TAG Test Item Bank
Online Test Item Bank. Create local assessments. Select from original content aligned to state standards or create your own. TEA Released items, Bluebonnet Learning and TEKS Resource System items are also available.
Help Documentation
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FAQs - Search by Topic
From Settings, District Administrators can select Content to hide. Read more.
Your school district must purchase TEKS-RS through TCMPC in order for the items to be available in your TAG Account. Read More
Click TTS from the top bar in TAG. Read More
Click the new icon or Tests > New. Read More
After starting a new test use the filter to narrow down and select the items. Read More
Yes! You can narrow down the items you are searching for with the advanced search. Read More
Yes! The only way to make changes to a TEA test or item in TAG is to make a copy. Read More
Users have access to Eureka, Carnegie, Amplify, O'dell and PhD items. Read More
Need to update or edit a test? Easy! Click the edit icon beside the test. If there is no edit icon, make a copy and make changes. Read More
The test library is the default screen in TAG. You can also access it by clicking Tests > Search from the top. Read More
To create a new user item, click new on the test library or Items > New. Read More
Absolutely!! There are many different ways to customize a item. Click here to learn how. Read More
Yes! Select the grade level on the left to access items from Pre-K up to 12th grade. Read More
Yes we do! Select Languages Other Than English from the Content Area drop-down. Read More
The item types available are Multiple Choice, Text Entry, Match & Order, Highlight & Drawing and Math. Read More
In TAG, click Passages and click the edit icon. If edit is not available, make a copy first. Read More
Yes! In TAG > Passages, click New. Read More
We have put together some helpful documentation to use when adding fractions and other math symbols for you. Read More
Click the Export to TAG button from the Test Library screen. Read More
Items with CLS (content and language supports) and/or TTS (test to speech) supports will have colored boxes noting the support in the item list. Read More
You may print your test if it does not include any new item types. Read More
No. You may upload a PDF as a source document to use as a reference, but TAG will not auto-create items from a PDF. Read More
In order to edit TAG and TEKS-RS items, you must first copy the item. When you have your “user” version of the item, it can be edited to add CLS. Read More
There are a couple of reasons you may not be seeing a test you created in TAG.
1. You may have started your test but did not add items yet. If this is the case, set your Course and Content to “All”. Once items have been added you will be able to find your test under the applicable course/content. Read More
2. an ID update occurred in your account. If this is the case, your District Administrator is able to reassign your TAG content to your updated account. District Admins can do this via the Admin tab by selecting Reassign Content. Additional support can be provided by contacting support@dmac-solutions.net.
Once you have created and saved your item, you will Edit your item.
On the right-hand side of the screen click to Add Related Content, enter the passage title, then click on the passage name when it populates. Read More
TEKS-RS tests are pre-bundled and available for use in TAG; however, you must make a copy of the bundled test prior to exporting it to TEKScore. This is meant to ensure that the items on the bundled test are reviewed before being used for online testing. Read More
Yes! In TAG, go to Tests > Search, then search by Course, Content, and set your Source to TEA. Read More
Passages are related to items in TAG. By adding the items for a passage to your test, you are adding the passage as well. Read More
In TAG, you are able to merge tests. Go to Tests > Search, Set your Search criteria, Search. Click the Merge icon in the upper right corner, click on the test names in your Search that you want to combine, then click the Merge button. Read More
Yes! After saving an item you have created, click add more. Read More
Locate Bluebonnet Learning tests, items, and passages within DMAC's TAG application. Read More.
No need! Bluebonnet Learning assessments are already bundled and ready to go, no extra steps or no additional cost. Read More.
Kindergarten through 2nd grade tests include Dictation, Reading Comprehension, Grammar, Fluency, and more.
Grades 3 through 5 focus on Reading Comprehension, Grammar, Morphology, and beginning, middle and end-of-year tests.
The QTI versions of these tests include End of Unit Assessments, providing additional checkpoints throughout the year.
For Math, Bluebonnet content includes Pre- and Post-Year Assessments, Mid-Module Tests, and End-of-Module Tests for grades Kindergarten through 5th.
Grades 6 through Algebra I have End-of-Topic tests available.
We will add more as they are released. Read More.