View and Edit a Content Standard Publication

You can view existing content standard publications. You can also manually edit the categories or tree levels specified for a publication.

You can also mass-upload content standards for an existing publication using an Excel spreadsheet. For more information, refer to Mass-Upload Publication Content Standards and SOCKs.

To view and edit a content standard publication:

  1. From the Master Admin menu in the banner, select Manage Standards Repository Publications. The Manage Content Standards Repository with ITS page appears.

  1. From the Publication dropdown list, which displays the publications used by the item bank, select the publication. The content standards and SOCKs constituting the publication are displayed in the Standards and SOCKS tabs. Table 11 describes the columns of the content standards and SOCKs tables.

    • You can click some of the column headers to sort the data in ascending order. An arrow is displayed in the header for the column that has been sorted.

  1. To view child entities, do one of the following:

    • To view the child entities of a content standard or SOCK, click Expand buton beside it.

    • To view content standards or SOCKs for all the levels, click Expand All. To collapse the hierarchy and view only the Level 1 content standards or SOCKs, click Collapse All.

  1. Optional: To search for specific content standards or SOCKs, do the following:

    1. From the Filter dropdown list, select the content standard or SOCKs attribute that you wish to search by.

    2. Next, in the adjacent text box, enter the search term. The content standards or SOCKs are automatically filtered to display the records that match the search criteria. If only a child entity matches the search criteria, the parent entity is displayed but is grayed out.

      • To continue to display the content standards or SOCKS that did not match the search criteria on the page, clear the checkbox Hide Unmatched Nodes. The unmatched content standards or SOCKS are grayed out.

      • To clear the search, click x.

  1. Optional: To export the publication to an Excel file, click Export to Excel.

  2. Optional: To view the banks that are associated with the publication, click Show Banks using this Publication. A List of banks associated with publication window appears, displaying the item bank list.

  1. Optional: To edit the categories or tree levels used by the publication, do the following:

    1. Click Edit Publication Categories (Tree Levels), which is displayed when the Standards tab is selected. An Update csr Category(irs) with publication window appears, displaying the categories specified for the publication.

    2. To edit a category name, enter the new name in the Name field and click Save. A message appears, asking you to verify that you wish to make the update. If you click OK, a confirmation message is displayed once the name is successfully updated.

    3. To add a new category, click Add a category. Enter the name for the category in the new row that appears and click Save. A message appears, asking you to verify that you wish to make the updates. If you click OK, a confirmation message is displayed once the category is successfully added.

    4. To delete a category, click the Delete button beside the category. A confirmation message appears. Click OK and then click Save. Another message appears, asking you to verify that you wish to delete the category. If you click OK, a confirmation message is displayed once the category is successfully deleted.

      You can only delete categories that are not currently in use. If a category is being used by a publication, that is, if a content standard exists for a category, then the Delete button is disabled for that category.

In the SOCKS tab, you can use the Scan and fix bank SOCKs button to ensure that all items are aligned to the correct SOCKs, in case a database change has altered their alignments incorrectly.

Table 11 describes the columns in the Standards and SOCKS tabs.

Table 11: Standards and SOCKS Tabs Columns

Column Name

Description

Name*

The content standard/benchmark name or SOCK name as applicable. For example, Listening, Reading, and K.II.E.1.

Lvl*

A positive non-zero integer that indicates the level or position of the content standard or SOCK in the hierarchy. For example, 1 indicates content standard level 1, 2 indicates content standard level 2, and so on. This integer cannot be edited once you have started creating a standard or SOCK.

PubKey*

A pipe-delimited key value that is unique to the content standard or SOCK. All content standard and SOCK levels must have an identifiable parent key. An example of PubKeys at different levels:

  • Level 1: ELA III

  • Level 2: ELA III|B

  • Level 3: ELA III|B|2

  • Level 4: ELA III|B|2|2

ShortName

Only available for content standards. An abbreviated description of the content standard that may include the name, grade, and level. For example, G1.L for Grade 1 Listening Level 1 content standard.

Description

The text of the standard or SOCK as published by the client.
Used for Administration Only available for SOCKs. This checkbox is currently not used and has no effect.
Used for Reporting Only available for SOCKs. When this checkbox is selected, the SOCK will be used for reporting purposes.
Standards

Only available for SOCKs. Defines the SOCK based on standards. All items that are aligned to any of the standards listed will also be aligned to the SOCK. This column can be edited using the instructions in Edit a SOCK’s Standards.
Search Criteria Only available for SOCKs. Defines the SOCK based on an item search query. All items matching the query will be aligned to the SOCK. This column can be edited using the instructions in Edit a SOCK’s Search Criteria.
Permit Override Only available for SOCKs. When this checkbox is selected, it allows you to override the standards or search criteria specified above, so that you can manually include or exclude the SOCK in a specific item’s rubric using the IAT Editor.

Grade*

Only available for content standards. This is the grade for which the content standard is applicable. It can be a single grade or a comma-delimited list of grades.

*Required field