Assessments Overview

This article provides information about Lincoln Learning Solutions' assessments.

Feature Overview

Assessments come in various forms. There are subtopic-based assessments known as Assess Its. There are also summative assessments such as Checkpoints, Mastery Assess Its, and Semester Finals, depending on the course in which the student is enrolled. Assessments, whether in question-answer form or more project-based, are used to measure students’ understanding and mastery of content within our courses.

Top Facts

Select Read Its in courses have a corresponding teacher-graded Assess It that measures the students’ mastery of the subtopic's learning objective.
There are Checkpoint assessments after every five lessons that measure the students’ mastery of the preceding content.
At the end of each Module is a Mastery Assess It. Mastery Assess Its are used as larger summative assessments that measure students' understanding of an entire Module.
Auto-graded assessments contain a variety of question types, and questions are written to different levels of difficulty based on the Bloom’s Taxonomy Cognitive Levels of Learning.
Assessments contain teacher-graded activities and auto-graded questions.

Assessment Structure Philosophy

Assessment results can help teachers identify areas of weakness or strength in students’ learning and allow for content adjustments during instruction. Using assessment results to measure students’ learning, teachers can improve the quality of instruction in the classroom. Assessments also allow students to self-reflect and understand how they are doing in their studies, which sets them up for a successful learning experience.

Assessment Overview

Assessments in Lincoln Empowered K-12 courses allow students and teachers to check on student learning progress and skill mastery continuously.

Courses

All Lincoln Empowered K-12 courses contain assessments. You can access all course offerings here.

FAQ

Q: What would be the best advice for a teacher regarding assessments in a brick-and-mortar setting?

A: Teachers can use assessment results to monitor for areas of need in their students’ learning. For instance, if assessment results show that a student or group of students are struggling with the content covered by a certain standard, the teacher can reteach the content and/or standards to that group of students.

Q: What would be the best advice for a teacher regarding assessments in an asynchronous virtual setting?

A: Assessments should not be given to students just to provide them with a grade. Instead, assessments should be used as tools to improve student learning outcomes. In an asynchronous virtual setting, students working at their own pace might move on to new material without mastering the material they just learned. Teachers in asynchronous virtual settings can use assessments to monitor these students’ content mastery regardless of the students’ learning speed. Teachers can then use the assessment results to help students work at speeds that assist in their learning and building of mastery.