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A Note from Danielle

Hi, I’m Danielle, founder of abcAssess and a licensed Pre-K teacher with 20 years of experience in early childhood classrooms. I’m not a coder, an entrepreneur, a tech company, or a big curriculum company. I’m just a teacher who needed something to fit my classroom after years of flashcards, spreadsheets, and work-heavy assessment requirements. I couldn’t find what I needed, so I decided to try building it and share it with others like me.

If you’re anything like me, you assess your students by taking them in the hallway, going through a pile of flashcards, stacking up the ones the child gets right versus wrong, and then tracking it on paper. Then you need to update your spreadsheet, enter it into your assessment platform, and still make a report in time for parent-teacher conferences. It works, but it takes forever, and every minute you spend on paperwork is a minute you aren’t spending with your kids. If this sounds like you, then you know exactly why this tool exists.

In the spring of 2026, I was in the hallway with my flashcards and a student and decided I was over it. I remember literally thinking — seriously, it’s 2026 and we don’t have a better way to do this? I wanted a tool that included all the assessments (no more flashcards), saved data immediately (no more packets), and printed reports automatically (no more conference templates). I wanted something I could use on the playground when a student sat out at recess and I had three minutes to spare. Something that felt natural — like assessing has always felt — but without all the paperwork that came after.

What I didn’t expect were some of the discoveries along the way. Like the fact that using keyboard shortcuts to record responses meant my students had no idea which answers they got wrong. They thought we were playing a game on my phone. My class actually wanted to come do assessments with me. That changed how I thought about this tool entirely — it wasn’t just faster, it was kinder.

abcAssess was built in a real classroom, tested with real students, and refined based on what actually works. Every decision in this product comes from teaching experience, not a product meeting. I hope that shows.

If you’re a teacher who cares deeply about your students and just wants a better way to do this — this was built for you.

Welcome. I’m really glad you’re here.

— Danielle Andrist

Welcome to abcAssess. This guide covers everything you need to know to get the most out of the platform — from setting up your first class to generating reports, managing your team, and keeping your students’ data safe.

If you’re brand new and just want to get up and running fast, start with the 5-Minute Starter Guide instead. Come back here when you’re ready to go deeper.

This guide is written teacher-to-teacher. No jargon, no corporate speak — just clear explanations of how things work and why they work that way.

Table of Contents

  1. Getting Started
  2. Managing Your Classes
  3. Managing Your Team
  4. Running Assessments
  5. Assessment Settings & Customization
  6. Tracking Your Class
  7. Student Profiles
  8. Reports
  9. Settings and Account
  10. Privacy and Your Students’ Data
  11. Troubleshooting and FAQs
  12. Getting Help

Section 1: Getting Started

What is abcAssess?

abcAssess is an early childhood assessment tool built specifically for teachers like you. Instead of juggling physical flashcards, paper packets, and manual spreadsheet transfers, you assess your students directly in the app — on your phone, tablet, or computer — and your reports generate automatically.

It was built by a Pre-K teacher who got tired of spending more time on paperwork than with her students. Everything about it is designed around how assessment actually happens in a real classroom.

Setting Up Your First Class

When you first log in, abcAssess walks you through a quick onboarding flow — you’ll set up your first class and add your students before you ever see the Dashboard. It takes about two minutes.

To create a class:

  1. Enter a class name — use whatever makes sense for you (“Pre-K AM,” “Room 4,” your school’s naming convention)
  2. Select a grade level
  3. Choose an avatar for your class — or leave the default to show your class initials
  4. Tap Next to move on to adding students You can always create additional classes from the Dashboard later.

[screenshot: create class — onboarding]

Adding Your First Students

Right after setting up your class, onboarding takes you straight to adding students. You have two options:

Add one at a time — enter each student individually. Good for small classes or if you’re building your roster gradually as students enroll.

Import a list — enter multiple students at once. Good if you have your class list ready and want to get everyone in quickly.

Either way, a first name is all that’s required for each student. Everything else is optional.

[screenshot: add students — onboarding]

A note from Danielle: I made a deliberate choice to ask for as little as possible about your students. I know how this works — once a field exists, eventually someone fills it in just because it’s there. So I only built in what’s actually useful for assessment. A first name. Maybe a last initial if you’ve got two Emmas. You can enter birth month and year if you want ages to calculate, but I don’t even ask for the day because I really don’t need it. That’s it. We encrypt everything we do store, but the simplest way to protect a kid’s information is to never collect it in the first place.

That’s it — your class is ready and you’re on the Dashboard. From here, the fastest next step is running your first assessment. See Running Assessments to get started, or keep reading to learn more about managing your class.

Section 2: Managing Your Classes [UPDATED]

Creating Additional Classes

You can have as many classes as you need — one for each group you work with, or separate classes for different programs or time blocks.

To create a new class:

  1. From the My Students page, tap the three-dot menu in the top right
  2. Select Add a Class
  3. Enter a class name, select a grade level, and choose an avatar
  4. Tap Save Your first class is created during onboarding when you first sign up.

To edit a class:

  1. Tap the three-dot menu in the top right
  2. Select Edit Class
  3. Make your changes and tap Save You can change the class name, grade level, and avatar at any time.

[screenshot: three-dot menu showing Add a Class and Edit Class]

Adding Students Mid-Year

To add a student to your class any time after onboarding:

  1. Open your class from the Dashboard or My Students
  2. Tap the three-dot menu and select Add Student
  3. Enter the student’s first name
  4. Add any optional information — last initial, birth month and year, avatar
  5. Tap Add A first name is all that’s required. See the note in Getting Started for a full guide on what information to enter and what to skip.

[screenshot: add student dialog]

Archiving a Class at End of Year

Archiving is the right move at the end of the school year. It removes the class from your active dashboard without deleting any data — everything is preserved and accessible if you ever need it.

To archive a class:

  1. Open the class from My Students
  2. Tap the three-dot menu
  3. Select Archive
  4. Choose what to do with your students:
    • Archive all students — students and their data are archived with the class
    • Move students to another class — moves students to an active class within your account, keeping them active
    • Send students to another teacher — transfers the students to another teacher’s account via email; students are archived with the class while the transfer is pending
  5. Tap Archive Class If you share your class with a co-teacher: You’ll be asked whether to archive just in your account (your view only — co-teachers keep their access) or archive for all users (archives the class for everyone, with notification). This choice only appears when the class has co-teachers — if only assistant teachers are connected, archiving removes their access automatically.

[screenshot: archive class dialog]

Transferring Students to Another Teacher

If a student is moving to a different program or you want to hand off students to a colleague, you can send them to any teacher with an abcAssess account.

