These  interactive  assessments  aim  to  measure  students’  knowledge  gain,  attitude  change,  and  behavioral  shift  after  completing  units  within  our  Digital  Literacy  and  Citizenship  Curriculum.  The  assessments’  interactive  questions  are  a  mix  of  multiple-­‐choice,  fill-­‐in-­‐the-­‐blank,  drag-­‐and-­‐drop,  and  short  answer.  

 GRADES  K-­‐5:  Each  assessment  has  fifteen  questions;  three  per  lesson.  GRADES  6-­‐12:  Each  assessment  has  twenty  questions;  four  per  lesson.    Step  1:  Teach  all  five  lessons  in  a  given  unit  (see  the  Scope  &  Sequence:  www.commonsense.org/educators/scope-­‐and-­‐sequence).        Step  2:    Send  students  individually  to    www.commonsense.org/educators/unit_assessments.    Ask  them  to  find  their  applicable  grade  band  and  then  click  on    the  aligned  unit  to  launch  the  assessment.        Step  3:  Instruct  students  to:  

• Read  the  directions  on  the  welcome  screen.  • Enter  their  name  (this  name  will  appear  on  the  end  printable  certificate).  • Enter  their  teacher’s  email  in  order  to  send  assessment  results  (optional).  

 Step  4:  Students  should  take  these  assessments  independently.  Feel  free  to  read  questions  and  answer  choices  as  needed.  If  students  SUBMIT  an  incorrect  answer,  they  will  be  prompted  with  constructive  feedback  to  TRY  AGAIN.  If  they  submit  an  incorrect  answer  a  second  time,  they  will  be  given  an  opportunity  to  see  the  correct  answer  by  clicking  SHOW  ANSWER  before  proceeding  on  to  the  NEXT  question.    *Note:  the  final  results  only  report  a  student’s  first  answers.    Step  5:  At  the  end  of  each  assessment,  students  receive  a  percentage  score  on  a  printable  certificate.  The  percentage  score  is  an  aggregate  number  based  on  first  answer  attempts.  Students  then  can  VIEW  RESULTS  to  see  a  table  outlining  their  answers  in  comparison  to  the  correct  answers.  The  short  answer  responses  are  documented  in  these  tables  and  are  not  counted  as  part  of  the  overall  percentage  score.    Students  can  PRINT  RESULTS  or  EMAIL  RESULTS  to  their  teacher  if  they  entered  a  teacher’s  email  address  on  the  initial  welcome  screen  (please  see  our  privacy  policy,  which  explains  that  we  do  not  collect  any  personally  identifying  information  about  students).    They  can  also  RETAKE  ASSESSMENT  (which  clears  their  previous  assessment  score).