About this Web site
Students: Student Site
This Web site allows you to access the practice tests for the Ohio Graduation Tests. If you are taking a test assigned by your teacher, you will need to log in. If you just want to browse the practice tests available, you may do so without logging in, or you can create a new account.
Parents: Parent Portal
This Web site allows you to access the practice tests for the Ohio Graduation Tests that your children will take. Your site is the same as the Student Site. If you wish to take Practice Tests and keep track of them, you will need to sign up for a new account or log in. If you just want to browse the tests available, you may do so without logging in.
Teachers: Teacher Tools
This Web site allows you to access the practice tests for the Ohio Graduation Tests. If you are creating test assignments for your student(s), you will need to log in. If you want to browse the practice tests available, you may do so without logging in, or you can create a new account.
General:
Account
Information:
Sign Up For New Account
From the Practice Test page, Click Sign Up For New Account. - Enter your desired User ID and password. (Your password must be a minimum of 6 characters and contain alphanumeric characters.)
- Enter your Personal Information (first name, last name, and e-mail address).
- Note: Your e-mail address is required to reset your password (in case you forget it).
- For Teachers: Enter your District/School Information (your district and school name and phone number are required fields).
Click Create
Account. - Students and Parents will be directed to the Portfolio page.
- Teachers will be directed to the Teacher Workbook page.
For
Students: Sign Up With Teacher-Created User ID
From the Practice Test page, enter the User ID your teacher
gave you and click Sign
Up For New Account. - Enter your desired password (your password must be a minimum of 6 characters and contain alphanumeric characters.)
Enter your Personal
Information (e-mail address; your first and last
name fields should already be filled in). - Note: Your e-mail address is required to reset your password (in case you forget it).
- Click Create
Account.
Logging in With a User ID and Password
- From the Practice Test page, enter your User ID and password.
- Click Log In.
Resetting Your Password
From the Practice Test page, click Forgot Password. 
Enter your User ID and click Reset my password. - Check your e-mail for the new password.
- Note: if you do not see an email, check your spam folder.
- Sign in with your User ID and new password. You can change your password later in Account Information.
Changing Your Account Information
After you have logged in, you can change your account information.
- At the top of any page, click the "My Profile" button next to "You are logged in as ______."
- You will be directed to the Account Settings page.
- Click Change Password, Change Email, or Personal Info.
- Enter your new password, e-mail address or personal information.
- Click Save/Update to enable the new setting(s).
Using See Released Questions
See Released Questions enables you to view individual released questions for each test and year. Please note that questions are grouped by content standard, not in numerical order.
- From the applications page, click See Released Questions.
- Click the subject for which you want to see questions.
- Click the year for which you want to see questions.
Selecting questions (3 options):- click See All Questions
- click a checkbox by a content standard (to view all questions for that content standard/benchmark)
- click individual questions
- Click I'm Ready to view your selected questions
When you reach the last question, click on a breadcrumb (underlined link) at the top of the screen to navigate to the section you want. (To continue viewing other released questions, click the Item Release breadcrumb at the top of the page.)
For
Students/Parents:
Using
My Portfolio/Taking Practice Tests
The "My Portfolio" page gives you access to all tests and results. Logged in users can track their tests and results from this page.
From this page, you can:
- start or continue taking an assigned test
- view and print results for tests you have completed
- join a teacher’s assignment by entering the Assignment ID code
- retake tests you have completed
- take a full-length practice test on your own.
Assignments
- Assigned Tests (for Students only)
- To begin a new assignment, click the Start button that corresponds with the name of the test.
- To continue taking a test you have not yet completed, click the Continue button that corresponds with the name of the test.
- Assignment ID (for Students only)
- To join an assignment, you need the Assignment ID number. Obtain the number from your teacher and enter it in the Assignment ID field. Click Join Assignment.
- Note: If your teacher requires approval to join the assignment, you will see "Waiting for Approval" in the Status column. Otherwise, you may go ahead and start the test.
- To view the results of a completed assignment, click the Results tab. Find the test, and click the corresponding View Results button. You may print out the results page for your own reference or to hand in to your teacher.
- To re-take a test, click the corresponding Try Again button.
- Note: Your score will not replace the previous score. When you view results for a test you have taken more than once, you will be able to view the results for each attempt.
- Click Take a New Test. You will be directed to the Take a Practice Test page. Click the plus sign next to the desired subject. Click the year of the test you want to take. You will be directed to the Practice Test Instructions page. Click Start Test to access the interactive practice test.
Practice Test Instructions
- Answer each question and click Save and Continue
- Multiple Choice: click the bubble next to your answer
- Constructed Response: enter your answer in the Answer Document (text box)
- To skip a question, click Skip Question (not available on computer-generated adaptive tests).
- To return to a skipped question, select it from the "Skipped Questions" drop-down list.
- When you have completed your assignment/test, click Submit Test and view your results.
For
Teachers:
Selecting
an existing practice test to assign
- Click Select Existing Practice Test. You will be directed to the Select a Test page.
- Select a Subject and Year from the list. You will be directed to the preview page showing the entire test.
