Administering an Assessment in Thinkgate

Login Information Your username is your email username: Example: Ann Hughes would be hughesa Your password is: RCS13_1 (please note that RCS is all caps)

The Thinkgate Window

Change Your Password 1. 2. In the menu under your name, click on the Profile option. Then click on the Reset Password option in the lower right of the Identification Tile.

Enter your new password and then a second time to confirm. Warning! If you type in your password three times in a row incorrectly, you will be locked out of the system.

If you lock yourself out of Thinkgate by using the wrong password, email Reed (at your own risk) to have your password reset. All resets will revert back to the generic password of RCS13_1 then it will be up to the teacher to change it back to a unique password.

The Thinkgate Window Mrs. Hughes is ready to administer the District Benchmark or Classroom Assessments. She will click on the Class Title Link above the Tile of the class she wishes to test.

Administer Assessment Icon AKA “The Spaceship”

Test ID is located under teacher name, make note of it. Student IDs SHOULD be there STAR numbers. Check that! Test IDs will be different for every student and for every test.

Important: Please note that you must have this screen up with the test ENABLED during the entire testing process.

Students Directions to Take a Thinkgate Test From the OMS website, click on the Thinkgate Icon.

Once the student has entered in the correct Test ID and Student ID, they should press the START button.