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Use grade-based access in Pear Assessment to open an assigned assessment for specific grade levels within a mixed-grade class. Teachers, school administrators, and district administrators can give different grades access at different times without creating separate assignments, while keeping results together in the class-level reports.

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Before You Begin

  • Check your role. Grade-based access is available to district administrators, school administrators, and teachers.
  • Confirm availability. This feature must be enabled for your district. If you do not see the options described below, contact your Pear Assessment representative.
  • Review student grade levels. Access is based on each student’s grade level in the roster, not the grade assigned to the class. Make sure student grade levels are correct before opening the assessment.

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Open an Assessment for Selected Grades Across Multiple Classes

For district and school administrators:
  1. Go to the Assignments list.
  2. Click the assignment you want to update.
  3. Select the classes you want to update.
  4. Click Open at the top of the class list.
  5. Select Open for Selected Grades.
  6. Choose the grade levels that should have access from the grade menu.
Grade-selection controls for opening an assignment to selected grades in Pear Assessment. Grade-based assignment access in Pear Assessment.
  1. Click Open Assignment.
The assignment status updates to show which grades have access. For example, In Progress (Grade 2) indicates that the assignment is open for Grade 2.

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Set Grade-Based Access for 1 Class

  1. Go to Assignments and locate the assigned assessment.
  2. Find the class you want to update, then click Open.
  3. Select Open for Selected Grades and choose the grade levels that should have access.
  4. Click Open Assignment.
Students in the selected grades can now access and start the assessment.

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Give Additional Grades Access Later

Repeat the steps for the class and select the additional grade levels. Pear Assessment adds those grades to the existing access list without creating a new assignment.
Adding grades does not remove access for grades you opened previously.

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Review Limitations and Considerations

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Keep Previously Opened Grades in Mind

Once a grade has access, you cannot revoke access for that grade alone.
The standard Pause and Close controls affect the entire class, not just 1 grade. Consider the impact on all students in the class before using these controls.

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Understand How Roster Changes Affect Access

Changing a student’s grade level in the roster does not retroactively change their access to an assessment that has already been assigned.

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Check Auto-Assigned Assessments Separately

Auto-assigned assessments default to Open for All Students unless an administrator manually changes access after the assignment is created.

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View Results in 1 Class Report

Students can take the assessment at different times based on their grade, but their scores remain together in the class-level reports.

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Confirm Grade-Based Access Is Enabled

If you do not see Open for Selected Grades, contact your Pear Assessment representative to confirm that grade-based access is enabled for your district.
Last modified on October 22, 2026