1. Taking an Online Benchmark Test in Schoolnet with TestNav
This Powerpoint can be downloaded from the Assessment website:

2. How to Take a Test Online
The next few slides will explain these steps:
Sign in
Enter the online test passcode
Answer the questions using the tools provided
Check your answers
Submit your test

3. Starting a Test

4. Login to the District
From the district home page ( click Login from the upper right part of the screen and enter username and password.
Student passwords can be obtained from the Student Password Lookup Application, which school users can access through the Master Login page. More detail on passwords and the Student Password Lookup Application is provided in the document titled “StudentNet_Access_1819”, which is available in the “Benchmarks” section of the Office of Assessment website:

5. Launch Schoolnet

6. Locate the Take a Test widget on the student homepage
More detail on next slide

7. Enter the Online Passcode
In Schoolnet, enter the online test passcode and click Go
Passcodes are unique for each test. For the District Benchmarks, passcodes will be four-digit numbers. A document with passcodes will be posted on Schoolnet in the same place that the PDFs of the tests are posted. The file names for the PDFs will also include the passcodes.
Teachers can access the passcode document and the PDFs of the Benchmarks by clicking on the “Benchmark PDFs…” link in at the bottom of the Curriculum Engine section on the Schoolnet homepage

8. Confirm the Correct Test
Alert your teacher if the wrong test name appears. If everything is correct, click Start Your Test
Benchmark 1 Grade 3 ELA

9. Confirm and Start
It takes a few moments for the test to load. Once the Start Test Now button turns blue, click it to start.

10. Taking Your Test
The following instructions apply to any test taken in TestNav, regardless of whether student uses Secure Tester or not.

11. Answering Questions Click a radio button next to an answer choice.
Click the forward arrow to move to the next question.
Click the back arrow to move to the previous question.
Answers are saved automatically when the forward arrow is clicked.

12. Navigate Between Questions
Click Review to jump to any question

13. Bookmark Items
If you aren’t sure about your answer choice, Bookmark the item to review it later, if you have time
A blue flag appears in the review menu so you can quickly jump to bookmarked items

14. Passages Use scroll bar to view long passages
If a test has paired passages, use the tabs to switch between passages.

15. Test Aids
Use the options in the menu to turn on and off any available test aids as needed
Reverse contrast – Reverses the text and background colors to allow students with visual disabilities to view the screen more easily and to reduce eye strain
Magnifier – Opens a box that can be dragged over text to enlarge it
Show Line Reader Mask - Allows student to view a line or set of lines and block other text
Enable/disable answer masking – Allows student to completely hide one or more answer choices

16. How to Highlight
To highlight text you think might be important to review as you answer the questions, highlight the text with your cursor and then click the pink or blue square.
(Use the icon with the red diagonal line to remove highlighting.)

17. Answer Eliminator
Use the Answer Eliminator tool to cross out answer choices you think are incorrect
Answer Eliminator

18. Notepad
Use the notepad to make any notes that will help you to answer the test item.
Don’t use this field for your answer.

19. Calculator Some items may have a calculator available.
If you see the icon, click to open.
You can use your cursor to drag it around the screen.

20. Pausing a Test
Some tests have the option to pause if you have to leave your seat.
If a student is in the process of taking a test and does not submit it for scoring (whether the test was paused or not), the test will be scored overnight, but students will still be able to continue testing at a later date during the testing window by entering the passcode on the homepage again.

21. Review and Submit
After you answer the last item, a summary screen provides you the chance to review any unanswered or bookmarked items.
Be sure to submit your test.
If a student clicks Submit Final Answers prematurely, contact the Schoolnet help desk to have the test reset: ,

22. Questions District IT Help Desk – 215-400-5555, helpdesk@philasd.org
problems with usernames and passwords or the Student Password Lookup Application,
logging into the District website,
Internet connectivity, browsers issues, operating systems, hardware, site slowness, etc.,
questions about Infinite Campus
Schoolnet Help Desk – ,
problems accessing StudentNet after students have successfully logged into the District website and clicked on the StudentNet icon,
questions about locating passcodes, the PDFs of Benchmark tests, and Scoring Guides
problems accessing TestNav after students have successfully accessed StudentNet and entered a passcode
missing or incorrect test assignments,
questions about online test functionality,
requests to reset Benchmarks submitted for scoring prematurely,
questions about Schoolnet reports.