Test Details

Teachers and test creators can use the Test Details page to view, edit, and schedule an assessment. The actions you can take depend on:

The test stage: Public or Private Draft, Finalized, Scheduled, In Progress, or Completed.

Your role and permissions. You can verify your roles and permissions by clicking My Account (from the User icon) and checking the Roles and Operations tab.

Your system may be configured to use either "Test" or "Assessment" on certain user interface labels, such as the Test Settings tab on this page. The documentation uses Test.

To access the Test Details page:

Go to Assessments > Find for Tests. Note that when creating a new test, you will also end up on the Test Details page (see Create a Test).

Enter the search criteria, and then click Go, or click Advanced Search.

Click a test to go the Test Details page. The test banner shows the test name, ID, stage, online passcode, test creator, and when the test was last updated.

In the test banner, you can add or edit items, advance the test stage, schedule the test, enable co-authoring, and more. The actions you can take depend on the test stage and your permissions.

In Progress

Scan Answer Sheets: Open the Answer Sheet Scanning solution to scan answer sheets for assessments that are In Progress. Only scanning with document cameras is supported. This button only appears if Answer Sheet Scanning is used in your system and the test contains no online-only items, such as Drag and Drop. This button will be grayed out if Answer Sheet Scanning is not enabled in Test Settings for this test.
Score: Enter or edit test scores for a student or section you have permission to score.
Preview Test as Student: Preview the test to see it as a student will. Only the accommodations selected for the assessment or items will appear. In preview, you can enter answers and click Calculate Score to verify that scoring works correctly.
Modify Items: Click to modify tests that are Finalized or later. Modified tests need to be republished.
Publish to TestNav: This button will appear if a test needs to be republished to TestNav. Students cannot take a test, and teachers will not be able to generate answer sheets or access the Score page, until after a test is published. If a test is modified after it is published, it will need to be republished. DO NOT republish a test while students are currently taking the test or errors may occur.
Data Collection Report: Click to view a summary of students who have started and not started the test. For more information, see Track Test Completion. The data collection threshold means that a minimum percentage of eligible students (defined in system configuration) have completed the test.
Student Comments: Click to view student comments made on the test.
Proctor Dashboard: Teachers can view real-time, color-coded student responses to the test, see a class distribution of students by test stage (Not Started, In Progress, and Completed), and link to individual student score pages for submitted tests. See Proctor Dashboard.
Export Test Results: Click to export all student test results to a CSV file, including student responses and points. This link appears only if results exist for the test and if no test restrictions are in place. Student results will appear only if you have access to the student's profile. If you have the Add/Update Student Responses operation at an institution, all students at that institution will be included. Any test restrictions applied to the test will be respected. For Open Response items, the results will indicate No Response or Response Provided. The Date/Time Submitted timestamp shows the date and time a test was submitted or scored. For a student online test submission, this timestamp will never change regardless of any further updates to their score. For all other submissions (answer sheet scanning, bulk upload, or Score page changes), this timestamp will reflect the most recent update.
Test Results Summary: Opens the Test Summary report on the Reporting Dashboard. This link appears only if results exist for the test.
The Edit Schedule and Settings link remains available to view or edit. See Schedule a Test.

In the test actions dropdown menu, you can perform the following actions.

Test actions dropdown

Copy Test: Click to create a copy of the test to schedule a new instance of the test. When copying a test with associated resources, you will be given the option to copy the test with or without all associated resources. This action opens the Create Manual Test page, where you can edit and save a copy of the existing test. All questions, answers, points, standards, and other settings are copied. If the test you copied was linked to an assignment in a LMS, the copy will not be linked, but you can link it at a later time.
Export Test: Export this test for transfer to another system. Only Schoolnet authored, complete tests with complete items are eligible for export. Tests that contain items with any critical alerts cannot be exported. Answer key only tests cannot be exported. The type of equation editor selected for student responses is preserved on export.
Force Publication: Publish the test from Schoolnet to TestNav to ensure the test is the same in both systems. This link is only available to users with the Force publication operation, which is limited to leaders and system operators. This is the same functionality as the Publish to TestNav button at the top of the page, but is available so that a test can be published if needed when the normal publication options are not available. Do not republish a test while students are currently taking it. If a test is currently being published, it cannot be republished until the process is complete. The action is available only when the level at which the operation is assigned (school or district) matches the level of the test. This means that principals can't force publication of district tests.
Delete Test: Test owners can completely remove the test from the system. This option is not available for In Progress tests.
View Audit Log: System operators and users who have rights to schedule or modify a test can view an audit log of changes made to the test after it is scheduled. This link is available only for test categories that are configured to use audit logging. The audit log lists the date, the action that was taken, and the user who made the change. Actions that are logged include:
- Publishing the test
- Saving test items, passages, or rubrics
- Modifying the test assignment
- Saving the test schedule (whether or not changes were made)
- Adding or deleting associated resources
- Updating test restrictions, accommodations, score group cut scores, test item defaults, or test properties
Generate Answer Sheets: Generates a PDF answer sheet you can download and print. Answer sheets are pre-slugged with the student name, teacher name, school name, test information, and answer bubbles. The answer sheet may contain a Teacher Use Only section for teachers to add comments for students and parents on open response questions. The zip file and answer sheets use the following file names: TestID_answersheet.zip and TestID_answersheet1of2.pdf.
View User Names: Click to search for students who have been assigned to take the test. The Student Name, Student ID, User Name, and Password are shown.
Track Accommodations: Click to view accommodations assigned when a student completed the test. This option becomes available after a test is Scheduled, In Progress, or Completed. See Track Accommodations for details. This option will appear if you have the View Track Accommodations operation, are a teacher with active sections, or for tests you create and administer (the operation is not needed in the last two cases).

