diff --git a/Gemfile b/Gemfile
index 9d6651cdd23..f2034a91999 100644
--- a/Gemfile
+++ b/Gemfile
@@ -16,6 +16,7 @@ gem 'dynamic_form'
 gem 'edavis10-ruby-web-search'
 gem 'engtagger'
 gem 'expertiza-authlogic', github: 'expertiza/authlogic', :require => 'authlogic'
+gem "factory_girl_rails","~> 4.0"
 gem 'fastercsv'
 gem 'ffi-aspell'
 gem 'font-awesome-rails'
@@ -55,7 +56,7 @@ gem 'uglifier'
 gem 'will_paginate'
 gem 'zip-zip'
 gem 'react-rails', '~> 1.0'
-
+gem 'rspec-rails', '~> 3.0'
 group :development do
   gem 'daemons'
   gem 'pry'
@@ -72,7 +73,7 @@ group :test do
   gem 'guard-rails'
   gem 'guard-rspec'
   gem 'launchy'
-  gem 'rspec-rails'
+  #gem 'rspec-rails'
   gem 'shoulda'
   gem 'test-unit'
 end
diff --git a/Gemfile.lock b/Gemfile.lock
index 58f152b5757..1b6f92eb752 100644
--- a/Gemfile.lock
+++ b/Gemfile.lock
@@ -115,6 +115,11 @@ GEM
     erubis (2.7.0)
     eventmachine (1.0.8)
     execjs (2.6.0)
+    factory_girl (4.5.0)
+      activesupport (>= 3.0.0)
+    factory_girl_rails (4.5.0)
+      factory_girl (~> 4.5.0)
+      railties (>= 3.0.0)
     faraday (0.9.1)
       multipart-post (>= 1.2, < 3)
     fastercsv (1.5.5)
@@ -423,6 +428,7 @@ DEPENDENCIES
   edavis10-ruby-web-search
   engtagger
   expertiza-authlogic!
+  factory_girl_rails (~> 4.0)
   fastercsv
   ffi-aspell
   font-awesome-rails
@@ -458,7 +464,7 @@ DEPENDENCIES
   react-rails (~> 1.0)
   rgl
   rjb
-  rspec-rails
+  rspec-rails (~> 3.0)
   rubyzip
   rwordnet (= 0.1.3)
   sass-rails (= 5.0.3)
diff --git a/app/models/assignment.rb b/app/models/assignment.rb
index c7feab73e02..b6563ac27a4 100644
--- a/app/models/assignment.rb
+++ b/app/models/assignment.rb
@@ -130,6 +130,7 @@ def candidate_topics_to_review(reviewer)
   #This method is only for the assignments without topics
   def candidate_assignment_teams_to_review(reviewer)
     # the contributors are AssignmentTeam objects
+
     contributor_set = Array.new(contributors)
 
     # Reject contributors that have no submissions
@@ -335,7 +336,7 @@ def contributor_to_review(reviewer, topic)
   def contributors
     #ACS Contributors are just teams, so removed check to see if it is a team assignment
     @contributors ||= teams #ACS
-  end
+   end
 
