Levels assessments help teachers notice growth and decide what to teach next. The Teaching Studio provides shared guides and blank forms; it does not collect dancer names or save completed dancer assessments, rosters, or individual assessment history.
Will Levels keep all my students enrolled?
No. Levels does not guarantee that every student stays enrolled, a particular retention rate, or business results. Its curriculum, eligible assessment tools, and family-communication resources can support teaching and progress conversations, but they are not a guarantee of renewal. Assessment tools are for observing learning, not managing enrollment.
Check your access and available curriculum
Assessment tools are available to eligible studio owners, administrators, and invited studio instructors. Individual instructor memberships do not include assessments. Use your own Levels account and its current permissions.
As of October 3, 2026, the assessment library contains Hip Hop 1, Hip Hop 2 and Breaking 1. Hip Hop 3, Breaking 2 and Breaking 3 assessment tools are not currently published; do not assume every Level 2 or Level 3 curriculum includes them. No release date is promised. Hip Hop 2 adds five checkpoint guides, a full skills checklist, a family progress report and a Level 3 readiness review. These are observation tools, not an automatic advancement decision.
Open the correct assessment guide
Sign in to the Teaching Studio and choose Assessments.
Select an available curriculum included with your studio access: Hip Hop 1, Hip Hop 2 or Breaking 1. Check the Levels curriculum even if your studio uses a different class name.
Open a Curriculum checkpoint to read What to observe and its application task, or use Printable forms to choose a blank resource.
On a supported curriculum, the Assessments tab is another route. A weekly lesson may also show Assessment checkpoint and a link to its suggested checkpoint.
There are five suggested checkpoints based on curriculum progress, not calendar dates. Opening a checkpoint link does not mean that class has completed the relevant lessons or that every dancer has mastered them.
Observe and use the evidence for instruction
Observe the criteria stated on the resource during normal teaching. Consider practice opportunities and repeated evidence, not one difficult day. Leave an area unobserved when there is not enough evidence. Keep attendance, effort, confidence, and personality judgments separate from skill evidence.
Use the observation to choose a foundation to revisit, a clearer coaching cue, a grouping change, or an appropriate next challenge. Several teachers should review the same criteria and discuss differing observations privately. A form or a lesson marked taught does not automatically determine advancement.
Print blank forms and keep completed records privately
Choose the printable that matches your purpose. Print using the options available to your account and follow your current plan terms. Complete the blank form offline and keep identifiable results in your studio’s approved record system, shared only with authorized people.
Do not put dancer names, completed forms, scores, health details, or individual assessment results into Levels support chat, Community, planner notes, general portal notes, leaderboards, or family group messages. Do not send a completed assessment to support even after removing names or anonymizing the results.
Ask for help without sending dancer results
Describe the blank form section, control, or general question instead. For a technical problem, include the affected page, exact error, device/browser, and membership email when needed—not the completed form. Levels can explain the tool, but Fin should not make a dancer-specific placement, diagnosis, or safety decision from chat.