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title: "Authoring Assessments Using Prebuilt Test Banks"
slug: "navigating-prebuilt-test-banks"
updated: 2025-07-22T20:02:59Z
published: 2025-07-23T13:00:16Z
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# Authoring Assessments Using Prebuilt Test Banks

Test authors can create prebuilt tests in Aware if they have access to any of the following item banks:

- Bluebonnet
- lead4ward Rubric Assessments
- STAAR Released Tests
- TEKSready

Administrators may need to manage access based on test security needs in [**Set Default Security**](/v1/docs/set-access-method-and-default-security-for-item-banks#set-default-security). Test access can be granted or denied by user level.

### **Quick Guide**

1. Select **Prebuilt Tests**under **Item Bank** in Aware.
2. Search by title or use the table filters to locate the desired prebuilt test.
3. Click on a test title to preview the test.
4. Select **Create Copy** or the **Copy Test** icon once you’ve found the desired prebuilt test.
5. Keep or edit the test’s title, test type, subject, grade, and performance levels; add the relevant courses and campuses; and then select **Generate Test**.

Use the test in **Author Assessments**the way you would any other local test.

### **Illustrated Guide**

**Step 1:**Select **Prebuilt Tests**under **Item Bank** in Aware.

![](https://cdn.us.document360.io/d6ce927e-20b2-40ab-af8d-ea0afbbc28f7/Images/Documentation/image(329).png)

**Step 2:** Search by title or use the table filters to locate the desired prebuilt test. You can apply one or many of the following filters to narrow down results:

- Grades
- Subjects
- Item Banks
- Assessments

![](https://cdn.us.document360.io/d6ce927e-20b2-40ab-af8d-ea0afbbc28f7/Images/Documentation/image(330).png)

**Step 3:**Click on a test title to preview the test.

![](https://cdn.us.document360.io/d6ce927e-20b2-40ab-af8d-ea0afbbc28f7/Images/Documentation/image(331).png)

**Step 4:** Scroll through the items to make sure this is the correct test and then select **Create Copy**.

![](https://cdn.us.document360.io/d6ce927e-20b2-40ab-af8d-ea0afbbc28f7/Images/Documentation/image(333).png)

You can also copy a test by selecting the **Copy Test** icon in the **Prebuilt Item Bank Tests**list.

![](https://cdn.us.document360.io/d6ce927e-20b2-40ab-af8d-ea0afbbc28f7/Images/Documentation/image(334).png)

**Step 5:**Keep or edit the test’s title, test type, subject, grade, and performance levels. These changes apply to the copied version only. Add the desired **Curriculum Course**. Administrators can also add one or more **Associated Campuses** to the test.

Then, select **Generate Test**to finish copying the test over to **Author Assessments** in Aware.

![](https://cdn.us.document360.io/d6ce927e-20b2-40ab-af8d-ea0afbbc28f7/Images/Documentation/image(335).png)