• Administration of the interim: All interim assessments will be accessed through FOSS on ThinkLink. Teachers must assign the module/unit to their class in order to assign an assessment. Review this video on how to do that. Once the module/unit has been added to your classes, read this resource on how to assign the I-Check.  

• Scoring/Coding: Some questions will be computer scored; constructed response questions will need to be hand scored using the FOSS coding guides found in the Teacher Guide. To learn more about FOSS coding, read this resource.

• Accommodations for students, standards-based reports that can be shared with students and families, and additional resources can be found here.

And why again curriculum-embedded interims? 

• Integrated into daily classroom instruction

• Assesses the standards connected to what students are learning (and talking about) currently

• Allows teachers to calibrates around standards-aligned student work 

• Encourages strong teacher planning practices:

  • Backwards planning toward assessments

  • Unpacking the skills and knowledge required

Students take the I-Checks with paper in partners or groups first to discuss the questions and answers together. Then students take what they discussed to the online platform and complete the I-Check individually. They could use their notebooks in both partner or group sessions. Teachers can review and/or print out a report from FOSS with suggestions for the next step that supports student understanding with a particular concept(s). Students can retake I-Checks individually. 

Here is guidance that FOSS has shared about translating I-Check codes into grades.