The next database that will require your attention is the Assessment Tools.aps Database. In this database you will keep all the tools identified that are used to assess the students according to your district's Assessment Plan. Open the database -- Click on the T - bottom left of the Navigational Square. -- . The screen will open up and you'll be able to imput the data following these steps.
Click on the New Tool button to open a new record. Then choose the standard number that the assessment addresses. The corresponding standard and subject information will automatically show up. Tab to the tool field and type in the name of the tool. It's often that the same tool will be used for several standards. For instance, CAT tests may be used to assess 4.1.1, 4.1.3, anf 4.1.6. You will have to make out a tool for each of the standards that it addresses..
	The next step is to identify the appropriate grade(s) which will be using the specific tool in completing the assessment.
Next you will need to choose the Tool Type. Is it NRA, CRA or other? Most of these would already be decided and outlined in the assessment plan created by the district.
The last four fields tell how the assessment is determined. It explains how a rating of Beginning or Progressing or Proficient or Advanced is achieved. The assessment tool can corraborate the assessment achieved by the child. If you want to import some of the tools that are standard, download the text files. A special "Thank you" to teachers of ESU 7 schools who went through these standardized tests. After puting the downloaded files in the Assessment Folder, Go to File, come down to import records and import the data much like you did with the student information.
(Don't forget this step.) When you've finished putting in all the assessment tool according to your school's Assessment Plan, click on the button "Make a teacher copy". And that concludes the Assessment Tools.aps database. Next step: Prepare the teacher's folders

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