- Click Create Assignment. You will be directed to the Practice Test Options page (see screen shot below).
- Enter a name for your assignment (this is the name your students will see in their portfolio).
- Click the calendar icon to select a due date.
- Select whether students can join the assignment (no; yes; or yes, but with approval).
- To turn off automatic display of answers, click the check box (if you do this, students will not know if they answered a question correctly).
- If you want students to be able to view all questions associated with a passage on one page, click the check box (for existing practice tests only).
- Enter any additional test instructions you may have.
- Click Assign Students.
Creating a custom practice test to assign
Select Questions
Click Create
Custom Practice Test; you will be directed to the Select Questions for Test
page. - Select a Subject and Year; the list of available questions for that test will appear.
Click the boxes for the questions you wish to select.
- You may click the title categories (Question, Format, Strand) to sort the questions for that category.
Click Save
Selections; the number of questions chosen for that
test/year will appear in parentheses next to the active test.- To add more questions, select another Subject and Year and repeat the above steps.
To finish and preview the question list, click View Selected Items.
Preview Questions
- Give your custom test a name and click Save Test Name.
- You may reorder your questions manually or click Drag and Drop Reorder to enable interactive question reordering.
- Note: Drag and Drop Reorder is supported only for Internet Explorer 6.0 and above or Mozilla Firefox 1.5 and above.
- To remove questions, click Remove.
- To add more questions, click Add/Remove Questions; this will redirect you to the Select Questions for Test page.
- To view the questions you selected, click Preview Questions.
- Click the question numbers in the left-hand list to see each question. When finished, click Go Back.
- To complete your custom test, click Finish. You will be directed to the Teacher Workbook page.
- From the Teacher Workbook, click Create Assignment for the Custom Test you just built; you will be directed to the Practice Test Options page.
- Enter a name for your assignment (this is the name your students will see in their portfolio).
- Click the calendar to select a due date.
- Select whether students can join the assignment (no; yes; or yes, but with approval).
- To turn off automatic display of answers, click the check box (if you do this, students will not know if they answered a question correctly).
- Enter any additional test instructions you may have.
- Click Assign Students; you will be directed to the Assign Students to the Practice Test page.
- Note the Assignment ID number. You might want to copy/write it down (if you want students to be able to join the assignment on their own, they will need this ID number).
Creating a computer-generated adaptive practice test to assign
From Teacher Workbook
Click the Create Computer-Generated Adaptive Test button. You will be directed to the Adaptive Practice Test Subject Page.
- Select a Subject from the drop-down list. The page will refresh to show the number of available questions in each content standard for the selected subject.
- Select the number of questions you wish to assign within each content standard.
- Enter 0 for content standards you do not wish to be included.
- Click Create Assignment. You will be directed to the Practice Test Options page.
- Enter an assignment name.
- Click the calendar to select a due date.
- Select whether students can join the assignment or not (no; yes; or yes, but with permission.)
- Enter any additional test instructions you may have (e.g., asking students to print their test results at the end to hand in to you).
- Click Assign Students.
Adding students to or removing students from an assignment
Create New Users
- Create a User ID, enter the first and last name of the student, and click Create New User.
- Note: Students will have to enter the User ID you gave them on their log in page and click "Sign Up For New Account." They will have to fill in the remaining fields, including creating a password and entering their e-mail address, in order to gain access to your tests in their Portfolio.
- The student will appear under "Students Currently Assigned
to Test" (see below).
Add Existing Users (for students who already have User IDs in the system)
- Enter the User ID and click Add Existing User.
- The student will appear under "Students Currently Assigned to Test."
- Under "Previously Assigned Students" click the box(es) for the student(s) whom you want to add to the test.
- Click Assign Students.
- The student(s) will appear under "Students Currently Assigned to Test."
Click the Remove button next to the student's name under "Students Currently Assigned to Test."
Authorize Students to Join a Test (Assignment ID feature)
(students who joined a test using the Assignment ID code, but need your authorization to take it).
- Under "Waiting for Approval" you will see the student(s) who have requested approval to join the test. Click Approve next to the student(s).
- Approved students will move into your "Students Currently Assigned to Test" list.
Editing an assignment
From Teacher Workbook
- Click Add/Edit Students. You will be directed to the Practice Test Options/Assign Students to the Practice Test page.
- Click Edit These Options. You will be directed to the Practice Test Options page.
- Change any of the assignment information desired, and click Assign Students.
Viewing students' results and scoring CR questions
From Teacher Workbook
- Click View Results. You will be directed to the Test Results page.
- Note: you can only enter CR scores for those students who have submitted their test to you.
- Also, you can only assign scores for the questions the student responded to (non-answered questions get an automatic score of zero).
- Click View/Update Score for the student whose test results you need to access.
- Under “Constructed Response Results,” click the number for the CR question you wish to view. Assign a score from the drop-down list. Click Save Score and Continue to view the next question the student answered.
- Note: You may enter the student's score directly from the results page by clicking Score; however, you will not see the student's answer. Enter the point value the student earned, and click Enter to save your score.
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