Teachers and Administrators can edit a student's placement grade by accessing the Student Placement page. Together, a student's placement grade and rostered grade determine the contents of their learning path, so changing a student's placement grade may adjust their upcoming lessons.
Here are some situations when you may want to manually adjust a student's placement grade:
- Assessment results did not accurately reflect a student's abilities. This might be the case if a student experiences test anxiety or if the assessment did not fully capture their skills.
- A student completed their current learning path or is not being adequately challenged, so you want to change their placement to a higher grade.
- A student is consistently struggling to pass lessons. Note that MyPath will automatically adjust a student's learning path if they do not pass multiple lessons within a particular domain, but manually lowering the student's placement may provide a better student experience.
Once the student's placement has been updated, MyPath will automatically assign lessons based on the new placement grade. Previous learning path data is still retained, and new lessons that have been assigned will be listed under the Upcoming view of the Student Progress report.
Caution
Please consider the following before manually changing a student's placement grade:
- If you manually change a placement grade after a student completes the MyPath Assessment, the manual placement will override the domain placements of their current learning path and result in a standard grade-level learning path. The program will still adjust the student's learning path based on their performance, but the domain specificity provided by the MyPath Assessment will be lost. Depending on the situation, reassigning the MyPath Assessment might be a better solution.
- If you have an assessment integration with NWEA or Renaissance, manual changes to students' placement grades will revert to the previous placement during the next nightly sync. If you have an assessment integration and feel a student's current placement is inaccurate, we recommend supplementing the student's learning path with lessons via the Assignment Builder.
To change the placement grade of a student:
- Log in to the Imagine MyPath suite.
- Teachers and School Administrators with access to one school: Select a class on the Classes page.
Administrators with access to multiple schools: Choose a school on the Schools page, then select a class. - Click Student Placement in the upper navigation.
- Click more options (
) for a particular student, then click Edit Placement.
Tip
Use the student search bar to find a specific student.
- Within the popup that appears, use the Select Grade drop-down list to choose a new placement grade. Note that the current placement grade is not an option. Then click Update.
Note
When the student's placement grade changes, the new placement grade, the teacher or source of the change, and the date of the update will display on their progress report.