Students can be assessed in accordance with state standards or learning frameworks by tracking developmental milestones attached to specific activities. Teachers can post activity observations to track a student's milestones. Staff can view the milestones from the assessment tab in the student's profile.
Select an Assessment Framework
Assessment frameworks are comprised of domains that represent crucial areas of learning and development for young children. Each domain includes specific developmental milestones. Many states have assessment frameworks. Assessment frameworks can be selected from a student's profile. The assessment framework only needs to be added once. Once it is selected on one student's profile, it will apply to all students at your center.
💡 If you have questions about the available frameworks, please contact [email protected].
From your Admin Dashboard, click My School and then Students.
Click any student's name.
Adding a lesson framework for one student will automatically apply it to all students at your center.
Click the Assessment tab in the student's profile.
Select the assessment framework you would like to add and then click Set Template.
On the left side, you will see a list of all Domains. Click on a Domain to view its milestones.
💡 Now that you've selected a framework, you can add milestones to related activities and post student observations for those activities. Student observations will appear in the assessments tab on the student's profile.
Add Milestones to Activities
Milestones can be added to individual activities in the Learning Skills tab of the Edit Lesson Activity page.
From your Admin Dashboard, click Lesson Plans and then Activities.
Click an activity to open the Edit Lesson Activity page.
Click Learning Skills on the left side of your screen, and then click Add Learning Skills.
A list of the domains in your framework will appear. Click on a domain to view all its milestones.
Select the checkboxes next to the milestones that should be attached to the activity, then click Done.
Click Save in the top right corner of your screen to save the changes made to the activity.
💡 Now that milestones are attached to activities, you can record observations to track students' progress through these milestones.
Record Activity Observations & Milestones
Student milestones are tracked by recording activity observations, which can be viewed from the Assessment tab on a student's profile.
🚨 Activity observations can only be recorded on mobile. However, the recorded observations can be viewed on web.
From the Playground mobile app, tap the + New Post button in the top left corner of the screen.
Select Observation as the post type and then select the checkboxes next to the student(s) for whom you want to record observations.
Tap Select an Activity from the top of the screen and choose the activity the students completed.
The milestones related to the activity will appear under the student's name. Select the rating for each student and add notes.
[Optional] Add a photo or video to the post.
Tap the blue Post button in the top right corner of the screen to post the observation(s).
💡 Now that you've recorded a milestone, you can view it in the Assessments tab of a student's profile.
View Student Assessments
🚨 Student assessments can only be viewed on the web version of Playground.
From your Admin Dashboard, click My School and then Students.
Click the student's name and then click the Assessments tab on their profile.
Navigate to the Domain and Standard you want to view.
Recorded milestones and notes will be shown under the milestone.