To transfer selected students:

  1. Open the class from My Students
  2. Tap the three-dot menu
  3. Select Transfer
  4. Choose Transfer Selected Students
  5. Choose Send to Another Teacher
  6. Select the students you want to send
  7. Enter the receiving teacher’s email address
  8. Choose what happens to your copy — keep it, archive it, or remove it entirely
  9. Optionally include your custom assessments with the transfer
  10. Tap Send Request The receiving teacher gets a notification and must accept before the transfer is complete. Transfer requests expire after 30 days if not accepted. If you chose to archive or remove your copy, that won’t happen until the transfer is accepted — your data is safe in the meantime.

[screenshot: transfer students dialog]

Moving Students Within Your Account

If a student is switching from one of your classes to another — such as moving from an AM class to a PM class mid-year — you can move them without involving another teacher.

To move students within your account:

  1. Open the class from My Students
  2. Tap the three-dot menu
  3. Select Transfer
  4. Choose Transfer Selected Students
  5. Choose Move to Another Class
  6. Select the students you want to move
  7. Choose the destination class
  8. Tap Transfer No approval needed — the move happens immediately.

[screenshot: move students to another class dialog]

Transferring Your Whole Class to Another Teacher

At the end of the year you might want to hand off your entire class to next year’s teacher — complete with all their assessment histories. This is one of abcAssess’s most valuable features.

To transfer your whole class:

  1. Open the class from My Students
  2. Tap the three-dot menu
  3. Select Transfer
  4. Choose Transfer Entire Class
  5. Enter the receiving teacher’s email address
  6. Choose what happens to your copy
  7. Tap Send Request The receiving teacher will see every student’s complete assessment history from day one. That’s the work you did all year, ready and waiting for them before school even starts.

[screenshot: transfer entire class dialog]

Deleting a Class

Deleting a class is permanent and cannot be undone. We recommend archiving instead of deleting in most cases — archived data can still be accessed, deleted data cannot.

If you do need to delete:

  1. Open the class from My Students
  2. Tap the three-dot menu
  3. Select Delete Class
  4. Choose what to do with your students — archive them, move them to another class, or send them to another teacher
  5. Type the confirmation phrase exactly as shown
  6. Tap Delete Class The type-to-confirm step is intentional. It gives you a moment to make sure this is really what you want.

[screenshot: delete class — type to confirm]

Viewing and Unarchiving Students

To see students who have been archived:

  1. Open your class roster on My Students
  2. Tap Show Archived near the top of the student list Archived students appear separately from your active roster. Their data is fully intact — you can view their assessment history, generate reports, and unarchive them if needed.

[screenshot: show archived students]

Deleting Individual Students

To delete an individual student:

  1. Open the student’s profile
  2. Tap the three-dot menu
  3. Select Delete Student
  4. Choose what to do with their data
  5. Type the confirmation phrase
  6. Tap Delete Student Deletion is permanent. If a student is leaving temporarily or transferring to another class or teacher, consider archiving or transferring instead.

[screenshot: delete student dialog]

Section 3: Managing Your Team [UPDATED]

Co-Teachers and Assistants — What’s the Difference?

abcAssess has two levels of shared access, designed to reflect how real classrooms are actually staffed:

Co-Teacher — full access. A co-teacher can run assessments, view all reports, manage students, change assessment settings, and invite other teachers. Use this for a colleague who shares equal responsibility for your class — another certified teacher, a long-term sub taking over, or anyone who needs the full picture.

Assistant Teacher — assessment access only. An assistant can run assessments and add notes, but cannot view reports, edit the student roster, change assessment settings, or invite other teachers. Use this for a paraprofessional, aide, student teacher, or SPED teacher who helps with assessments but doesn’t need access to everything.

If you’re not sure which to choose — when in doubt, start with Assistant. You can always change their role later.

You can connect as many teachers as you need to a class — co-teachers, assistants, paras, SPED teachers, student teachers. As long as they have an abcAssess account, they can have access. Early childhood classrooms are rarely a one-teacher show, and abcAssess is built with that in mind.

Can I be a Co-Teacher for one class and an Assistant for another? Yes. Roles and class access are managed at the class level, not the account level — so you can be connected to as many classes as you need, in whatever role makes sense for each one.

[screenshot: manage teachers panel showing role descriptions]

Inviting a Co-Teacher or Assistant

To invite someone to your class:

  1. Open your class from My Students
  2. Tap the Owners section at the top of the class page
  3. The Manage Teachers panel opens showing your current team
  4. Choose Co-Teacher or Assistant under “Invite As”
  5. Enter their email address
  6. Tap Send Invitation The invited teacher will receive an email with instructions to accept. They’ll need an abcAssess account — if they don’t have one yet, they can create one for free when they accept the invitation.

[screenshot: manage teachers — invite section]

Accepting an Invitation

When another teacher invites you to their class, you’ll receive an email notification. You can also find pending invitations in Settings → Pending Invitations.

To accept:

  1. Go to Settings → Pending Invitations
  2. Find the invitation under Incoming
  3. Tap Accept Once accepted, the class appears in your Dashboard alongside your own classes. If you’re an assistant, you’ll see it in your class list but with limited access consistent with your role.

[screenshot: pending invitations — incoming]

Changing a Teacher’s Role

Need to upgrade an assistant to a co-teacher, or scale back a co-teacher’s access?

  1. Open your class from My Students
  2. Tap the Owners section
  3. Find the teacher in the list
  4. Tap the Change Role icon next to their name
  5. Review the permission change summary — it clearly shows what access the teacher will gain or lose
  6. Tap Send Invitation to confirm The teacher receives a notification and must accept the role change before it takes effect. This is intentional — a significant change in access should require their acknowledgment.

[screenshot: change role dialog]

Removing a Teacher from Your Class

To remove a co-teacher or assistant from a class:

  1. Open your class from My Students
  2. Tap the Owners section
  3. Find the teacher in the list
  4. Tap the Remove icon (terracotta trash icon) next to their name
  5. Confirm the removal in the dialog that appears The teacher loses access to that class immediately and will be notified. Any assessments they completed remain in your records — removing a teacher doesn’t delete their contributions.

Removing a teacher from a class removes their access to that class only. It does not remove them from your Teacher Connections entirely. To fully remove a connection, go to Settings → Teacher Connections.

[screenshot: remove teacher confirmation]

Managing Your Teacher Connections

Settings → Teacher Connections shows everyone connected to your account — across all your classes. Tapping a connection shows which classes they’re connected to and what role they have in each one.

A teacher can be a Co-Teacher on one of your classes and an Assistant on another — their role is per-class, not per-account. If a teacher’s access to all their classes is removed, they’ll show as connected but with no class assigned until you add them to a class or fully remove the connection.

