> ## Documentation Index
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> Use this file to discover all available pages before exploring further.

# Create Assessments from the Item Bank

> Browse and filter the Item Bank to select questions, build a test, and assign it — or clone an existing test to customize it.

You can create assessments with two of the banks in Pear Assessment: questions in the Item Bank or assessments in the Library.

## Create Assessments from the Item Bank

You can create assessments with two of the banks in Pear Assessment:

1. Questions in the Item Bank
2. Assessments in the Library

## Select Questions from Item Bank

1. Click **Item Bank** in the left-hand menu.
2. Select the applicable settings under **Filter** to narrow your search.

<img src="https://mintcdn.com/goguardian/zYrnxDfRZ9UNitxV/images/screenshots/create-assessments-from-the-item-bank/step-01.png?fit=max&auto=format&n=zYrnxDfRZ9UNitxV&q=85&s=da67547662ea04d72891f2d6723456dc" alt="Select the applicable settings under Filter to narrow your search." width="1024" height="558" data-path="images/screenshots/create-assessments-from-the-item-bank/step-01.png" />

**Tip:** If you're an ELA teacher looking for passage-based items, use the Question Type filter to find passages.

3. Click **View** to preview questions before you select them.
4. Click the plus button (+) to add the questions to your cart.
5. The number of items you add to your cart shows in the toolbar at the top of your screen under **Create Test with \[Number] Items**.
6. Click **Create Test with \[Number] Items** to start creating your test.
7. Confirm your selections in the **Review** tab. You can reorder your questions, remove unwanted questions, preview them, or add grade and subject tags.
8. Set the test conditions under the **Settings** tab.
9. Click **Assign** to create your test.
10. Follow the tabs under **Assignment Settings** to set up when the test starts and ends, which students are assigned to it, and more settings.

**Tip:** If you decide that the test isn’t exactly as you want, you can clone it and make changes.

<img src="https://mintcdn.com/goguardian/zYrnxDfRZ9UNitxV/images/screenshots/create-assessments-from-the-item-bank/step-02.jpg?fit=max&auto=format&n=zYrnxDfRZ9UNitxV&q=85&s=5b03e8f8baa1485a96bf5bf1ff7c125f" alt="Create test with 3 items button." width="2467" height="931" data-path="images/screenshots/create-assessments-from-the-item-bank/step-02.jpg" />

<img src="https://mintcdn.com/goguardian/zYrnxDfRZ9UNitxV/images/screenshots/create-assessments-from-the-item-bank/step-03.png?fit=max&auto=format&n=zYrnxDfRZ9UNitxV&q=85&s=d58d8f1a8a2f968a72ae1eeb13a4167d" alt="Settings in the &#x22;Review&#x22; tab when creating an assessment." width="3175" height="1144" data-path="images/screenshots/create-assessments-from-the-item-bank/step-03.png" />

<img src="https://mintcdn.com/goguardian/zYrnxDfRZ9UNitxV/images/screenshots/create-assessments-from-the-item-bank/step-04.png?fit=max&auto=format&n=zYrnxDfRZ9UNitxV&q=85&s=7069b38fc223d0570d27bb557624d3c6" alt="Test conditions available under the &#x22;Settings&#x22; tab." width="3178" height="768" data-path="images/screenshots/create-assessments-from-the-item-bank/step-04.png" />

## Edit Current Tests

Tests can also be created by selecting an existing test from the Test library, cloning it, and editing it using items from the Item Bank.

1. Click **Test**.
2. Set the filters to show a limited number of existing assessments that address your needs for a new assessment.
3. Hover an assessment and click **More**.

<img src="https://mintcdn.com/goguardian/zYrnxDfRZ9UNitxV/images/screenshots/create-assessments-from-the-item-bank/step-05.png?fit=max&auto=format&n=zYrnxDfRZ9UNitxV&q=85&s=8b121505b479e1de48a1f67bee21cb54" alt="Hover a test and click &#x22;More&#x22; to see additional menu options." width="600" height="898" data-path="images/screenshots/create-assessments-from-the-item-bank/step-05.png" />

4. Click **Clone**. The assessment will be titled "Copy of" with today's date.

<img src="https://mintcdn.com/goguardian/zYrnxDfRZ9UNitxV/images/screenshots/create-assessments-from-the-item-bank/step-06.png?fit=max&auto=format&n=zYrnxDfRZ9UNitxV&q=85&s=44c955fdc69548b13858a383632be90e" alt="The &#x22;Clone Test&#x22; button highlighted with the tooltip showing." width="1823" height="1149" data-path="images/screenshots/create-assessments-from-the-item-bank/step-06.png" />

5. Follow the tabs to set up the settings and complete the clone.

<img src="https://mintcdn.com/goguardian/zYrnxDfRZ9UNitxV/images/screenshots/create-assessments-from-the-item-bank/step-07.png?fit=max&auto=format&n=zYrnxDfRZ9UNitxV&q=85&s=aa650120ffe63a4d721323975d041227" alt="The cloned test and its available conditions." width="3178" height="886" data-path="images/screenshots/create-assessments-from-the-item-bank/step-07.png" />
