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Getting Started with Adaptive Practice for Teachers & Admins

This guide will walk you through enabling Adaptive Practice, giving students access, and tracking their progress.

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Written by Sarah Ruiz-Baranov
Updated this week

We’re thrilled to share that Adaptive Practice is now available on Albert!

Albert Adaptive is a personalized learning tool that automatically adjusts question difficulty to match each student’s skill level. You can share Adaptive practice with students for targeted review, skill building, or enrichment.

Accessing Adaptive Practice

To get started, you will need to create an Albert Account by going to www.albert.io, clicking Sign Up in the top-right corner, and filling in the required fields. Then you can locate Adaptive subjects in Albert:

  1. Navigate to the Library page from the top navigation menu.

  2. Select an Adaptive Subject (for example, Adaptive Math or Adaptive Grammar).

Enabling Adaptive Practice for Your Class

Before students can practice, you must create a class, enroll your students, and enable Adaptive practice for your class.

Step 1: Create a Class

  1. Navigate to the Classes tab.

  2. Click + New class.

  3. Enter the required information:

    • Class Name

    • Grade Level(s)

    • School

  4. Enroll students

Step 2: Enable Adaptive Practice

  1. Return to the Library page.

  2. Select your chosen Adaptive Subject.

  3. Find the Practice Settings dropdown in the top right-hand corner.

  4. Select the class(es) that should have access.

  5. Click Done to save your practice settings.

Providing Students with Adaptive Practice

Once Adaptive Practice is enabled, you can share skills or topics:

  1. In the Adaptive Subject, search for a skill or topic using:

    • Standards (aligned to your curriculum)

    • Topic or Subtopic Name

    • Grade Level filters

    • Keywords

  2. Click on a skill to open the Skill Page.

  3. Share the skill with students using one of two options:

    • Practice Link: A URL that can be copied and added to your LMS, Google Classroom, or emailed to students.

    • Skill Code: A short code you can copy/paste or write on the board for students to enter in the search bar in the Adaptive Subject.

[Pro-Tip]: Use Skill Codes for in-class quick access and Practice Links for remote learning or LMS integration.

How Adaptive Works

  • When a student meets the goal for their current level, a modal appears explaining their new objective.

  • The attempt meter resets at the new level.

  • Question difficulty increases as students advance:

    • Beginner: Easy + some moderate questions

    • Intermediate: Moderate + some hard questions

    • Advanced: Mostly hard questions

  • As students answer questions correctly, the system gradually increases the challenge, and conversely, if they struggle, it offers easier questions, ensuring they are always working at a level that is appropriate for their skill level.

Tracking Student Progress

Albert gives teachers and admins powerful tools to monitor student progress in Adaptive Practice. You can get a high-level glance or dive deep into the data to understand each student’s strengths and areas for growth.

Compare Progress

  1. In an Adaptive Subject, you can toggle on Compare Classes. This shows a quick, high-level overview of how your classes are performing.

    • Note: Only classes with Adaptive Practice enabled will appear.

  2. If you want more detailed data, click View in Reports to open the detailed reporting view.

Use Report to Dive Deeper into Student Data

Teachers and admins can monitor student performance through detailed reports:

  • Proficiency Levels: View each student’s current level (Beginner, Intermediate, or Advanced) for a specific skill.

  • Attempts and Accuracy: Track the number of questions answered correctly or incorrectly to see how students are progressing.

  • Drill-Down Options: Drill down by clicking on the blue arrows to explore data by skill, topic, or standard to see:

    • Individual student performance on each skill

    • Class averages for specific topics or standards

    • Trends across multiple skills

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