[screenshot: teacher connections — settings]

Pending Invitations — Sent and Received

All pending invitations live in one place: Settings → Pending Invitations

Incoming — invitations waiting for your response. Accept or decline each one.

Outgoing — invitations you’ve sent that haven’t been accepted yet. You can cancel any pending invitation from here.

Invitations expire automatically after 30 days if not accepted. If an invitation expires or gets lost in someone’s inbox, cancel it and send a new one.

[screenshot: pending invitations — incoming and outgoing]

A Note on Being an Assistant on Someone Else’s Class

If you’re an assistant teacher on a colleague’s class, a few things are worth knowing:

Section 4: Running Assessments [UPDATED]

This is the heart of abcAssess. Everything else — tracking, reports, data — flows from the assessments you run here.

The Assessment Picker — Built-In vs Custom

When you start an assessment for a student, the first thing you see is the assessment picker. This shows all the assessments available for that student — built-in assessments at the top and any custom assessments you’ve created below.

Built-in assessments come ready to use and cover the core early childhood assessment categories:

Each assessment in the picker shows the number of items and whether the order is randomized. You’ll also see the date the student was last assessed on each type — so you can quickly see where to pick up.

Use the Show all / Not yet this window toggle at the top of the picker to filter between all available assessments and only those the student hasn’t completed yet in the current assessment window. “Not yet this window” is the fastest way to work through your class efficiently.

[screenshot: assessment picker — built-in and custom]

Starting a Live Assessment

There are two ways to start an assessment:

From the student list: Tap the honey-colored assessment button on any student’s card. The assessment picker opens for that student.

From the student profile: Open a student’s profile and tap Start Assessment.

Select the assessment type you want to run and tap the play button. The assessment screen opens immediately and goes fullscreen — everything else disappears so you can focus on the student.

[screenshot: student list with assessment button]

The Flashcard Screen — What You’re Looking At

Once an assessment starts, everything else disappears. You’ll see:

Recording Responses — Buttons vs Keyboard Shortcuts

On screen: Tap Unknown (left) or Known (right) for each item. The next item appears automatically.

Keyboard shortcuts: If you’re using a laptop or keyboard-connected device, use the arrow keys:

Why Keyboard Shortcuts Matter

A note from Danielle: When you tap a large on-screen button, students can sometimes see your reaction and figure out when they’ve answered incorrectly. For young children, that can be discouraging — especially late in an assessment when they’ve already missed a few. I discovered this by accident, using arrow keys to record responses faster during a real assessment with my own class. My students had no idea what I was doing. They thought we were playing a game on my phone. My expression stayed the same for every answer, so every answer got the same proud smile — and they never once figured out which ones they’d missed. That changed how I thought about this tool. It wasn’t just faster, it was kinder.

If you’re assessing on a phone or tablet without a keyboard, the on-screen buttons are large and easy to tap quickly. Most teachers find they can move through a 26-item assessment in under two minutes once they’re comfortable with the flow.

Going Back to a Previous Item

Made a mistake? Tap the Back arrow between the Unknown and Known buttons, or press Backspace, to go back one item. You can correct your last response before moving forward.

Adding a Per-Item Note

At the bottom of the assessment screen you’ll see + Note (teacher report only). Tap it — or press the ↓ down arrow on a keyboard — to add an observation about that specific item. For example, noting that a student hesitated before answering, or gave a partial response.

Notes added here appear on teacher reports only. They do not appear on parent reports.

[screenshot: per-item note]

Pausing an Assessment

Need to stop and deal with something in the classroom without losing your progress? Tap the Pause button on the assessment screen. The assessment freezes immediately and the screen dims — showing your current progress (how many items answered, how many known) so you can see where you are.

To resume, tap Resume — you’ll then see a prompt: “Type the number Three” (or whichever number word appears). Enter the corresponding digit to unpause. It takes an adult about two seconds. Since the instruction is a written word rather than a digit, Pre-K students who are still learning to read can’t solve it — keeping little hands from accidentally unpausing while you’re handling something else.

The word changes every time so it can’t be memorized.

Your progress is fully preserved while paused. Pick up exactly where you left off.

[screenshot: paused assessment screen] [screenshot: adult lock — pause]

Exiting an Assessment Early

There are two different situations where an assessment might stop before you’re done — and they work differently:

Tapping the X to exit intentionally: If you tap the X button during an assessment, you’ll first see the same “Type the number [word]” challenge — this prevents a student from accidentally tapping X and losing your progress. The exit lock shows a terracotta X icon (rather than the pause lock’s lock icon) and includes a reminder: “Exiting now will not save this assessment’s progress.”

Once you enter the correct digit, you’ll see a confirmation dialog. Tap Exit to close, or Cancel to go right back to where you were.

The app closing unexpectedly: If your phone gets a call, your battery dies, a student swipes the app closed, or anything else interrupts the session — your progress is not lost. The app automatically saves a draft of your responses to your device every second while you’re assessing. When you reopen the app, your draft will be waiting for you.

[screenshot: exit lock dialog] [screenshot: exit confirmation dialog]

Timed Mode — Fluency Benchmarking

Timed Mode lets you run a timed fluency assessment alongside your regular assessment — giving you two data points from a single sitting.

To enable Timed Mode: At the bottom of the assessment picker, tap Timed Mode to expand the settings. Toggle it on and choose your options:

Duration: 30 seconds / 60 seconds / 90 seconds / Custom

When time expires:

Why Mark & Continue is recommended: With Mark & Continue, you get two complete data points from one assessment sitting — a timed fluency benchmark and a full mastery picture. This means you never need to assess the same child twice to get both scores, which is especially useful for DIBELS-style letter knowledge assessments.

Results with Timed Mode: When Timed Mode was active, the results screen shows both scores clearly:

[screenshot: timed mode toggle in assessment picker] [screenshot: timed mode timer during assessment] [screenshot: results screen with timed mode scores]

Completing an Assessment — The Results Screen

When you answer the last item, the results screen appears automatically. You’ll see:

Items to Practice

Below your score you’ll see a list of the specific items the student answered incorrectly — arranged alphabetically or numerically so they’re easy to reference.

No need to write anything down — this information isn’t going anywhere. You can find it again anytime on the student’s profile page under Assessment History, and it’s included in your printable Teacher and Progress reports whenever you need it. abcAssess keeps the records so you don’t have to.

What’s Next — Your Four Options

After every assessment, abcAssess gives you four clear paths forward:

Same Student, Next Assessment — run a different assessment category for the same child. Use the Show all / Not yet this window toggle to filter between all available assessments and only those the student hasn’t completed yet in the current window — helpful for prioritizing when you have limited time.