Click the tabs to view or edit test items, settings, and downloads and resources. Note that the tab that opens by default depends on the current test stage. See the sections below for more information.

Before finalizing and scheduling the test, click Preview Test as Student to verify that the test appears as expected. In preview, you can enter answers to verify that scoring works correctly.

Item Summary and Item Details tabs

You can use the first two tabs to view and manage test items:

The Item Summary tab shows a brief list of test items with only key information for each item. You can add or delete items, select standards, add student instructions, customize item numbers and answer choices, and perform actions for test items based on the test stage and your permissions.
The Item Details tab lists test items with more detailed information, including question content, answer choices, correct answers, and other item properties.
In the Test Standards area on both tabs, you can view and select standards aligned with the test. Click the search icon for a particular standard to open Item Bank search filtered on that standard. You can also view the item distribution (T/F, multiple choice, etc.) and rigor measure.

Test options and actions

Setting	Description
Select Standards	Select or change the standards associated with the test. See Select Standards. The associated standards are listed in the Test Standards area along with a count of aligned items. Click the search icon next to a standard to search Item Banks for additional items aligned to that standard.
Item Distribution	Click to show the number of each item type (True/False, Multiple Choice, etc.) included on the test.
View Rigor Measure	Select the rigor measure to display in the item list: Authored Difficulty, Bloom's Taxonomy, or Webb.
Add Instructions	For tests that are private drafts and public drafts, click Add Instructions or Edit Instructions to provide specific guidelines to students for the test. For tests with the Text to Speech accommodation enabled, the playback buttons will be available on the Test Instructions page for tests that have instructions.
Customize Item Numbers	Allows you to apply custom numbers or labels to test items if your test has not yet been scheduled. There are two ways to define custom item numbers: Start your test from a number other than 1. Enter a numerical value into the “Renumber all items starting with” box and click Apply. This will give the first item on your test that value and will sequentially fill in the remaining values. Click Save Item Numbers to finish. Use an alternate numbering system. If you want your tests labeled with something other than sequential numbers (for example, A, B, C), you can manually edit the item number field for each item. Item number fields have a three character maximum. Click Save Item Numbers to finish.
Customize Answer Choices	Two options are available, one for odd and one for even questions. Choose the letter to start the odd questions and a letter to start the even questions. Answer choices will continue in alphabetical order from the letters you choose. The letter "i" will not appear as an answer choice, and the letter "t" is the last letter that will appear (i.e., the letters u-z will not appear as answer choices). Custom answer choice apply only to multiple choice questions.
Delete Multiple Items	Activates checkboxes next to all questions. Select the checkboxes by the questions you would like to delete, and then click Delete Selected Items. Use caution when selecting the questions you would like to delete. There is no confirmation when clicking Delete.
Copy Multiple Items	Only appears on the Item Detail tab. Click to copy one or more items to a new or existing test.
Add All Items to Item Bank	For test items that were created on the test (not in an item bank), click this link to add the items to a bank, and then select the bank. This action is available only when a test is Finalized or later. This action will not update items added to the test from a bank and then edited for the test. This action appears at the bottom of the list of items.

