Assessments Overview

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

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.
Select Read Its in courses have a corresponding teacher-graded Assess It that measure the students’ mastery of the subtopic's learning objective.
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 help students and teachers monitor learning progress and measure mastery of skills throughout the course.

Checkpoints

Checkpoints are short assessments that help students check their understanding as they move through the course.

Courses with question banks automatically include a Checkpoint after every 5 lessons.
Checkpoints contain only multiple-choice questions.
Each Checkpoint may include up to 2 multiple-choice questions from each preceding Read It lesson.

Checkpoint Point Values

Grade Band	Up to Points
K–2	5
3–5	10
6–12	15

Note: Checkpoints are worth up to the number of points listed above. If there are not enough available multiple-choice questions in the question banks, the total point value may be lower.

Mastery Assessments

Mastery Assessments provide a more comprehensive evaluation of student learning.

A Mastery Assessment is automatically included after every 15 lessons (one per module).
These assessments measure how well students have mastered the concepts taught in the module.
Mastery Assessments may include a variety of question types, not just multiple-choice questions.

Mastery Assessment Point Values

Grade Band	Up to Points
K–2	20
3–5	30
6–12	40

Question Types Included

Question Type	Points Each	Maximum Allowed
Essay	4	2
Multiple Answer	2	4
Matching	2	1
Ordering	1	1
Multiple Choice	1	Remaining questions

This balanced approach allows students to demonstrate their understanding in multiple ways while providing meaningful opportunities to check progress and mastery throughout the course.

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.

Q: Why is the score scaling?

A: Score scaling can occur when an assessment contains question types with different point values. In some older or outlying courses, Multiple Answer and Matching questions may have varying values, which can cause the total possible points on the assessment to differ from the score value assigned in the gradebook.

When this happens, the system automatically scales the score so it aligns with the assessment's designated gradebook value. This ensures that all students are graded consistently, even when the total points available on an assessment vary.

Additional Resources

Lincoln Learning Online Assessments and Grading Resources (Teacher)
Lincoln Learning Upload Assessments and Grading Resources (Teacher)
Submitting Online Assessments (Student)
Submitting Upload Assessments (Student)

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