1 Exploring the Student Testing Interface What it’s like to take an online test.
Additional Equipment Required for Testing Headphones are required for the listening portion of the ELA assessment and for students requiring text-to-speech Scratch paper will be provided for note taking and problem solving as necessary for all online assessments; Graph paper is required for Grades 6 -8 Math Note: Hand-held and external calculators or other math tools are not permitted; an embedded calculator will be available for some mathematics items in grades 6 -8 Summative and EOC Math I & Math II. 2
3 Accessing the Assessments
4 Select the Test
5 Confirmation Screen
Instructions to the Students • Before seeing any test questions, the student will go through instructions on how to respond to the test. 6
7 Tools and Navigation
8 Sample ELA MC Item
9 Sample ELA Short Answer Question
10 Sample ELA Listening Item
11 Review Screen Prior to Ending Test
12 Confirmation to End the Test
13 Embedded Universal Tools
14 Highlight, Cross-off, Sticky Notes
15 Color Chooser
16 Masking
17 Student Practice Opportunities Nevada Portal > https: //wbte. drcedirect. com/NV/ ; launch from the DRC Insight platform Online Tools Training (OTTs) • Interactive practice tests with tools tutorial and sample items (launch using Google Chrome browser). Student Tutorials • Video with voice-over of how to take the tests and use test tools. • Access one student at a time or show to a whole classroom. Smarter Balanced Portal > http: //practice. smarterbalanced. org/student/; not in DRC Insight Grade Level Practice Tests and Performance Tasks • Practice grade level specific items; for individual or whole class review. • Tools, navigation and general appearance differ from OTT and actual test.