Scoring for Iowa Assessments™
This year, we have exciting changes to help you get scores faster!
- Schools will also have free access to DataManager, where they will be able to create numerous types of reports.
- BJU Press should scan tests less than 20 business days after materials arrive in scorable condition so that schools can create reports.*
- To help facilitate the changes, it is essential that schools ensure accuracy in bubbling of student documents (name, birthdate, etc.).
*BJU Press will not be creating results reports for schools. School reports will no longer be uploaded to a school’s BJU Press account.
Checklist
- Complete the Iowa Assessments Scoring Worksheet included with your materials. If you do not have this worksheet, contact testing@bjupress.com and include the school account number in your email. Information on the worksheet will help you complete the rest of these steps. View sample here.
- Fill in the Riverside Insights® Building Identification Sheet with both school name and account number (under Building Code).
- Complete each Riverside Insights® Grade/Class Identification Sheet.
- Review answer documents/write-in booklets.
- Check for:
- Stray penciling, especially in the black marks on the sides and tops of the answer document or write-in booklet.
- Missing, misplaced, or incorrect First Name, Last Name, Date of Birth, Gender, and IA Form.
- Subjects not attempted or with too few answers to be scored.
- Missing names and bubbling of CogAT® Form 7 on the inside page (answer documents only).
- Create a 10-digit Student ID for each student using the 5-digit Student ID Prefix from BJU Press Testing. For example, if a school’s prefix is 11111, the first Student ID might be 1111100001, the second might be 1111100002, and so on.
- The prefix will prevent your student from being confused with another school’s.
- The Student ID for each student cannot be re-used, even after graduation.
- Student names and spellings must be the same from year to year, so schools should use legal names.
- The Student ID must be bubbled on the answer document or write-in booklet.
- Check for:
- Mark the appropriate bubbles for students with IEPs, exclusions from group reports, and other needs. For these instructions, see your worksheet.
- Order scoring for each answer document and write-in booklet, including each CogAT write-in booklet (see below).
If you have out-of-level testing, call 800.845.5731 for directions to ensure correct scoring.
Ordering Instructions
- Scoring items are no longer based on grade, so you will simply order one scoring service per document and one scoring service per write-in booklet that will be scored.
For CogAT Scoring:
- Answer Document Scoring
- Order only one scoring per answer document, even for combination testing (answer documents contain both lowa Assessments and CogAT).
- Write-In Booklet Scoring
- Order one scoring per booklet used (achievement and CogAT use separate booklets).
Reports
You will be able to create reports in DataManager.* This will allow you to:
- Get reports on your timetable after tests have been scanned.
- Create a wide variety of new reports.
*BJU Press will not be creating results reports for schools. School reports will no longer be uploaded to a school’s BJU Press account.
For instructions on how to create reports, see the video below:
- Schools will have access to more reports in DataManager. Once the tests are scanned, an email will be sent, and reports can be created as needed.
- Before returning tests, make sure to fill out the scoring worksheet above and include it with the tests.
- Physical tests and data files are stored at BJU Press for six months following scoring. If you have questions regarding results, please contact our office within this time period.