Approving Students for Testing

After students sign in and select tests, you must verify that their settings and accommodations are correct before approving them for testing. When students are awaiting approval, the Approvals button next to the Session ID becomes active and shows you how many students are awaiting approval.

Note: The Approvals notification updates regularly, but you can also click

in the upper-right corner to update it manually.

You must approve students twice when starting a session. First, you approve each student as they select the test, then you approve all students as a group once they accept the terms and conditions. This ensures all students begin testing at the same time.

Note: When you select a timing attribute for the session, students must have the corresponding timing test setting in order to join your session. You can adjust students’ timing settings during the approval process, if necessary.

To approve students for testing:

1.Click Approvals. The Approvals Queue window appears, displaying a list of students awaiting approval.

2.To check a student's test settings and accommodations, click for that student. The student’s information appears in the Test Settings window. This window groups test settings by their area of need.

a.If any settings are incorrect, the test coordinator or SSD coordinator must update them as required. Students should not begin testing until their settings are correct.

b.Do one of the following:

To confirm the settings, click OK. You must still approve the student for testing (see step 5).
To return to the Approvals Queue window without confirming settings, click Close.

3.Repeat step 2 for each student in the Approvals Queue list.

Note: The Approvals Queue window does not automatically refresh. To update the list of students awaiting approval, click Refresh at the top of the window.

4.If you need to deny a student access to testing, do the following (otherwise skip to step 5):

a.Click for that student.

b.Optional: In the window that pops up, enter a brief reason for denying the student.

c.Click Deny. The student receives a message explaining the reason for the denial and is logged out. The student can still request access to the test again.

5.If you wish to approve students directly from the Approvals Queue window, do the following:

To approve the students, click Admit Students.

6.After all the students in the session accept the terms and conditions, click Approvals again.

7.In the Approvals Queue window, click Start Test.

8.In the confirmation window that displays how many students will be testing, click Yes. The students can begin testing at this point.