Practice and Training TAInstructionsSBA,MSPorELPA21

GeneratingSessionIDandStudentLogintoSessions

Priorto startingthe testingsessionprepare by:

  • Ensuringyouhave WCAPportalloginaccess (see step5)
  • Generatingtesttickets withSSIDin TAC
  • Distributingtesttickets to eachstudent
  • DistributingChromebooks (do nothave students loginto GoogleChrome)

oInstructions forstudentaccessbegins onpage 5ofthis Guide.

  • Creatingthe testsession,no more than20 minutes priorto testing
  • Administering the (ELA and/or Math)Classroom Activity prior toPerformance Tasks.
  • WCAP › Test Administrators Resources › Assessment Resources

TeacherAccess

1.UsingGoogle Chrome as yourbrowser.

2.Go to wa.portal.airast.orgorselectWCAPin“ManagedBookmarks”bar.

3.Select“TestAdministrators”

4.Select“Training TestAdministration”to access Practice usingTA interface andTrainingassessments

5.Login usingemailaddress andthe securedWCAPPortalaccess password.Ifyouhave forgottenyourpassword,click on“ForgotYourPassword?”linkto getatemporarypasswordfrom“AIRAST DoNotReply”.

6.Selectone ofthe test trainingoptions byclickingonthe +(plus) signandthenputtingacheckmarkinside the boxnextto the test:(i.e.SBA Practice Tests)

  • ELPA21TrainingTests
  • SBA TrainingTest(tools)
  • SBA Practice Test(Content-based)
  • MSPScience TrainingTest

andGr3ELA PracticeTest

7.ClickonStartPracticeor TrainingSession to create aSessionNumber–

i.e.TRAIN-A6F1-1

(Reminder: no more than20minutes priorto the assessment)

8.A sessionID willthenbe generated.Write the sessionIDon the board

StudentAccess

1.Students openChromebooks,selectAPPSthenAIR SECURE TESTin lowerleftcorner.(Do Nothave students loginto theirGoogleChrome accounts)

2.Students shouldClickonthe Practice TestSitelink(bicycle) andlogin onthenextpage.

3.StudentsshouldUNCHECKthe GuestUserandGuestSessionboxes andenterthe studentinformationandsessionID.ClickonSignIn

4.Usingthe studenttesttickets reportgenerated in TAC,students mustenterthe

followinglogininformation:

  • Firstname (legal)
  • StudentID(10-digitstate SSIDnumber)
  • SessionID (createdbythe teacher) i.e. TRAIN-A6F1-1

TeacherSession Approval

Itwilltake about30 seconds forthe studentnames to display onthewaitingforapprovallistonthe Teacher(TA) Interface.

1.Clickonthe Approvals once the expectednumberappears,i.e. 23. This will approve all at once and help identify if one or two students are having log in issues.

2.A new window opens and you Clickon“ApproveAllStudents”orthegreencheck marknextto student’sname to approve one atatime allowingentry into the session.

3.Monitorstudentprogress:0/0willchange to 1/XX (approximate numberofquestionsin the exam,CATnumberwillvarybystudent).

4.ClickonPRINTSESSIONiconlocatedontopright-handofthewebpage (above sessionID).

5.Click on“Stop”(top-rightcorner) whenallstudents have completedthe test.

6.Click on“LogOut”(top-rightcorner) ofthe windowto close out.