After completing Assessment Info, users advance to the Filters screen. When creating an Item Bank assessment, users have two methods for selecting items to add --Selecting Items by Standard and/or Selecting Items by Criteria.
In this article we will review the steps to select items by criteria.
Select Items by Criteria Tab
Determine the criteria for the items you want on the assessment.
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Select Items by Criteria tab - This option facilitates the selection of items and passages from District, School, or personal Item Banks, as well as items and passages from purchased publisher Item Banks.
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Filters - Narrow your search by using the drop down menus to filter for Subject, Grade, Course Group, Course, and/or Tags. Items and Passages created in the Work Space may be tagged to facilitate the search process. The filter dropdown for Tags when selecting items by criteria has smart search functionality and users can search tags instead of scrolling manually through all available tags.
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By Banks (required) - Search for one or more Item Banks - those purchased by the district, those created at the District and/or School level, and/or personal banks.
- By Passages (optional): After selecting filters and Item Bank(s), search for a specific passage by using the search functions displayed.
- By Items (optional): After selecting filters and Item Bank(s), search for specific items by using the search functions displayed.
- By Items (optional): After selecting filters and Item Bank(s), search for specific items by using the search functions displayed.
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By Item Number - To find a specific item, enter the number of items you would like to search for in the empty By Item Name/Number cell, then click Update. This opens a window with rows for the # of items you would would like to search for. In the space(s) provided, enter the item bank ID number.
- Previous/Save/Find Matching Items - Select Previous to return to the previous page, select Save to save your work for later, or Find Matching Items to see the results of your search.
- + Create - The + Create button displays on every Item Bank Setup screen and permits the test author to create both Items and Passages "on the fly" while building an assessment. Selecting one of the two options will open the Create New Items or Create New Passages full screen. Please see the Create Items or Create Passages articles for detailed information.
Depending on the criteria selected in the Filters step, the process for selecting items may vary from the example shown.