Contents


Overview of the Test Site for ILEARN Assessments

Sample Test Page

Sample Test Page

There are two types of test tools available:

Global Tools Instructions

Help

Online Help Button

To view the on-screen Help Guide window, select ? in the upper-right corner.

Pause

Pause Icon

To pause a test, select Pause Icon in the global menu. Pausing the test will temporarily log you out.

Calculator

Calculator

To use the on-screen calculator, select Calculator in the global menu. Available on ILEARN Math calculator segments, in grades 6-8.

Dictionary

Dictionary Tool Icon

To look up definitions and synonyms in the Merriam-Webster dictionary or thesaurus, select Dictionary in the global menu. Available only on the ILEARN English/Language Arts performance tasks, segment 2.

Line Reader

Line Reader Tool

To highlight an individual line of text in a passage or question, select Line Reader in the global menu.

This tool is not available while the Highlighter tool is in use.

Masking

Masking Tool Icon

This designated feature temporarily covers a distracting area of the test page. To use this tool:

  1. Select Masking in the global menu.
  2. Click and drag across the distracting area.

To close the Masking tool, select Masking again. To remove a masked area, select X in the upper-right corner of that area.

Notes

Global Notes Tool Icon

To enter notes in an on-screen notepad, select Notes in the global menu.

Notes entered in this tool are available throughout a test. This tool is available on ILEARN English/Language Arts, Math, and Science performance tasks.

Print Page

Print Icon

To print the entire test page, select Print Page in the global menu. This is only available for ILEARN tests, when students have this accommodation set in TIDE.

Print Passage

Print Icon

To print a reading passage, select Print Passage in the global menu. This is only available for ILEARN tests, when students have this accommodation set in TIDE.

System Settings

cog wheel icon

To adjust audio volume during the test, select cog wheel icon in the upper-right corner. Students testing with TTS can also use this tool to adjust TTS settings.

Students testing on mobile devices cannot use this tool to adjust volume. To adjust audio volume on mobile devices, students must use the device's built-in volume control.

Audio Transcripts

Audio Transcripts Button

Allows students to view a transcript of the audio content for the current test page. All text in a test item’s audio content will display in a separate window. The text in transcripts can be read by screen readers, such as Job Access With Speech (JAWS). This tool is only available on ILEARN English/Language Arts tests.

Zoom buttons

Zoom In Icon Zoom Out Icon

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:

  1. Select American Sign Language from the context menu (American Sign Language Icon).
    • If only one ASL video is available, the video opens automatically.
    • If multiple ASL videos are available, sign language icons American Sign Language Icon appear next to the test content for each video. Select the icon for the test content you wish to translate into ASL.

ASL is available on ILEARN English/Language Arts tests only.

Closed Captioning Questions and stimuli with audio elements automatically display closed captions for students testing with the appropriate accommodations. Available only on ILEARN English/Language Arts tests.
Expand buttons

You can expand the passage section or the question section for easier readability.

  • To expand the passage section, select the right arrow icon Right Arrow Icon below the global menu. To collapse the expanded passage section, select the left arrow icon Left Arrow Icon in the upper-right corner.
  • To expand the question section, select the left arrow icon Left Arrow Icon below the global menu. To collapse the expanded question section, select the right arrow icon Right Arrow Icon in the upper-left corner.
Highlighter

To highlight text, select the text on the screen and then select Highlight Selection from the context menu. If multiple color options are available, select an option from the list of colors that appears.

To remove highlighting, select Reset Highlighting from the context menu.

Text in images cannot be highlighted. This tool is not available while the Line Reader tool is in use.

Mark for Review

To mark a question for review, select Mark for Review from the context menu. The question number displays a flap Number Flap Icon in the upper-right corner, and a flag icon flag icon appears next to the number on the test page. The Items drop-down list displays Item Marked for Review Flag for the question.

Notepad

To enter notes for an individual test question, select Notepad from the context menu. After entering a note, a pencil icon note icon appears next to the question number on the test page. The Notepad tool is available on ISTEP+, IREAD-3, and ILEARN computer-adaptive and fixed-form tests.

You can only access your notes for a question on that question’s test page.

Print Item To send a print request for an individual question, select Print Item from the context menu. After sending the request, a printer icon printer icon appears next to the question number on the test page. This is only available for ILEARN tests, when students have this accommodation set in TIDE.
Select Previous Version

To view and restore responses previously entered for an ELA Constructed-Response (Open-Ended) question, select the Select Previous Version option from the context menu. A list of saved responses appears. Select the appropriate response and click Select. This tool only appears on test items that have constructed response text box.

