be recorded, you need to enter scores for any hand-scored item responses on that test opportunity.
When you have assessments awaiting item scoring, a Tests To Score notification appears in the banner. Clicking this notification opens scoring mode, in which you can enter scores for unscored items.
You can score unscored test opportunities only for one school at a time. If your account is associated with multiple schools, you can switch between them.
To enter scores for unscored items:
1.In the banner, click Tests To Score. Scoring mode opens. The scoring Dashboard lists tests that have unscored items. You can navigate the rows of this table just like any table of assessments.
2.If the Select School page appears, make a selection and click Continue.
3.On the scoring Dashboard, click the name of the test you wish to score. The Test Scoring page appears, displaying a list of students and items awaiting scoring for the selected test.
4.To enter scores for a student's response to an item, click the Score link or score number link for the item in that student's row. The Item View window opens.
5.On the Rubric & Resources tab, review the item's rubric and available resources, if necessary.
6.On the Item & Score tab, review the student's entered response and click 
in the table at the top of the window.
- To score the response, select a score from the Points Earned drop-down list.
- To assign a condition code to the response, select one from the Condition Code drop-down list.
Note: For more information on condition codes, refer to
In some cases, the Rubric & Resources tab will refer to related items on the test, and scoring of this item will depend in part on the student's responses to those items. The related items can be viewed in the Item & Score tab under numbered sub-tabs, which you can find directly below the student setting(s) toggle.
8.If the item consists of multiple scoring criteria, repeat step 7 for each criterion. When you're applying condition codes to multiple scoring criteria, note that some related criteria may require that the codes are the same.
9.Click Save.
10.Optional: If you wish to provide an explanation for the given score(s) or condition code(s), click Add Note in the Scoring Note section, then enter your comment and click Save.
11.To continue scoring items, do one of the following:
- To view another unscored item for the same student, use one of the buttons labeled with the previous and next item numbers at the upper corners of the Item View window.
- To view the same unscored item for another student, use the up or down arrows on the right side of the Student field at the top of the Item View window.
- To return to the Test Scoring page and select another item manually, close the Item View window. Click another Score link.
12.Repeat steps 5–11 until you have entered scores for all the unscored items for the test.
13.Optional: If you need to change the entered score for an item response, you can select the score link for that item on the Test Scoring page and repeat steps 5–11.
Note that for some items, two Scoring Criteria tables appear, with the top one having modifiable scores and the bottom one displaying transformed scores. When you modify a score, the new scores are automatically transformed, and the transformed scores automatically appear in reports. You will need to refresh or navigate away before you can view the transformed scores, and there may be a delay before they appear.
Once you have entered scores for all the unscored items in a test opportunity, you may submit that opportunity for processing.