Assigning and managing tests

You can assign and manage students' tests from the Students page.

Your account must have an active licence or free trial, or available test credits, in order to assign tests to students. Check the Home page of your account to confirm your access.

• Assigning tests
• Unassigning tests
• Closing tests
• Marking tests as invalid
• Re-opening tests

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Assigning tests

1. Open the Students page.
2. Search for and select the students you wish to assign tests to. You will know that students have been selected because their listing turns yellow when the box to the left of their name is ticked.
3. Click on the Tests drop-down menu at the top left of the main student list and select Assign.
4. A pop-up box will open with two drop-down boxes next to each other:
   • Click on the test drop down box and select the test you wish to assign.
   • Click on the form drop-down box and select the test form you wish to assign.
5. As soon as you have selected the form, another set of drop down-boxes will appear and you can follow Step 4 to assign another test form to the selected students. You can assign as many tests as you wish.
6. Once you have selected all the tests you wish to assign, click on the blue button in the bottom right corner of the pop-up box which reads Assign x tests to x students.
7. Once this action has been completed by the system, a notification will appear in the top right corner of your screen.
8. You will be prompted to download the administration instructions and student login details, which should be distributed to students on the day of testing.

Unassigning tests

You may unassign any unstarted tests from students by following the steps below:

1. Open the Students page.
2. Search for and select the students you wish to unassign tests from. You will know that students have been selected because their listing turns yellow when the box to the left of their name is ticked.
3. Click on the Tests drop-down menu at the top left of the main student list and select Unassign.
4. A pop-up box will open with a list of the unstarted tests available to be unassigned.
5. Select the tests you wish to unassign form the student(s)
6. Click Unassign tests

Closing tests

To manually close unfinished tests, follow the steps below:

1. Open the Students page.
2. Search for and select the students you wish to close tests for. You will know that students have been selected because their listing turns yellow when the box to the left of their name is ticked.
3. Click on the Tests drop-down menu at the top left of the main student list and select Close unfinished tests.
4. A pop-up box will open with a list of the unfinished tests available to be closed.
5. Select the tests you wish to close
6. Click Close tests

Note: Closing an Adaptive test before students have seen the minimum number of test items may result in the closed test being automatically marked 'Invalid'. Invalid tests are not included in reports.

Related article: Why are PAT Adaptive results missing from my reports?

Marking tests as invalid

In some circumstances, you may decide that the results of a completed test are not valid and should be excluded form reports. You can mark tests as invalid by following the steps below:

1. Open the Students page.
2. Search for and click the name of a student to open their profile.
3. Click on the Tests tab at the top of their profile to view their test history.
4. Select the menu option to the right of the test you wish to mark as invalid.
5. Select Mark as invalid.
6. Select the reason for invalidating the test.
7. Click Mark as invalid

Reopening tests

To re-open a finished test and allow the student to resume, follow the steps below:

1. Open the Students page.
2. Search for and click the name of a student to open their profile.
3. Click on the Tests tab at the top of their profile to view their test history.
4. Select the menu option to the right of the test you wish to reopen.
5. Select Reopen test.