Item actions dropdown

Item Actions	Description
View	View item details including the properties and item statistics that may be associated with the item. See Item Detail or Item Statistics for more information.
Edit	Depending upon the test stage and item type, item creators or others with appropriate permissions can make changes to subject, grade level, language, standardRefers to a set of skills students or educators must learn to be considered proficient in a given course of study. The term may refer to a granular level of a standard, such as a skill, indicator, or performance objective. Standards exist at national, state, and local (district or school) levels. or standards, language category, change type, content, answer(s), points worth (including up to two decimal places), correct responses, explanations, instructions, activities and optional information. For items aligned to more than one standard, an All Alignments link appears. Click on that link to view a list of all standards aligned to the test item. When editing items that have been added to a test, changes are only made to the test and will not appear in the school district bank. If the item has been imported as part of a Benchmark test, it is not stored as an individual item in your bank; it is only viewable as a part of the test and cannot be copied, edited, or used in other tests.
Delete	Delete the item from the test. This option appears only for items that are not in an item bank. For items in a bank, you will see the Remove from Test option.
Replace	Replace the item on a test with another item from an item bank. The search filters will default to the subject, grade level, and standards defined for the item being replaced. Click Select Banks to search for an item from a specific bank or banks. Depending on the type of test and your permissions, there may be limitations on replacing items on a test.
Modify	Modifications can be made to the point value, correct answer, standards and weights. For items aligned to more than one standard, an All Alignments link appears. Click on that link to view a list of all standards aligned to the test item. Test modification does not affect the administration of the test. However, it is recommended that all modifications be completed while test is in the Ready to Schedule (Ready) stage to ensure data collection reporting is accurate.
Add to Item Bank	For items that were created on a test (not in an item bank), click this link to add the item to a bank. This action is available only when a test is Scheduled, In Progress, or Completed.
Remove from Test	Remove the item from the test. Removes the item from the test, but not from item bank if the item is in a bank.
Timer Off	When an online test is timed, select Timer Off to pause the test while students respond to the item. The test clock resumes after students advance to an item where Timer Off is not selected. This option can only be selected when the test is in the Private Draft and Public Draft stage.

Test Settings tab

On the Test Settings tab, you can view or define test restrictions, accommodations, score groups, test item defaults, and test properties.

Restrictions

In the Restrictions area, you can view or edit the test restrictions for educators and parents/students. Users with the appropriate operations can bypass these restrictions.

For Educators. The following options are available only if you have the View Content and Manage Restricted Tests operation and can create State, District, or Region benchmark tests. Note that for State tests, district, region, and school users will be subject to all selected test restrictions regardless of their operations.

Restriction	Description
Prevent viewing item content	Prevents viewing item content and when the restriction will apply. When you select this option, the Prevent copying test or test items restriction is automatically applied as well to protect test content from being exposed. When you select the Except From option and enter start and end dates, the restriction applies from the beginning of the day on the start date to the end of the day on the end date. Caution: Deselecting either of the following scoring restrictions below will allow users to see test content on the Score page.
Prevent copying test or test items	Prevents the test or any test items from being copied. Protects test content from being exposed.
Prevent editing student responses	Select when the restriction will apply.
Prevent deleting student responses	Select when the restriction will apply.
Prevent scoring open response questions	Select when the restriction will apply.
Restrict Item Analysis, Data Collection Report, and Export Test Results for this test	Prevents viewing of item analysis information and the Data Collection Report, and also prevents exporting test results from all areas.

For Parents and Students. The following options are available for all tests and test creators. These options are progressively restrictive, and only one option can be selected. The selected restrictions will be respected in the Student Profile and Review a Test widget.

Restriction	Description
No restriction	No restrictions are applied to parents and students.
Show correctness for student responses only	Shows only the correctness of a student's selected response. If a student selects the wrong answer, the correct answer will not be identified. All item content and answer choices will be visible.
Hide correct answers	Hides correct answers when viewing test results during the selected time period (or always).
Restrict access to item content and answer choices	Restricts access to item content and answer choices while leaving student responses and correctness visible.
Prevent access to test details, correctness, standards analysis, item content, and answer choices	If the item analysis restriction for educators is applied, this option will be selected by default, but it can be applied independently of the educator setting. Only the test name, test score, and score group will be available to parents and students.
Hide test from Student Profile	Hides the test and test results from parents and students on the Benchmark Tests and Classroom Tests tabs of the Student Profile.

Accommodations

In the Accommodations area, you can view or edit student accommodations used on the test.

Online tests support a number of student accommodations, such as Text to Speech. Certain accommodations can be enabled for a test, and other accommodations can only be enabled for a student in their Personal Needs Profile (PNP) in their student profile by users with the Update TestNav PNP operation. See Student Accommodations for a full list of accommodations. You can view the accommodations that were available to a student for a test on the Track Accommodations page. Teachers with active sections and users with the View Track Accommodations operation can view this page.