Same Assessment, Next Student — run the same assessment type for another student in your class. Use the Show all / Not yet this window toggle to see only students who haven’t been assessed yet this window, so you can work through your class efficiently without second-guessing who’s been done.

Return to [Student Name] — go back to the student’s profile to review their history or start something else.

Return to Student List — go back to your class roster.

[screenshot: what’s next screen]

Assessing on Your Phone or Tablet

abcAssess is fully functional on your phone or tablet — and for many teachers, the phone is the primary assessment device. It fits in your pocket, it’s always with you, and it turns every spare moment into an assessment opportunity — on the playground, in the hallway, during snack time.

The flashcard fills your screen, the buttons are large and easy to tap, and keyboard shortcuts work with a Bluetooth keyboard if you use one. The experience on a phone or tablet is identical to desktop — just without the desk.

Assessing Offline

No Wi-Fi in your classroom? Heading outside? No problem.

abcAssess captures assessment data locally on your device when you’re offline. Two layers of protection keep your data safe:

While you’re mid-assessment: The app saves a draft of your responses automatically every second. If your phone closes or the app is interrupted, your progress is saved locally and you can resume when you reopen the app.

When you complete an assessment offline: The finished assessment is held in a local queue on your device and syncs to the server automatically the moment connectivity is restored. Each assessment stays in the queue until the server confirms it was received — so there’s no risk of losing it.

If you share your class with a co-teacher or assistant: Changes made while offline — including completed assessments — won’t be visible to other teachers until they sync. If an assistant completes an assessment offline, it won’t appear in your view until it uploads. Similarly, changes you make to settings while a co-teacher is offline won’t reach them until they’re back online. During busy assessment windows when multiple teachers are working through the same class, a quick check-in beforehand can help avoid duplicate assessments.

One thing to know: If your device is lost, stolen, wiped, or factory reset before unsynced assessments have uploaded, that data cannot be recovered. Check the Pending Sync section in Settings to confirm your assessments have synced before retiring or resetting a device.

[screenshot: pending sync in settings]

Manual Entry — For Assessments Done on Paper

Sometimes assessment happens on paper, with physical flashcards, or in a situation where you didn’t have the app handy. Manual entry lets you log those results after the fact.

To enter a completed assessment manually:

  1. Open the student’s profile
  2. Tap Manual Entry
  3. Select the assessment type
  4. Set the date the assessment was completed
  5. Tap each item the student got correct — or tap Select All and then uncheck the ones they missed
  6. Add optional notes
  7. Tap Save Assessment The Select All then uncheck approach is often faster for high-scoring students. If a student got 20 out of 26, it’s quicker to select all and uncheck 6 than to check 20 individual items.

Manual entry records are saved and displayed exactly like live assessment records — they appear in the student’s history, update their mastery levels, and are included in reports.

Note: Manual entry currently supports standard assessment scoring only. If you ran a timed fluency assessment on paper and want to log both the fluency score and the full score, you’ll need to enter the full assessment score through manual entry — there isn’t currently a separate field for the timed fluency score. This is something we’re looking to add in a future update.

[screenshot: manual entry — assessment type picker] [screenshot: manual entry — item grid]

Section 5: Assessment Settings & Customization [UPDATED — PENDING RE-REVIEW]

⚠️ Flag: Re-review this section once the Class Assessment Settings restructure is complete in the app (per Emergent list Section 18 — proficiency thresholds revert to per-assessment configuration, Manage Assessments tab restructure). Written content reflects intended design; UI details and screenshots may need updating.

This section covers everything you can configure about how assessments work — from which assessments your class sees, to proficiency thresholds, to building your own assessments from scratch.

Where Assessment Settings Live

Assessment settings are class-level, not account-level. You’ll find them by opening your class from the Dashboard and tapping Class Assessment Settings — not on the main Settings page, which is for your account and profile only.

This means each class you teach can have its own configuration — different assessments enabled, different thresholds, different defaults — independent of your other classes.

[screenshot: Class Assessment Settings button on class page]

Class Assessment Settings — Two Tabs

The Class Assessment Settings dialog has two tabs:

Assessment Settings — configure proficiency thresholds, global defaults (randomization, duration recording), and individual built-in assessment settings.

Manage Assessments — turn whole assessment types on or off for your class, and view per-student overrides.

[screenshot: Class Assessment Settings — two tabs]

Enabling and Disabling Assessments

abcAssess comes with eight built-in assessment categories. You can turn any of them on or off for your class depending on what your program focuses on.

Built-in assessments:

[screenshot: assessment toggles — Manage Assessments tab]

Setting Proficiency Thresholds

Thresholds determine how scores are categorized — which percentage counts as Proficient, which counts as Developing, and which counts as Emerging. abcAssess comes with default thresholds but you can adjust them per assessment to match your program’s standards.

To edit thresholds:

  1. Open Class Assessment Settings
  2. Go to the Assessment Settings tab
  3. Find the assessment you want to configure and expand its settings
  4. Adjust the percentage for Proficient and Developing
  5. Emerging is everything below Developing — it adjusts automatically
  6. Tap Save One rule: the Developing threshold must always be lower than the Proficient threshold. abcAssess will prevent you from saving if they overlap.

Thresholds apply to all reports, tracking charts, and progress views for that assessment. If you change your thresholds after running assessments, all existing data recalculates automatically based on the new values.

[screenshot: threshold editor]

Randomizing Item Order

By default, items appear in a fixed order during assessments — A, B, C for letters, 1, 2, 3 for numerals, and so on. You can turn on randomization so items appear in a different order every time.

Why randomize? Young children who know the alphabet song or can count in sequence may be able to anticipate what comes next during an assessment — not because they recognize the letter or numeral in front of them, but because they know the order. Randomization removes that cue, so you’re measuring genuine recognition rather than sequential memory.

Randomization can be set globally (applying to all assessments by default) or overridden per assessment type individually.

[screenshot: randomization toggle]

Recording Assessment Duration

abcAssess can silently record how long each assessment takes — from the first card to the results screen. No timer is visible to the teacher or student during the assessment. Duration data is stored with the record and available in reports.

Duration recording can be set globally (applying to all assessments by default) or overridden per assessment type individually.

[screenshot: duration recording toggle]

Per-Student Overrides

Every student in your class inherits your class-wide assessment settings by default. But sometimes individual students need a different configuration — a student who just enrolled and isn’t ready for certain assessments yet, a student with specific IEP goals that only require certain assessments, or a high flyer who’s ready for assessments beyond what the rest of the class is working on. Per-student overrides let you customize exactly which assessments are active for each child without affecting the rest of the class.

