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Pear Assessment

Pear Assessment is a technology-enhanced assessment solution for teachers and school/district administrators. It is easy enough for classroom formative assessments, yet sophisticated enough for common interim and benchmark assessments that mirror state tests. 

Teacher Access

All secondary teachers have access to the Pear Assessment tile in Webdesk. (This product is not accessible to specialists. Only teachers of record).

Pear Assessment app in Webdesk


Teacher Settings: Note that you can either enable or disable kiosk mode for students. Go into the assignment settings and turn on/off the "Require Safe Exam Browser (SEB)/Kiosk Mode" setting.

Check out Pear Assessment's AI-embedded features: Question Generator and Assisted Rubric

Student Access

Webdesk: Students will open the Pear Assessment app (same as above).

Kiosk: To use the secure testing browser, students will open the Pear Assessment Kiosk App from the Chromebook login screen. Students do NOT need to sign into the Chromebook.

  1. Click on Apps.
  2. Click on Pear Assessment. 
1. Apps 2. Pear Assessment

Exit Kiosk

Press the Chromebook power button and choose "Sign Out". After that, the next time the power button is pressed, it will open the regular Webdesk login screen.

Who to Contact for Help

Technical Support
Access issues and tech support - Contact your CTA or the Help Desk at tsos@pisd.edu or extension 28767.

Pear Assessment Help Center
General questions - Pear Assessment Help Center .

Troubleshooting Student Access

Step 1: Be sure students are accessing the kiosk mode properly (instructions on this page under "Student Access"). 

Step 2: Troubleshooting the Issue:

Issue: Error says that the student email does not exist. 
Possible fix: Check that the student is entering his/her email as firstname.lastname.1@mypisd.net. 

Issue:  Pop-up said that student must be in full-screen mode.
Possible fix: Setting, Anti-cheat tab, Kiosk Mode on. 
Restrict Navigation out of Test: If ON, students must take the test in fullscreen mode to prevent opening another browser window. An alert will appear if a student has navigated away for more than 5 seconds. If the designated number of alerts are exceeded, the student’s assignment will be paused and the instructor will need to manually resume from the Live Class Board.
Please note: this is NOT compatible with iPads. 

Issue: Student sees "kiosk mode error" and cannot open Pear Assessment
Possible Fix: The student will need to update their LDAP password in Webdesk. Instructions are #5 on our Tech Troubleshooting Tips page.