   def assign_metareviewer_dynamically(meta_reviewer)
     # The following method raises an exception if not successful which
diff --git a/spec/factories.rb b/spec/factories.rb
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..3e57d3e67b8
--- /dev/null
+++ b/spec/factories.rb
@@ -0,0 +1,55 @@
+require 'factory_girl_rails'
+
+FactoryGirl.define do
+ 
+  #instructor for assignment
+  factory :user do
+    sequence(:name) { |n| "NewName #{n}" }
+    fullname {"test_user"}
+    email {"sjolly@ncsu.edu"}
+    parent_id =1
+    is_new_user=true
+  end
+
+  
+  # Factory for Assignment with name
+  factory :assignment do
+    #name {'OSS'}
+    sequence(:name) { |n| "OS #{n}" }
+    submitter_count {3}
+    is_coding_assignment {true}
+    microtask {true}
+    review_assignment_strategy {'Auto-Selected'}
+    association :instructor, factory: :user
+    association :wiki_type, factory: :wiki_type
+  end
+
+  # Factory for Assignment without name
+  factory :assignment_without_name, class: Assignment do
+    name {}
+    submitter_count {3}
+    is_coding_assignment {true}
+    microtask {true}
+    review_assignment_strategy {'Auto-Selected'}
+    association :instructor, factory: :user
+    association :wiki_type, factory: :wiki_type
+  end
+
+  # Factory for wiki type
+  factory :wiki_type do
+    name {'wiki_1a'}
+  end
+
+  # Factory for Assignment Team
+  
+  factory :assignmentTeam, class: AssignmentTeam do
+ 
+  end
+
+  factory :signed_up_topic, class: SignUpTopic do
+    topic_name {'TestApplication'}
+    topic_identifier {'A1234B1234'}
+    #association :assignment, factory: :assignment
+    assignment
+  end
+end 
diff --git a/spec/models/assignment_spec.rb b/spec/models/assignment_spec.rb
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..27ff214a43a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/spec/models/assignment_spec.rb
@@ -0,0 +1,107 @@
+require 'rails_helper'
+require 'spec_helper'
+
+describe "validations" do
+  it "assignment should exist" do
+    FactoryGirl.create(:assignment).should be_valid
+  end
+	
+  it "assignment without name should not exist" do
+    FactoryGirl.build(:assignment_without_name).should_not be_valid
+  end
+
+  it "checks whether Assignment Team is created or not" do
+     FactoryGirl.create(:assignmentTeam).should be_valid
+  end
+	
+  it "checks whether signed up topic is created or not" do
+    FactoryGirl.create(:signed_up_topic).should be_valid
+  end
+
+end
+
+describe "#team_assignment" do
+  it "checks team assignment should be true" do
+    assign = FactoryGirl.create(:assignment)
+    res = assign.team_assignment
+    expect(res).to be true
+  end
+end
+
+describe "#has_teams?" do
+  it "checks assignment should have a team" do
+    assign = FactoryGirl.build(:assignment)
+    assign_team = FactoryGirl.create(:assignmentTeam)
+    assign.teams << assign_team
+    assign.save!
+    res = assign.has_teams?
+    expect(res).to be true
+  end
+end
+
+describe "#has_topics?" do
+  it "checks assignment should have a topic" do
+    assign_signed_up_topic = FactoryGirl.create(:signed_up_topic)
+    assign_topic = FactoryGirl.build(:assignment)
+    assign_topic.sign_up_topics << assign_signed_up_topic
+    assign_topic.save!
+    res = assign_topic.has_topics?
+    expect(res).to be true
+  end
+end
+
+describe "#is_wiki_assignment" do
+  it "checks assignment should be a wiki assignment" do
+    assign = FactoryGirl.create(:assignment)
+    id = assign.is_wiki_assignment
+    expect(id).to be true
+  end
+end
+
+describe "#is_google_doc" do
+  it "checks whether assignment is a google doc" do
+    assign = FactoryGirl.create(:assignment)
+    res = assign.is_google_doc
+    expect(res).to be false
+  end
+end
+
+describe "#is_microtask?" do
+  it "checks whether assignment is a micro task" do
+    assign = FactoryGirl.create(:assignment)
+    id = assign.is_microtask?
+    expect(id).to be true
+  end
+end
+
+describe "#dynamic_reviewer_assignment?" do
+  it "checks the Review Strategy Assignment" do
+    assign = FactoryGirl.create(:assignment)
+    id = assign.dynamic_reviewer_assignment?
+    expect(id).to be true
+  end
+end
+
+describe "#is_coding_assignment?" do
+  it "checks assignment should be coding assignment" do
+    assign = FactoryGirl.create(:assignment).should be_valid
+   end
+end
+
+describe "#candidate_assignment_teams_to_review" do
+  it "returns nil if if there are no contributors" do
+    assign = FactoryGirl.create(:assignment)
+    reviewer = FactoryGirl.create(:user)
+    cand_team = assign.candidate_assignment_teams_to_review(reviewer)
+    expect(cand_team).to be_empty
+  end
+
+end
+
+describe "#candidate_topics_for_quiz" do
+  it "returns nil if sign up topic is empty" do
+    assign = FactoryGirl.create(:assignment)
+    cand_team = assign.candidate_topics_for_quiz
+    expect(cand_team).to be_nil
+  end
+end
diff --git a/spec/models/team_spec.rb b/spec/models/team_spec.rb
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..16cbdb35e44
--- /dev/null
+++ b/spec/models/team_spec.rb
@@ -0,0 +1,11 @@
+require 'spec_helper'
+require 'rails_helper'
+
+describe Team do
+     it "when team is valid" do
+      FactoryGirl.build(:team,name: nil).should be_valid
+     end
+     
+
+
+end
diff --git a/spec/spec_helper.rb b/spec/spec_helper.rb
index 3c0eda09b97..b6fcf63bd8d 100644
--- a/spec/spec_helper.rb
+++ b/spec/spec_helper.rb
@@ -1,4 +1,5 @@
 # Record code coverage with coveralls on Travis
+require 'factory_girl_rails'
 require 'coveralls'
 Coveralls.wear! 'rails'
 
@@ -27,6 +28,9 @@
 #
 # See http://rubydoc.info/gems/rspec-core/RSpec/Core/Configuration
 RSpec.configure do |config|
+    config.include FactoryGirl::Syntax::Methods
+
+#RSpec.configure do |config|
 # The settings below are suggested to provide a good initial experience
 # with RSpec, but feel free to customize to your heart's content.
 =begin