To set overrides for a student:

  1. Open the Manage Assessments tab in Class Assessment Settings
  2. Find the student and tap their name
  3. Toggle individual assessments on or off for that student
  4. Tap Save Students with overrides will show a small Custom indicator so you can see at a glance that their settings differ from the class default.

To reset a student back to class defaults:

  1. Open their assessment overrides
  2. Tap Reset to Class Defaults
  3. Tap Save [screenshot: per-student override screen] [screenshot: custom indicator on student profile]

Built-In Assessments — What’s Included

Each built-in assessment comes pre-loaded with items, ready to use without any setup.

Uppercase Letters — All 26 letters A–Z displayed as flashcards. Items can be randomized.

Lowercase Letters — All 26 letters a–z. Items can be randomized.

Letter Sounds — All 26 letter sounds. Each card shows the letter and the teacher prompts the student for the corresponding sound.

Numerals 0–9 — Single digit numerals displayed as flashcards.

Numerals 10–30 — Double digit numerals 10 through 30.

Colors — Basic color identification. Items can be randomized.

Shapes — Basic shape identification. Items can be randomized.

Beginning Sounds — Shows a picture and the teacher asks the student to identify the beginning sound of the pictured word.

A note from Danielle: You know that moment when a child who clearly knows their letters trips up on a lowercase ‘a’ or ‘g’ on a printed assessment? That’s a font problem, not a knowledge problem. Most digital tools just use whatever default font comes with the software, and it usually doesn’t match the way we actually teach kids to write their letters in Pre-K. I spent way more time than I’d like to admit hunting down a font that got this right — one with a single-story ‘a,’ a standard ‘g,’ and an uppercase I, lowercase l, and numeral 1 that all actually look different from each other. Small thing, but a kid who knows their letters shouldn’t miss one just because the screen showed them a version they’ve never seen.

[screenshot: font comparison — double-story ‘a’ vs single-story ‘a’, looptail ‘g’ vs manuscript ‘g’, I vs l vs 1]

Custom Assessments

If the built-in assessments don’t cover everything your program needs, you can build your own. Custom assessments work exactly like built-in ones — they appear in the assessment picker, generate reports, and track progress over time.

To create a custom assessment:

  1. Open Class Assessment Settings
  2. Go to the Assessment Settings tab
  3. Scroll to Custom Assessments and tap Add Assessment
  4. Give your assessment a name
  5. Add your items — text, images, or audio prompts
  6. Configure randomization and other settings
  7. Tap Save Your custom assessment will appear in the assessment picker for all students in your class (unless overridden individually).

Custom assessment items can include:

Sharing Custom Assessments

Custom assessments you create belong to your account. You can share them with a co-teacher or assistant who is connected to your class — they’ll have access automatically.

Sharing custom assessments with teachers outside your class is planned for a future update.

Section 6: Tracking Your Class [UPDATED]

The tracking chart is your go-to tool for managing your assessment window. At a glance, you can see exactly who has been assessed, who still needs to be done, and which assessment types have gaps — so you can work through your class efficiently without losing track of where you are. The color-coded proficiency levels are a bonus on top of that: once everyone is assessed, the chart gives you a quick snapshot of where your whole class stands.

Opening the Tracking Chart

From your My Students page, tap the Tracking button in the top right corner of the class page to open it.

[screenshot: Tracking button on class page]

What You’re Looking At

The tracking chart displays your students down the left side and assessment types across the top. Each cell tells you two things at once: whether that student has been assessed yet during the current window, and if they have, what their current proficiency level is. Empty cells are your action items — those are the assessments that still need to happen.

A fully filled-in chart means your window is complete. A chart with empty cells tells you exactly where the gaps are — which students, which assessments, no guessing required.

Proficiency levels are shown using the abcAssess symbol system:

Symbol Meaning Color
✓ Proficient Sage green
~ Developing Amber
! Emerging Terracotta
— Not Applicable Grey

Color is never the only indicator — the symbol always appears alongside the color so the chart is fully readable regardless of color vision. Once your window is complete and every cell is filled in, the symbols give you a quick class-level read on where everyone landed.

[screenshot: tracking chart — mix of filled and empty cells showing window in progress] [screenshot: tracking chart — fully completed window]

Proficiency Symbols — Designed for Colorblind Accessibility

The symbol system was designed specifically so that no information is conveyed by color alone. A teacher, administrator, or specialist with any type of color vision deficiency can read the chart accurately using the symbols alone.

Assessment Windows

Assessment windows are the organizing principle behind the tracking chart. A window is the defined period during which you’re working through your class — before conferences, a data meeting, or a reporting deadline. The tracking chart shows you exactly where you stand against that window at any moment: who’s done, who’s not, and what’s left.

To set or update your assessment window:

  1. From the Dashboard, tap Set Assessment Window (or Edit Dates if one is already set)
  2. Enter your start and end dates
  3. Tap Save The countdown to your window’s end date appears on the Dashboard so you always know how much time you have left.

To view a custom date range in the tracking chart:

  1. Tap the date filter at the top of the chart
  2. Choose Custom Range
  3. Select your start and end dates
  4. The chart updates automatically [screenshot: set assessment window] [screenshot: date filter options in tracking chart]

Manual Edit Mode

Sometimes you’ve completed assessments in the real world — on paper, offline, or in a moment when you couldn’t enter results right away — but you want your tracking chart to reflect reality so you can keep an accurate picture of where your window stands. Manual edit mode lets you update the chart independently of the app’s assessment records.

To enable manual edit mode: Tap the Manual Edit toggle at the top of the tracking chart. When it’s on, tapping any cell cycles through the available states:

The dot indicator: Every cell that has been manually set shows a small dot in the corner. This distinguishes manually updated cells from cells populated by live or manually-entered assessments at a glance — so you always know which parts of your chart reflect recorded data and which are placeholders.

[screenshot: manual edit toggle] [screenshot: tracking chart with manually set cells showing dot indicators]

Viewing a Student’s Profile from the Chart

Tap any student’s name or any cell in their row to open their full student profile. From there you can start an assessment, review their history, or check their current mastery levels — all without losing your place in the chart when you come back.

Note: When manual edit mode is on, tapping a cell will cycle its state rather than opening the student profile. Turn off manual edit mode first if you want to navigate to a student’s profile from the chart.

[screenshot: tapping into student profile from chart]

The Watchlist

The Watchlist on your Dashboard surfaces the assessments with the most students still outstanding during the current window — your clearest signal of where to focus next. Instead of scanning the full chart, the Watchlist tells you at a glance which assessment types still have the most ground to cover.

Tap any item in the Watchlist to see exactly which students still need that assessment, and tap a student to go straight to their profile and start.

