The mastery scores on NoRedInk provide both teachers and students with the ability to monitor student progress while practicing different skills. You can think of mastery scores as a progress bar, rather than a percentage correct, tracing students' most recent growth and progress.
When a student receives a mastery score of 50, for example, it indicates that they are 50% of the way toward their goal, not that they have answered all the questions correctly.
As students answer questions associated with a particular skill within NoRedInk correctly, they progress toward mastery. In most cases, students work towards mastery by completing Practice activities assigned by their teachers or by working independently via their Learn page.
What are some features of mastery-based practice?
- While practicing topics, students progress through proficiency levels: Starting Off, Level 1, Level 2, Level 3, and Mastery.
- Students have an unlimited number of chances to get to full mastery of a skill.
- Our Practice engine dynamically adjusts the difficulty of questions based on a student's answers, and students receive targeted lessons when they get a question wrong.
- Students will not all see the same questions, and some students may need more or less time to master a single skill.
- Students do not lose points when they get questions wrong. Instead, students enter a temporary "frozen" state. While frozen, students will be given extra practice questions to ensure that they fully understand the skill before moving on.
💡 Generally, we estimate that it will take 5-10 minutes to master each skill on the site.
Tracking mastery
You can keep track of students' global mastery levels for all NoRedInk Pathways and skills in the Mastery tab of your Student Data page.
This data includes both the progress students gain from assignments you create for them and from any practice they might have done on their own. Ready to track your students' mastery? Check out this article to learn how to use the Mastery tab!
💡 If you notice any slight discrepancies where some students have mastered more or fewer skills than others, it could be because those students have practiced independently.