This flexible and user-friendly system enables teachers to create their own tests from a large bank of Ohio test questions, administer these tests to their students using the familiar Test Delivery System, and view results in the Centralized Reporting System. Features include the following:  

• The ability to create custom teacher-authored tests aligned to Ohio’s Learning Standards.
• A large bank of test questions (items) comprised primarily of previously released test questions from Ohio’s State Tests, including items from tests no longer administered – grades 4 and 6 social studies and physical science.   
• Collaboration tools to allow educators to work within and across schools to create tests.
• Test sharing to allow created tests to be administered by teachers within or across schools.
• Printing of individual test questions or complete tests.  
• A bank of tests created by the Department including Benchmark, Checkpoint and Released Item tests. These tests can be copied and then modified as needed.  
• Access using existing user credentials for TIDE. Assessment Authoring will be available to DTCs, DAs, Building Test Coordinators (BTCs), and Teacher (TE) user roles. 

See the Back to School edition of Test Coordinator News for more information that highlights new features and enhancements to Assessment Authoring for the 2024-2025 school year.  

The Assessment Authoring system launches on Aug. 6 for the 2024-2-25 school year from the Teachers and Test Administrators section of the test portal. The user guide, training modules, and many other resources are available to help users become familiar with the system.  

Readiness Assessments 

The Readiness Assessments (RAs) composed of Benchmark and Checkpoint tests will also reopen on Aug. 6 with updated content. Over two million readiness assessments were successfully administered last school year. Visit the Readiness Assessments portal to review the tutorials, user guides including the Teacher Quick Guide, and other resources.