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:
  1. To activate Strikethrough mode, open the context menu and select Strikethrough.
  2. Select each answer options you wish to strike out.
  3. To deactivate Strikethrough mode, press Esc or click outside the question's response area.

  • Option B:
  1. Right-click an answer option and select Strikethrough.
Text-to-Speech To listen to passages and questions, select a Speak option from the TTS button beside the context menu. This accommodation must be set for students in TIDE.

Test Rules for ILEARN Assessments

Navigation Rules

Pause Rules


About Print-on-Demand and Text-to-Speech for ILEARN Assessments

If you have Print-on-Demand or Text-to-Speech turned on for your test, read this section. Please note that Text-to-Speech is not applicable when you are testing with JAWS.

About Print-on-Demand

Students using the Print-On-Demand accommodation can request printouts of test passages and questions. Test Administrators (TAs) must review and approve these print requests. When students send print requests, the request notification appears for TAs in the table titled “Tests with Potential Issues.”

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

About Text-to-Speech (TTS)

Students testing with TTS can listen to items and answer options, and passages/stimuli. TTS is only available when using the Secure Browser or through the RIR when accessed from any of the supported web browsers in the Technology Setup for Online Testing Quick Guide. TTS is available through the mobile Secure Browser for Chrome OS and iOS, but the audio pause feature is not available on Chrome OS. As a workaround, students testing on a Chrome OS device can resume a paused TTS passage by selecting the remaining text to be read aloud and selecting Speak Selection from the Context Menu.

To listen to content with the TTS tool:



Navigating the Test with Job Access With Speech (JAWS)

This section provides instructions for using JAWS to navigate a test page.

RBD Users: If using RBDs with router keys, you can also press the router key above the text for a button to move the cursor to that button. You can press the router key again to select that button instead of using the provided keyboard commands.

JAWS Keyboard Commands for Sign-In Pages
Action Keyboard Command

Returns the focus to the Secure Browser if the student navigates to the JAWS application window while signing in.

Note. Keyboard layouts may vary by device. Please refer to the manual provided by the device manufacturer for more information.

Insert + F10

(standard keyboard)

Space + S

(Perkins Braille keyboard)

Move the focus to the next field, link, or button on the page.

Tab
Move the focus to the previous field, link, or button on the page. Shift + Tab
Read the next line on the page. Down Arrow
Read the previous line on the page. Up Arrow
Select the button that is currently in focus. Enter

JAWS Keyboard Commands for Test Pages
Action Keyboard Command

Navigate to the next landmark region on the test page. A test page has up to three primary landmark regions:

  • Banner Region: The banner contains the test information row. This row displays the current question numbers, test name, student name, test settings button, pause button, and help button.
  • Navigation and Test Tools Region: This region displays the navigation and tool buttons.
  • Test Content Region: This region consists of the passage section and the question section.
    • The passage section contains the passage title, passage context menu, and passage content.
    • The question section contains a question number, question labels (labels that appear when you mark an item for review), question context menu, question prompt, and the response area.
R

Jump to the next heading on the page. In general, the following test components are defined with a heading:

  • Test name (H1)
  • Student name (H2)
  • Passage title (H3)
  • Question number (H3)

On test pages that have multiple questions, students can jump directly from one question to the next. To do this, press H and then press the Down Arrow twice. The question is then read aloud.

H
Jumps to the previous region on the page. Shift + R
Jump to the previous heading on the page. Shift + H

Move to the next component on the page. In general, the following test elements are components:

  • Navigation and tool buttons
  • Question number (and associated prompt text)
  • Context menu
  • Response options
Tab
Move to the previous component on the page. Shift + Tab
Select a button or response option or open a context menu. Enter
Move to the next line on the page. Down Arrow
Move to the previous line on the page. Up Arrow
Read everything on the page from the current point of focus. Insert + Down Arrow
Stop JAWS from reading. Ctrl or Space
JAWS Keyboard Commands for Context Menu
Action Keyboard Command

Pressing Enter when JAWS reads “Menu button” will open the context menu. This is the only way to open the context menu when streamline mode is turned on.

Enter

Move the focus to the next option in the menu. JAWS will read this option aloud.

Down Arrow
Move the focus to the previous option in the menu. JAWS will read this option aloud. Up Arrow
Select the menu option currently in focus. Space
Close the context menu without selecting any options. Esc
JAWS Keyboard Commands for Responding to Items
Action Keyboard Command
  • Students can use the Tab key to navigate to the item prompt, which JAWS will read aloud.
  • After JAWS reads the prompt aloud, students can press Tab again to navigate to the response area. They may need to press Tab multiple times depending on the item type and whether any question labels appear for the item.
  • In the response area for an item, students can press Tab to navigate between each answer option, text box, selectable text field, keypad button, or checkbox, depending on the question type.

