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District Start Guide

Learn how district leaders, curriculum teams, and administrators can use Magma Math to support consistent instruction, monitor implementation, and drive data-informed decisions across schools.

Written by Stephanie

Getting Started with Magma Math

District users can log in at:

Depending on your district setup, users may access Magma Math through:

  • Clever

  • ClassLink

  • Google

  • Microsoft

  • Schoology

  • Canvas

Most districts use automatic rostering through their SIS, LMS, or SSO provider to ensure teachers and students are synced automatically.

What District Leaders Can Access

District-level users have visibility across schools, classrooms, assignments, and student performance data.

This allows leaders to:

  • monitor implementation across schools

  • review assessment data at scale

  • support instructional alignment

  • identify trends and learning gaps

  • ensure consistency across classrooms

District views differ from teacher and student experiences and are designed to support instructional leadership and decision-making.

District Dashboard Features

Centralized Assignment Management

District leaders can create and distribute district-wide assignments to support instructional consistency.

Common use cases include:

  • Common Formative Assessments (CFAs)

  • benchmark assessments

  • screeners

  • unit assessments

  • district-created instructional tasks

Assignment statuses include:

  • Published

  • Unpublished

  • Scheduled

  • Draft

This allows districts to prepare assessments in advance and coordinate rollouts across schools.

Real-Time Data & Reporting

Score View

Provides a high-level overview of performance across:

  • schools

  • classes

  • grade levels

Leaders can quickly identify:

  • strengths

  • trends

  • areas needing support

Distribution View

Shows how scores are distributed across performance ranges. This helps districts identify:

  • students needing intervention

  • opportunities for enrichment

  • broader performance patterns across schools

Standards View

Connects student performance directly to standards. District teams can use this view to:

  • identify unfinished learning

  • prioritize reteaching

  • monitor standards mastery across classrooms and schools

Problem Analysis

Problem Analysis allows leaders to drill into student thinking at the problem level. This helps identify:

  • common misconceptions

  • instructional trends

  • problem-solving patterns

  • opportunities for coaching and support

Because Magma captures student work and strategies, districts can move beyond scores alone and better understand how students are thinking mathematically.

Roles & Permissions

Assignment Editor

Can:

  • create district assignments

  • edit assignments

  • delete assignments

  • view assignment statistics

within assigned schools.

Assignment Viewer

Can:

  • view assignments

  • access reporting and statistics

but cannot modify district assignments.

Why Districts Use Magma Math

Districts commonly use Magma Math to:

  • create consistency across classrooms

  • support standards alignment

  • reduce teacher workload

  • strengthen PLC and coaching conversations

  • monitor implementation fidelity

  • make instructional decisions using real-time data

Because assignments and reporting are centralized, districts can gather more reliable and actionable insights across schools.

Recommended Best Practices

Districts often see the strongest results when they:

  • align district assessments to pacing guides

  • communicate assessment purpose and expectations clearly

  • standardize key assessments across classrooms

  • use data collaboratively in PLCs and coaching cycles

  • partner closely with Magma Math Customer Success during implementation

Magma Math is most effective when instructional goals, assessment strategy, and data review processes are aligned across the district.

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