[screenshot: watchlist on dashboard]

Section 7: Student Profiles [UPDATED]

A student’s profile is their complete assessment record in one place — everything you’ve ever assessed for that child, how they’ve grown over time, and where they stand right now. It’s the place to go when you want the full picture on one student.

Opening a Student Profile

There are several ways to get to a student’s profile:

What’s on the Profile Page

The student profile has three main areas:

Left column — Start Assessment and Manual Entry buttons, plus Print Reports shortcuts (Teacher Report PDF, Parent Report PDF, Progress Report PDF).

Center column — Current Mastery, showing the student’s most recent score and proficiency level for each active assessment type.

Right column — Progress Over Time chart and Assessment History.

[screenshot: student profile — full page layout]

Window Progress

At the top right of the student profile you’ll see a Window Progress ring — a quick indicator of how many of this student’s assigned assessments have been completed during the current window. This mirrors what you see on the class roster and Dashboard, giving you consistent at-a-glance status no matter where you are.

[screenshot: window progress ring]

Current Mastery

The Current Mastery section shows the student’s most recent score and proficiency level for each active assessment type.

Each assessment type shows:

[screenshot: current mastery list]

Starting an Assessment from the Profile

You can start a new assessment directly from the student profile without going back to the student list.

Tap Start Assessment to open the assessment picker pre-loaded for this student. Select the assessment type and go.

[screenshot: start assessment button on profile]

Progress Over Time Chart

The Progress Over Time chart is a line graph showing how the student’s scores have changed across multiple assessments for a given assessment type.

Reading the chart:

Class average overlay: Toggle on the class average to see how this student’s trajectory compares to the rest of the class. Useful for identifying students who are falling behind the class pace or pulling ahead — and for reassurance that a student who appears low is actually tracking with the group.

[screenshot: progress over time chart with threshold lines] [screenshot: class average overlay toggled on]

Assessment History

Below the progress chart you’ll find the full assessment history for this student — every assessment ever completed, in reverse chronological order, with the most recent at the top.

You can filter the list by assessment type using the dropdown at the top of the history — useful when a student has a long history and you want to focus on one category.

Each entry shows:

[screenshot: assessment history list] [screenshot: expanded assessment entry with item-level results]

Timed Assessment Results in History

If a timed assessment was completed for this student, the history entry shows both scores:

[screenshot: timed assessment entry in history]

Editing a Past Assessment

Made a mistake on a previous assessment? You can edit it.

  1. Tap the assessment entry in the history
  2. Tap the Edit icon
  3. Make your corrections — adjust individual item results, change the date, or update notes
  4. Tap Save Assessment Edited assessments show a small indicator noting they were modified. The score recalculates automatically and all reports update to reflect the correction. The sticky save bar at the bottom stays visible while you’re making changes — tap Undo Changes if you want to discard your edits before saving.

[screenshot: edit assessment]

Deleting a Past Assessment

If an assessment needs to be removed entirely:

  1. Tap the assessment entry
  2. Tap the Delete icon (terracotta)
  3. Confirm deletion Deleted assessments are permanently removed and cannot be recovered. All reports and progress charts update automatically. If you’re not sure, editing is almost always a better option than deleting.

Student Settings — Three-Dot Menu

From the student profile, tap the three-dot menu in the top right for additional options:

[screenshot: three-dot menu on student profile]

Section 8: Reports [DRAFT — NEEDS REVIEW WITH UPDATED SCREENSHOTS]

⚠️ Flag: The Reports page layout has changed since this section was drafted. Review with fresh screenshots in a new chat before finalizing. The content below reflects the intended design but may not match the current UI.

Reports are where all your assessment data becomes something you can share — with parents, administrators, specialists, and IEP teams. abcAssess generates them automatically from your assessment records. No copy-pasting, no spreadsheet formulas, no conference templates to fill in.

The Reports Page

The Reports page is organized into three columns:

Left — Class Averages by Assessment Shows your current class averages across all assessment types with progress bars and assessed counts.

Center — Growth Over Time & Item-by-Item Breakdown Shows the class Growth Over Time chart (switchable by assessment type) and an item-by-item breakdown of how the class performed on each individual item.

Right — Class Analytics & Individual Downloads Where you generate and download PDF reports — class-level reports at the top, individual student reports in the middle, and Bulk Downloads at the bottom.

[screenshot: reports page — full layout]

Six Report Types

abcAssess offers six report types, each designed for a different audience and purpose.

Teacher Report

For: Data meetings, internal records, IEP team meetings, your own reference.

What it includes:

[screenshot: teacher report PDF]

Parent Report — “Your Child’s Learning Journey”

For: Parent-teacher conferences, take-home communication, family engagement.

What it includes:

[screenshot: parent report PDF]

Progress Report

For: Showing growth over time — conferences, IEP reviews, end of year summaries.

What it includes:

[screenshot: progress report PDF]

Class Report

For: Data meetings, administrator presentations, program-level reporting.

What it includes:

[screenshot: class report PDF]

Itemized Assessment Report

For: Identifying which specific items are hardest for your class — useful for curriculum planning and targeted instruction.

What it includes:

Class Progress Report

For: Showing growth trends across your whole class over time — ideal for program evaluation, grant reporting, or administrator presentations.

What it includes:

Generating a Report

To generate a class-level report:

  1. Go to the Reports page
  2. In the right column under Class Analytics, tap the report type you want
  3. The report dialog opens — review your options
  4. Tap Download PDF To generate an individual student report:
  5. Go to the Reports page
  6. In the right column under Individual Downloads, tap the report type
  7. Select the student
  8. Select the assessment type and time period
  9. Tap Download PDF The report dialog has three tabs:
    • Options — customize what appears in the report
    • Assessments — select which assessment dates to include
    • Preview — see exactly what will download before committing The Download button is accessible from all three tabs so you never have to navigate back to download.

[screenshot: report dialog — options tab] [screenshot: report dialog — preview tab]

Reading the Pattern Fill System

All abcAssess reports use a combined color and pattern system for proficiency levels — so they’re fully readable even when printed in black and white or by anyone with color vision differences.

Level Color Pattern
Proficient Sage green Diagonal lines
Developing Amber Dots
Emerging Terracotta Crosshatch
Not Applicable Grey No pattern
Not Assessed White/empty No fill

A legend appears on the first page of every report that contains charts, and repeats on subsequent pages so you always have a reference nearby.

[screenshot: report legend]

Bulk Downloads

Need reports for your whole class at once — for example, before parent conferences?

From the right column on the Reports page tap Bulk Downloads (ZIP). Select the report type and which students to include. abcAssess generates all reports and packages them into a single ZIP download.

