Overview of the Test Administration Sites

This section describes the test administration sites for Test Administrators. Throughout this online guide, “TA Site” refers to both the TA Interface and TA Practice Site.

Warning: Do not use the TA Interface for practice. To practice administering tests, use the TA Practice Site. Both TA Sites have similar functionality, but the available tests are different. Tests provided in the TA Interface are operational, and students' scores will be official.

Table 1 provides an overview of the major features available in the TA Site. Some features appear only after you start a session. Some features appear only after approving students for testing.

Table 1: TA Site Features
Feature	Description
Menu button	You can click Menu in the top-right corner to perform the following tasks: Enabling Screensaver Mode Printing Session Information
Student Lookup tab	Searches for student information. See the section Looking Up Students.
Stop Session button	Ends the test session. See the section Stop a Test Session .
Session ID	Displays the unique ID generated for the test session. If you navigate away from the student test progress tables during an active test session, you can click the Session ID to return to this view.
Select Tests tab	Allows you to select which tests to include in the session. See the section Administering Online Tests.
Approvals tab	Allows you to review student test settings and approve students for testing. See the section Approving Students for Testing.
Refresh Page button	Updates the on-screen information.
Student test progress tables	Display the testing progress for students in your test session. See the section Monitoring Students' Testing Progress.
Test Clock	Displays the remaining time or time elapsed in the test session, depending on the selected timing attribute.