The Text to Speech accommodation must be enabled in both Test Settings and a student's PNP settings. Other accommodations can be enabled either here or in a student's PNP.

Accommodation	Description
Line Reader	Allows students to use a line reader to help students focus on selected text by blocking surrounding text. The line reader can be adjusted to focus on a single line, multiple lines, or just a few words. Available in PNP and Test Settings. If the line reader is enabled in Test Settings, it will be available on a test regardless of a student's PNP.
Magnifier	Allows students to use a magnifier. Students can drag the magnifier to view different areas of the test question. Available on PNP and Test Settings. If the magnifier is enabled in Test Settings, it will be available on a test regardless of a student's PNP.
Text to Speech	Important: Text to Speech must be enabled in both Test Settings and a student's PNP to be available for a student. Reads question content aloud to students. Test item creators can enter alternate text to be read for a word, math equation, image, audio file, or table. For tables, alternate text can be entered for content within the table or the entire table (in Table Properties). If alternate text is entered for both, only the alt text for the entire table will be read. Test instructions, question text, passages, answer choices, and task instructions and activity headings will be read to the student. Labels will be read for Gap Match, Inline Response, and Hotspot items. Text to Speech playback buttons will appear on the right side of the screen in TestNav. A male or female voice can be selected, and reading speed can be made slower or faster. The Click to Hear (middle) button allows students to select a specific line of text to hear. The playback buttons will be available on the Test Instructions page for tests that have instructions. The Text to Speech feature may not always pronounce words correctly. Refer to the phonetic guide and use alternate text to improve pronunciation. Alternate text can also be used to describe math equations, images, audio files, and tables. In Test Settings, English or Spanish pronunciation can be selected. The test-level setting will override the item-level Question Language. This setting determines only the pronunciation of question content; it does not translate question content. A warning message will appear if the test and item settings differ. Text to Speech is not supported with the scramble answer choice functionality.
Enable TTS for Passages	In Test Settings, enable text to speech for passages. The Text To Speech accommodation must be selected first. This does not require Text to Speech to be enabled on a student's PNP.

Test Item Defaults

In the Test Item Defaults area, you can view the default item settings defined for the test. Click Edit to change the item defaults. When editing Test Item Defaults, select whether to Use Item Settings defined at the item level or to define the setting for here for all test items.

Open Response Text Formatting: Simple text formatting allows students to enter text without the text formatting toolbar available. Rich text formatting allows students to use the text formatting toolbar. With rich text, you can also give students access to Spell Check (for English only) or the Special Character Palette (for French and Spanish only). Select Equation Editor to allow students to enter their answer as an equation, and then select an appropriate grade level and editor.
Answer Choice Layout: Provides the option to choose a table layout for the multiple choice/checklist test questions and answers. This option allows schools and districts that use a table for multiple choice/checklist items to choose the appropriate layout.
Answer Choice Positioning: For Gap Match and Graphic Gap Match items, you can select where answer choices will appear in the question content (top, bottom, left, or right). For example, answer choices will appear at the bottom of the question (below the question and gaps) if you select bottom. For questions with vertically oriented (side-by-side) passages, left or right positioning will be ignored, and top will be used instead.
Gridded Answer Entry: Select how gridded test questions will appear in the online test, or select to Use Item Settings. The Bubble Grid option displays a bubble layout similar to a printed answer sheet, and the Text Box option displays a single text box in which students can enter their answer.
Tools & Manipulatives:Allows tools and manipulatives to be used on both online and printed tests. When you select this option, you can select the specific tools and manipulatives you want to include on a test. Select whether to Use Item Settings defined at the item level or to use the global test settings defined here. For more information, see Tools and Manipulatives.
Formula Reference Sheet - Provides the option to upload a default formula reference sheet for all test items and task activities. Existing test items and items that are added to the test later will include the default reference sheet. You can replace the default reference sheet with a different reference sheet for specific items, or delete the default reference sheet and revert to item settings. Reference sheets provide formulas, the periodic table, units of measure, etc. to students. In online tests, a reference sheet is opened from the Exhibit button.
Apply these settings to the existing test items: In the Edit Test Item Defaults popup, select this checkbox and click Save to apply any revised settings to existing test items. If you do not select this option, their existing settings will continue to be used, but any new test items will inherit the new settings.

Properties

In the Properties area, you can view or edit the test properties defined for the test. The following properties are listed in the order in which they appear in the Edit Test Properties popup. The order is slightly different on the Test Settings tab.

Test Property	Description
Test Name	The Test Name can be changed when the test is in the Private Draft or Public Draft stage.
Institution Source	Optional: Defines where the information comes from (e.g. district, region). Most users will not change the default. This field option is only available to administrators.
Test Category	This defaults to the category or categories associated with the highest level institution you can create tests for, such as District, School, or Classroom.
Subject	Course subject, such as Mathematics, Science, and History.
Grade Range	Grade level of the students that are assigned to the test.
Preferred Standards Document	The standards document that is used for reporting purposes.
Score Type	Select the score type to be displayed for this test throughout the application: Percentage: Total Points Achieved/Total Points Possible x 100. Proficiency Score: Level Achieved or Total Points Achieved (x). Raw Score: Total Points Achieved/Total Points Possible (x/y).
Unanswered Questions	For Classroom tests only, Select to include or exclude unanswered questions from the test score. The TestNav Score Summary page and Score page in Schoolnet will reflect the correct score based on this setting. For example, if a test is set to exclude unanswered questions, and a student answered 3 out 5 questions correctly but did not answer two questions, the score will be shown as 100% on the TestNav Score Summary page and on the Score page.
Test Focus	ELA, Reading, or Writing. Available only for English subject, for reporting purposes.
Item/Passage Default Font	Applies to online tests and test booklets. Select a default font for items and passages on the test. Custom item and passage font settings will override the test settings. Only fonts supported in TestNav are supported. Labels in TestNav will use the standard font, not the default font selected here. The default fonts defined for a test will be maintained even if the system-level default fonts are changed. The following fonts will not be maintained when exported to Word: Andale Mono, Helvetica, and Terminal. These fonts will be converted to a default font.
Description	Enter a test description.
Enable Test Notes	Allows teachers and administrators to add notes on the use and effectiveness of an assessment when it is in the following test stages: scheduled, in progress, or completed. When enabled, the Assessment Notes area will be available on the Test Details page.
Items	The number of content items on the test.
Point Value	The point value of each test item. When assessments are integrated with PowerTeacher Gradebook, any changes to this data are synchronous with the gradebook.
Vendor	Schoolnet
Hide Teacher Names and Section Information on Answer Sheets	Select whether to hide teacher names and section information on answer sheets.
Capture Teacher Comments on Answer Sheets	Select Yes to add space on the printed answer sheets for teacher comments. This option is automatically set to No and may only be updated prior to scheduling a test.
Enable Student Self-Assessment	Allows students can perform a self-assessment so they can compare their open response answers to specific scoring criteria for each question, and then assign their own score. This helps students to understand how well they met the goals for each question and to think critically about their answers. Teachers will see self-assessment scores and comments when scoring the test.
Enable Printing	Select the printing options available to teachers. Test booklets can be printed in PDF or Word, and other options in PDF.
Answer Sheet Scanning	Select whether to allow answer sheet scanning with a document scanner (using the Answer Sheet Scanning feature).
Enable Student Comments	Allows students to enter or update comments about the test and/or items. Select to allow students to either Comment at the end of the test, to Comment on each item, or leave blank to remove student comments for the test. This item setting cannot be changed once the test is scheduled. These comments display on the Score page.

Downloads & Resources tab

On the Downloads & Resources tab, you can download test documents, such as the student test booklet, and add associated resources.

Download	Description
Student Test Booklet	Download the student test booklet in PDF or DOCX (Word) format to print for offline testing. Tests containing images and technology-enhanced items, such as drag and drop, can be printed for students who do not have access to a computer.
Answer Key	Download the answer key to manually score the test. Answer keys can be downloaded for tests with any item type, including technology-enhanced items such as Gap Match. The correct answer for technology-enhanced items will be shown as N/A, and the item type will be indicated. A column for Webb's DOK is included.
Teacher Instructions	Generate a PDF or Word document containing instructions for teachers administering test items. This option is only available if any test items contain teacher instructions.
Scoring Instructions	Download instructions for scoring open response test items.
Exemplars	Download exemplars attached to open response questions. The PDF will include all text entered in the Exemplars field and list the file names of any attached files. The ZIP file will include the PDF and all attachments.
Cover Sheet	Download a PDF cover sheet. This action is not available for tests with technology-enhanced items.
Test Rubrics	Download rubric details for all rubrics that are aligned to the test.
Associated Resources	Click Add New Resource to attach a new resource. Select a file and enter a display name (file name). Alphanumeric and common special characters are supported.