Tab

Navigate to the previous answer option, text box, selectable text field, keypad button, or checkbox, depending on the item type.

Shift + Tab
  • For multiple-choice and multi-select items, pressing the arrow keys will move between each answer option.
  • For edit task choice items, pressing the arrow keys will move between each line of text in the item. After users open an edit menu by pressing Space, the arrow keys can be used to move between the answer options in the drop-down list.
Up and Down Arrow keys
  • For multiple choice and multi-select items, pressing Space will select the answer option in focus.
  • For edit task items, pressing Space will open the edit menu in which students type or select a response.
  • For table match items, pressing Space will mark the checkbox in focus.
Space
  • For hot text items, pressing Enter will choose the selectable text area in focus as the answer option.
  • For edit task choice items, pressing Enter will select an answer option from the drop-down list in the edit menu.
  • For equation items, pressing Enter will select the keypad button in focus.
Enter
For equation items, pressing Alt+ 7 will open a popup menu with special characters. Students can use the arrow keys to move between the special characters in the list and then press Enter to insert a special character in the response area. Alt + 7


Navigating the Test without JAWS

This section provides instructions for using keyboard commands to navigate a test page without JAWS.

About Test Regions and Elements

A test page has up to three regions: the Banner, the Navigation region, and the Main region.

Keyboard Commands

You can use the following keyboard commands to navigate within a test page.


Action Keyboard Command
Move to the next component on the page.
  • In general, the following test elements are components:
    • Question number and associated text
    • Passages
    • Context menus
    • Response options
    • Navigation and tool buttons
Tab
Move to the previous component on the page. Shift + Tab
Select a response option or mark a checkbox. Space
Select a button, open a menu, or select a menu option. Enter
Move to the next option in a context menu. Down Arrow
Move to the previous option in a context menu. Up Arrow
Close a context menu. Esc

Opening a Context Menu

To open the context menu for a stimulus or question:

  1. Do one of the following:
  2. To navigate directly to the context menu button, press Tab twice.
  3. Press Enter. The context menu opens and displays the list of available menu options.
  4. To move up and down the list, press the Up and Down arrow keys.
  5. To select a menu option, press Enter.

To exit the menu without making a selection, press the Esc key.


Responding to Questions without JAWS

This section provides basic guidance for responding to question types that may appear on a test.

Note: The instructions in this section assume that the question does not display any question labels. If you have used a context menu tool for a question, you must press Tab an additional time for each question label that appears.

Multiple-Choice and Multi-Select Questions

The procedures for responding to Multiple-Choice and Multi-Select questions are similar.

  1. After listening to the question text, press Tab twice.
  2. To navigate between each answer option, use the Tab and Shift + Tab commands (or use the Up and Down arrow keys).
  3. To select the response option in focus as your response, press Space.

Hot Text Questions

Hot text questions require you to select at least one word, phrase, or sentence.

  1. After reading the question, press the Tab key until the first selectable text area is in focus.
  2. To navigate between each selectable text area, use the Tab and Shift + Tab commands.
  3. To choose a selectable text area in focus as your response, press the Enter key.

Edit Task Questions

Edit task questions require you to replace an incorrect selectable word or phrase.

  1. To navigate to a selectable text field in the question, press the Tab key.
  2. When the selectable text is in focus, press Space. This will open the edit menu.
  3. Press Tab to navigate to the OK button in the edit menu. Press Enter. The edit menu will close and the question will be back in focus.

Text Response Questions

Text response questions require you to enter text into a text box.

  1. Read the question and then use the Tab key to move to the response area.
  2. When you are done entering a response, press Tab. You will leave the text box and move to the next question on the page.

Table Match Questions

Table match questions require you to mark at least one checkbox in a table. The table will have multiple rows and columns. The table row heading and column heading are not selectable. The selectable table cells have checkboxes.

  1. After listening to the question text, press the Tab key until the first table cell with a checkbox is in focus.
  2. To navigate to each cell that has a checkbox, press the Tab key.
  3. To mark a checkbox, press Space.

Equation Questions

Equation questions require you to enter a math equation or expression in a text field using an on-screen keypad.

  1. To navigate between the keypad buttons, press Tab or Shift + Tab.
  2. To enter a character in the text field or perform an action from the keypad toolbar, press Enter. You can also press the corresponding key on your keyboard, if available.
  3. Optional: To add special characters to the text field, press Alt + 7 with the focus on the text field. A pop-up window opens, with a drop-down list of the available characters. To move between the options in this list, use the arrow keys. To insert the selected character, press Enter.