Managing Numeric Response Questions

This article will review the options and output for the numeric response question type.

A numeric response question will allow a student to input a basic number response. The student will be able to writing the response and fill in bubbles to match the written response. The response can contain 8 characters (including commas, decimal points and a plus/minus).

Once numeric response questions have been added to your assessment, there are a number of options you can configure for each question:

1. Drag Handler: clicking on the three bars icon will allow you to drag the question to a new position in the list of questions. If auto labeling is enabled, the question label will automatically update.
2. Correct Responses: this area will indicate the correct response to the numeric response question. You can simply type in the correct response, and it will be auto saved. The correct response can be a maximum of 8 characters and can only contain numbers, decimals, commas or plus/minus.
3. Points: the point value for a question is one. You can set the point value to any positive number. Decimal points are allowed when setting the point value.
4. Standards: you can apply one or more standards to a particular question. We have the full set of common core standards, but we do allow you to upload custom standards into our system.
5. Tags: you can apply one or more tags to a particular question. While we have the ability to apply standards to a question, tags are another way to slice reporting data.
6. Actions Menu: this menu will show you all the options available to you for an assessment question. We will go over each action in other help documentation, but the edit feature will launch a modal for the question you wish to edit.

1. Correct responses: modify the correct response by updating the value in this field. The maximum length is 8 and can only contain numbers, decimals, commas and plus/minus.
2. Points: this will define the available score for a question. This value will need to be a numeric value and can contain a decimal point.
3. Standards: manage the list of standards for a question. (important for reporting purposes)
4. Tags: manage the list of tags for a question. (important for reporting purposes)

Please see the example below of how the numeric response questions are represented on a testing sheet: