Contents

• Overview of the Test Site
• Test Rules
• About Accommodations

Overview of the Test Site

Sample Test Page

There are two types of test tools available:

• Global Tools: These tools appear in the global menu at the top of the test page.
• Context Menu Tools: These tools are for passages and questions. To use these tools, click the context menu .

Global Tools	Instructions
Help (?) button	To view the on-screen Instructions and Help window, select the question mark button in the upper-right corner.
Calculator	To use the on-screen calculator, select Calculator in the global menu. This tool is available for the following tests: Smarter Mathematics 6, 7, 8, and High School
Dictionary	To search the Merriam-Webster dictionary or thesaurus, select Dictionary in the global menu. This tool is available for the following test: Smarter ELA Performance Task
Masking	The Masking tool temporarily covers a distracting area of the test page. To use this tool: Select the Masking button in the global menu. Click and drag across the distracting area. To close the Masking tool, select the Masking button again. To remove a masked area, select X in the upper-right corner of that area. Note: This tool requires you to have the Masking accommodation.
Notes	To enter notes in an on-screen notepad, select Notes in the global menu. (Notes appear only for the test opportunity you are taking.)
Zoom buttons	To enlarge the text and images on a test page, select Zoom In. Multiple zoom levels are available. To undo zooming, select Zoom Out.

Context Menu Tools	Instructions
American Sign Language	You can watch videos that translate test content into American Sign Language (ASL). To view ASL videos: From the context menu, select American Sign Language. If only one ASL video is available, the video opens automatically. If multiple ASL videos are available, sign language icons appear next to the test content for each video. Select the icon for the test content you wish to translate into ASL. Note: This tool requires you to have the ASL accommodation turned on. This tool is available for the following tests: Smarter ELA Smarter Mathematics
Expand Passage	To expand the passage section, select the double arrow icon in the upper-right corner of that section. The passage section will overlap the question section for easier readability. To collapse the expanded section, select the double arrow icon again.
Highlighter	To highlight text, select the text on the screen and then select Highlight Selection from the context menu. To remove highlighting, select Reset Highlighting from the context menu. You cannot highlight text in images.
Mark for Review	To mark a question for review, select Mark for Review from the context menu. The marked question number displays a flap in the upper-right corner and a flag icon appears next to the number on the test page. The Questions drop-down list displays for the selected question.
Strikethrough	For selected response questions, you can cross out an answer option to focus on the options you think might be correct. There are two options for using this tool: Option A: To activate Strikethrough mode, open the context menu and select Strikethrough. Select the answer options you wish to strike out. To deactivate Strikethrough mode, press the Esc key or click outside the response area. Option B: Right-click an answer option and select Strikethrough.
Tutorial	To view a short video demonstrating how to respond to a particular question type, select Tutorial from the context menu.

Test Rules

Navigation Rules

• You cannot skip questions. You must answer all the questions on a page before you can go to the next page. You can mark a question for review and go back to it later to change the answer, if necessary.
  • Some pages contain multiple questions grouped together. You may need to use the scroll bar to view all the questions.
• You can navigate to test pages by selecting the Back and Next buttons or by selecting an option from the Questions drop-down list in the upper-left corner.
• You must submit the test after you finish answering all questions.

Pause Rules

• You can pause the test at any time.
  • If the test is paused for less than 20 minutes, you can review questions you already answered.
  • If the test is paused for more than 20 minutes, you cannot review questions you already answered. The only exception is if you pause on a page that has at least one unanswered question.
• When you resume the test, the first page with unanswered questions appears.
• If you are idle for 30 minutes, the test automatically pauses and logs you out.
• All answers are saved immediately. You do not lose them when the test is paused.

About Accommodations

About Print-on-Request

To send a print request to the Test Administrator, choose from the following options:

• To print a passage and all questions on the page, select Print Page in the global menu.
• To print a passage, select Print Passage in the global menu.
• To print a question, open the question's context menu and select Print Item. After sending the print request, a printer icon appears next to the question number.

About Text-to-Speech

If you are testing with Text-to-Speech, you can listen to instructions, passages, and questions in the test. For ELA tests, some passages are not read aloud.

To listen to content with the Text-to-Speech tool:

• To listen to a passage, open the passage context menu and select a Speak option. You can also select a portion of text to listen to, such as a word or phrase. To do this, select the text, open the passage context menu, and select Speak Selection.
• To listen to a question or answer options, open the question context menu and select one of the following Speak options:
  • To listen only to the question, select Speak Question.
  • To listen only to an answer option, select Speak Option from the context menu and then select the answer option. You can also right-click on the answer option and select Speak Option.