How is CommonLit graded?

Every CommonLit assignment is worth 100 percentage points, with each question worth an equal percentage of the total. Short answers are worth the same percentage as multiple choice questions. So, if there are 4 questions, each question is worth 25%. If there are 5 questions, each is worth 20%.

What is the scaled score for the CommonLit?

Review the Student Performance Groups for a high-level overview of your students' performance. CommonLit reports students' scores on a scale that runs from 150-250, with higher scores indicating higher student performance.

What grade level is CommonLit?

The CommonLit Assessment Series features three benchmark assessments for grades 3-12 that have been developed to align with key reading skills and standards. The assessments provide teachers, coaches, and administrators with checkpoints on student progress throughout the academic year.

How do I check my CommonLit grade?

To view their data, students can click on the My Performance tab when logged into their CommonLit account. From there, they will be able to see their Overall Score, Multiple Choice % Correct, and Short Answer Average (0-4).

How do you get answers on CommonLit?

To view the answers for these questions, click “Answer Key” in the top right corner of the lesson preview. Please note, answers are only visible to users with confirmed educator accounts.

Grading and Releasing Scores on CommonLit

How do you grade assignments on CommonLit?

Once you find the correct lesson, click the Go to Grading button. This will bring you to the Grading Page where you can view the questions with student responses that require grading. To grade a student, select the score from the rubric and add any feedback. Then click Save & Next to move on to the next student.

How to do better on CommonLit?

Every CommonLit reading passage comes with the “Read Aloud” feature. This can be a helpful way to support students who struggle with fluency or decoding. The best part is that students can pause and restart the audio whenever they need — or repeat a section as needed.

How do I check my grade?

If your teacher or professor uses a total points system, you first need to add up all of your grades. Then, add up how many points were possible for each of those grades. Divide how many points you earned by the number of points possible, and you will determine your class grade.

How do you release scores on CommonLit?

To get to the Assignment Report, click on the graph icon for the assignment on the Assignments page. You can also get there from the Grading page by clicking "View Assignment Report." Once you are in the Assignment Report, click the "Release Students' Scores" button in the top-right corner.

Is CommonLit free for students?

CommonLit Digital, including CommonLit 360 Curriculum, is 100% free for teachers and students, forever.

What are the cons of CommonLit?

Cons: Students will need some help to get the most out of the toolbar. Older and more advanced students may tire of the assessment format if not tailored for or by them.

What level is 7 grade?

The seventh grade is typically the first, second or third year of middle school. In the United States, children in seventh grade are usually around 12–13 years old. Different terms and numbers are used in other parts of the world.

What is a passing scaled score?

Scaled scoring is a certification industry best practice for reporting high stakes exam scores, used to account for the potential differences in difficulty across unique exam forms. For AMCB Certification exams, the converted raw passing score (scaled score) is 75 on a scale of 0 to 100.

What is a scaled score of 75?

On some exam versions, you might need to correctly answer 131 of 200 questions to receive a scaled score of 75. On more “difficult” exam versions, you might need only to answer 130 of 200 questions correctly to receive a 75 scaled score.

What is a normal scaled score?

The average range for a scaled score is 8-10, and 50% of all children at a given age will fall in this range. T-scores. T-scores are another type of standardized score, where 50 is average, and about 40 to 60 is usually considered the average range.

Can students redo a CommonLit assignment?

The next time a student logs into their CommonLit account, they will still see the assignment on the My Assignments page under the "Assignments to Do" section. They will just need to click the Resume Assignment button, and then they can pick up where they last left off.

Can teachers see your annotations on CommonLit?

As students are annotating their assignments, teachers can also monitor their work in real time — and even provide feedback. To view student annotations, teachers should go to their Assignment Dashboard and select “Student Annotations” in the left-hand navigation bar.

What can teachers see on CommonLit?

On an assessment's Analyze Data page, you will see your students' scaled scores, percent correct, and multiple-choice percentages as well as a percentile ranking for how they did compared to other students in their grade who took the same grade-level assessment. You will see them grouped by percentile and scaled score.

Does the CommonLit assessment matter?

Previous research has shown that CommonLit's assessment scores developed by the team were highly associated with standardized state test scores, like the Florida Standards Assessment (FSA).

Is CommonLit a reliable source?

3. Reliable for best practices. CommonLit was born out of the belief that all teachers should have access to a tool that promotes educational best practices in literacy. Our team of expert educators painstakingly design every tool, feature, and lesson you see on the site, so you can trust it to be the best.

Does CommonLit save your answers?

CommonLit strongly suggests students complete their assessments within one 45-60 minute session for test validity purposes. However, if students need to resume their assessments at a later point, CommonLit does save their answers and they can return to complete their assessment at any time.