[screenshot: bulk download]

A Note on Confidentiality

All report types include a “Confidential — For Educational Use Only” footer on every page. Student assessment data is protected under FERPA as educational records — this footer is a reminder to treat reports accordingly whether you’re sharing them digitally or printing them for conferences.

Reports and Your Data

Reports are generated from your live assessment data and always reflect the most current records. If you edit or delete an assessment after downloading a report, the downloaded PDF is not automatically updated — re-download if you need a current version.

Reports are generated on your device and are not stored on abcAssess servers after delivery.

Section 9: Settings and Account [UPDATED]

The Settings page is your account home — profile, security, subscription, connections, and privacy preferences. Everything here applies to your account across all your classes.

Note: Assessment settings for your classes live in the Class Assessment Settings dialog on your class page — not here. See Assessment Settings & Customization for details.

[screenshot: settings page — full layout]

Profile & Security

Editing your profile: Your profile includes your name, email address, and optionally your school and grade(s) taught — that’s it. Just like with student data, we only ask for what’s actually useful. Your name can be anything that works for you — a first name, “Mrs. Smith,” whatever you go by in your classroom. No phone number, no home address, no personal details beyond what you choose to share.

  1. Go to Settings → Profile & Security
  2. Tap Edit Profile
  3. Update your details and tap Save Changing your password:
  4. Go to Settings → Profile & Security
  5. Tap Enter Password to Edit — you’ll be prompted to enter your current password first. This section contains your security settings, so it requires verification before any changes can be made.
  6. Update your password and tap Save Connecting or disconnecting Google or Apple sign-in:
  7. Go to Settings → Profile & Security → Enter Password to Edit
  8. Find Connected Accounts
  9. Connect or disconnect as needed Note: If Google or Apple sign-in is your only sign-in method, set a password before disconnecting — otherwise you’ll be locked out of your account.

[screenshot: profile and security section]

Dark Mode and Light Mode

abcAssess defaults to dark mode — a navy and slate color scheme that’s easier on the eyes in the low-light environments where a lot of assessment happens (hallways, quiet corners, early morning classrooms). Light mode is available if you prefer it. Your preference saves to your account and follows you across devices.

To switch modes: Tap the Light / Dark toggle in the top right corner of any page.

[screenshot: dark/light mode toggle]

Auto Sign-Out

For added security — especially useful if you share a device with other staff — abcAssess automatically signs you out after 30 minutes of inactivity. This is on by default. If you need to adjust it, go to Settings → Profile & Security → Enter Password to Edit and find Auto Sign-Out.

[screenshot: auto sign-out setting]

Subscription and Billing

To view your current plan: Go to Settings → Subscription & Billing to see your current plan, renewal date, and billing details.

abcAssess offers two plans:

To update your payment method: Tap Update Payment Method. All payment processing is handled securely by Stripe — abcAssess never sees or stores your card details.

To cancel your subscription: Tap Cancel Subscription. Your access continues until the end of your current billing period. Cancelling does not delete your data — see What Happens When You Cancel below.

[screenshot: subscription and billing]

What Happens When You Cancel

Cancelling your subscription and deleting your account are two separate things.

When you cancel:

Your data is NOT automatically deleted when you cancel. To delete your data, you need to delete your account separately.

Teacher Connections

Settings → Teacher Connections shows all the teachers connected to your account across all your classes. Tap any connection to see which classes they’re on and what role they have in each one.

From here you can also fully remove a teacher connection — removing them from all classes at once. This is different from removing a teacher from a single class (which you do from the class page in Manage Teachers).

[screenshot: teacher connections]

Pending Invitations

Settings → Pending Invitations shows all outstanding invitations — ones you’ve sent and ones waiting for your response.

Incoming — invitations waiting for your response. Accept or decline each one.

Outgoing — invitations you’ve sent that haven’t been accepted yet. Cancel any from here.

Invitations expire automatically after 30 days if not accepted.

[screenshot: pending invitations — incoming and outgoing]

Pending Sync

If you’ve assessed offline, completed assessments are held in a local queue on your device and sync to the server automatically when connectivity is restored.

The Pending Sync tile shows:

[screenshot: pending sync tile]

Backup

A backup file contains all your student records, assessment histories, and class data in a portable format.

To download a backup:

  1. Go to Settings → Backup
  2. Tap Download Backup
  3. Read and check the acknowledgment — you’re confirming you’ll store the file securely in accordance with FERPA and applicable privacy law
  4. Tap Download The download only begins after your acknowledgment is confirmed and logged.

To upload/restore from a backup:

  1. Go to Settings → Backup
  2. Tap Upload Backup
  3. Select your backup file and confirm Uploading merges backup data with your current account — it does not overwrite existing records.

Important: Backup files contain student names and assessment data. Treat them like any other student record — store securely, don’t share with unauthorized people, and dispose of properly when no longer needed.

[screenshot: backup section]

Log Out

The Log Out button is at the bottom of the Settings page. Tap it to sign out of your account on the current device.

Deleting Your Account

Deleting your account is permanent and cannot be undone. All classes, students, and assessment data will be permanently removed.

Before you delete:

To delete:

  1. Go to Settings → Profile & Security → Enter Password to Edit
  2. Tap Delete Account
  3. Assign ownership of any shared classes when prompted
  4. Handle any non-shared classes (archive, transfer, or delete students)
  5. Type the confirmation phrase
  6. Tap Delete Account Deletion begins immediately. Data is removed from active systems right away and from encrypted backups within 30 days.

[screenshot: delete account confirmation]

Section 10: Privacy and Your Students’ Data [UPDATED]

This section explains how abcAssess handles your students’ data in plain language — no legal jargon. If you want the full legal details, they’re in the Privacy Policy and Data Processing Agreement on the support center.

What abcAssess Collects — And What We Deliberately Don’t

abcAssess was designed from the start to collect as little information as possible. Here’s exactly what we collect and why:

What we collect:

Who Can See Your Students’ Data

You — as the class owner, you have full access to all your students’ data.

Co-teachers — have the same access as you. Choose co-teachers carefully — they can see everything you can see.

Assistants — can run assessments and see results during assessment sessions. They cannot access full student profiles, historical data, or reports.

abcAssess staff (currently just Danielle) — cannot read your students’ names or scores in plain text, even if she wanted to. Student data is encrypted at the application level before it reaches the database. This isn’t a policy — it’s a technical fact built into the architecture. Even the database administrator cannot see student data without the encryption keys, which are managed separately.

Nobody else — abcAssess does not sell student data, share it with advertisers, or use it to train AI models. Ever.

How Student Data Is Encrypted

When you save an assessment, your students’ names and scores are encrypted on your device before being sent to our servers. By the time the data reaches our database, it’s already unreadable to anyone without the decryption key. This is called client-side field-level encryption (AES-256).

What this means in practice:

Your Students Never Interact With abcAssess

Students do not create accounts, log in, or touch the app directly. abcAssess is entirely teacher-facing. This means:

What Happens to Student Data When They Move Up

When your students move to the next grade, their assessment history doesn’t disappear. You can transfer complete records to next year’s teacher — giving them a full picture of each child before the first day of school.

The receiving teacher sees everything you assessed — which letters each child knows, which sounds they’re working on, where they need support. That’s the work you did all year, going with your students into their next classroom.

To transfer digitally: the receiving teacher needs an abcAssess account. If they don’t have one yet, they can create one for free — the transfer invitation will prompt them to sign up if needed. New accounts include a 14-day free trial with full access; after that, a subscription is required to continue using the app.

If the receiving teacher doesn’t use abcAssess: you can always print or download PDF reports to hand off manually. It’s not as seamless, but the data is still there and printable in whatever format is most useful.

See Managing Your Classes for how to transfer students.

Deleting Student Records

You can delete individual students, entire classes, or your full account at any time. Deletion is permanent and immediate from active systems — deleted data cannot be recovered.

After deletion, data may persist in encrypted backups for up to 30 days before being permanently overwritten. During that time it is not accessible or restorable.

See Managing Your Classes for deleting individual students or classes, and Settings and Account for deleting your full account.

FERPA — What It Means for You as a Teacher

FERPA (the Family Educational Rights and Privacy Act) is the U.S. federal law that protects students’ educational records. If you teach in the U.S., here’s what it means in the context of abcAssess:

Student assessment records are educational records under FERPA. That means:

Your responsibilities as a teacher using abcAssess:

Questions About Privacy

If you have questions about how your students’ data is handled, or need to make a data rights request on behalf of a student or family:

The full Privacy Policy, Data Processing Agreement, and Technical & Privacy FAQ are available at the abcAssess support center.

Section 11: Troubleshooting and FAQs [UPDATED]

I forgot my password

On the login screen tap Forgot Password. Enter your email address and you’ll receive a reset link — check your spam folder if it doesn’t arrive within a few minutes.

If you no longer have access to your email address, contact support@abcassess.app.

An assessment didn’t save — what do I do?

Check the student’s assessment history first: Go to the student’s profile and look at their assessment history. Assessments save automatically when you complete them — it may already be there.

Check Pending Sync: Go to Settings → Pending Sync. If the assessment is waiting to upload, tap Sync Now and make sure you have a connection.

If it’s genuinely missing: If the assessment isn’t in history and isn’t in Pending Sync, it may not have saved. This can happen if the app was force-closed mid-assessment before the draft was committed. Use Manual Entry to log the results if you remember them, or re-assess the student.

This is why the Pause button exists — use it instead of closing the app if you need to stop mid-assessment.

The app crashed during an assessment

Don’t panic — your progress is likely saved.

abcAssess auto-saves a draft of your responses to your device every second during an active assessment. When you reopen the app your draft should be waiting for you right where you left off.

If the draft isn’t there when you reopen, check the student’s assessment history — the assessment may have completed and saved before the crash. If neither is true, use Manual Entry to log the results if you remember them.

My data isn’t syncing — what should I check?

  1. Check your internet connection — make sure you have Wi-Fi or cellular data
  2. Open Settings → Pending Sync and tap Sync Now
  3. Close and reopen the app — sometimes a fresh start clears a stuck sync
  4. Check for app updates — an outdated version can occasionally cause sync issues
  5. Log out and log back in — this refreshes your session and often resolves the problem If none of the above works, contact support@abcassess.app with a description of what you’re seeing and your device type.

The app is running slowly

I accidentally deleted a student — can I get them back?

Unfortunately no — deletion is permanent and immediate. Deleted student records cannot be recovered.

A few things to keep in mind going forward:

I can’t find a student I know I added

Check archived students: Students who have been archived don’t show in your active roster. In your class tap Show Archived to see if they’re there. You can unarchive them from there.

Check your other classes: If you have multiple classes, make sure you’re looking in the right one. Use the Switch Classes button at the top of the page.

Check Pending Invitations: If another teacher transferred students to you, check Settings → Pending Invitations — you may need to accept the transfer first before the students appear in your class.

A teacher I invited hasn’t accepted yet

A transfer I sent hasn’t been accepted

Same as invitations — transfers expire after 30 days. Check Settings → Pending Invitations → Outgoing. If it’s still pending you can cancel and resend.

If you chose to archive or remove your copy of the students pending transfer, that won’t happen until the transfer is accepted — your data is safe in the meantime.

I found a bug — how do I report it?

Tap the Feedback button in the app and select I found a bug. Include:

I have a feature idea — how do I share it?

Tap the Feedback button in the app and select I have an idea, or email feedback@abcassess.app.

I mean this: I want to hear it. Even if it’s half-formed. Even if you’re not sure it’s possible. Even if you think it’s obvious and I’ve probably already thought of it. The best ideas for abcAssess have come from teachers describing their real classroom situations — not from product meetings or feature lists.

Tell me the problem you’re trying to solve, not just the feature you want. “I wish I could see which students haven’t been assessed this week without scrolling through the whole list” is more useful than “add a filter.” But either way — send it. This is your tool. Let’s make it what you actually need.

Something isn’t covered here

Section 12: Getting Help [UPDATED]

The Feedback Button

The quickest way to reach me is the Feedback button inside the app — available on every page. Use it for anything at all: bugs, ideas, questions, things that felt off, things you love and don’t want me to change. Every submission is read by me personally. I aim to respond within 2 business days.

See Troubleshooting and FAQs for more detail on submitting bug reports and feature ideas.

Contacting Support Directly

   
General support support@abcassess.app
Privacy and legal questions legal@abcassess.app
Feedback and feature ideas feedback@abcassess.app
Response time Within 2 business days

When contacting support about a problem, it helps to include:

The Support Center

The abcAssess support center at abcassess.app/support includes everything in one place:

Help & Documentation:

The 5-Minute Starter Guide

New to abcAssess and just want to get going quickly? The 5-Minute Starter Guide covers the essentials — creating your class, adding students, and running your first assessment — in about five minutes, without all the detail in this guide.

Find it at the support center or inside the app under Support.

Staying Up to Date

When new features are added or important changes are made, you’ll hear about it:

Thank you for using abcAssess.

This tool exists because teachers like you deserved something better. Every bug report, feature idea, and honest piece of feedback makes it better. I built this in a real classroom, and I’m counting on real teachers to help me keep improving it.

— Danielle Andrist Founder, abcAssess Pre-K Teacher, Fisher School, Grand Forks, ND

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