Starting a Practice Test:

There are three ways you can take a practice test:

• Create a new test ID: If this is the first time you have taken a practice test from the Hawai‘i State Assessment Website or if you would like to start a new test ID, you need to do two things before you can proceed:
  1. Take note of your test ID. A new test ID appears every time you open a new browser window.
     
  2. Click “I’m Ready.” You will be directed to a page where you can choose the attributes of your practice test (e.g., subject, grade).
• Select a previous test you took in the current browser window: If you would like to retake or continue a previous practice test from the browser window you are currently using, click the button. This button appears only if you took one or more practice tests using the current browser window or session. If you select this option, you will be directed to a page where you can select any previous test from a drop-down list or start a new test.
• Reuse a previous test ID: If you would like to reuse a test ID (you must know what this test ID is) to retake or continue a previous practice test from another browser window or session, enter the ID in the text field and click “Log In.” If you select this option, you will be directed to a page where you can select your previous test from a drop-down list or start a new test.

Starting a Practice Test (after having logged in)

On this page, you can do either of two steps:

• Select a previously run test: From the drop-down list, select a test you would like to retake or continue. The list includes information on the sub-group of questions (e.g., Questions through 2006), grade and subject (e.g., Grade 4 Writing), and the date you took the practice test (e.g., Oct 18). After you have chosen a test, click to proceed. You will be directed to the last question you had worked on.
  
• Start a new test under a test ID you have chosen: You can also choose to begin a new test by clicking the button. This test will be saved under the test ID specified on this page. You will be directed to a page where you can choose the attributes of your practice test (e.g., subject, grade).

Choosing a Practice Test

Practice tests are categorized by the following attributes (in this order): subject, grade, and sub-group of questions. To select a test, follow these three steps:

1. Choose which attributes you would like for your practice test. You can do this by clicking the sign to expand a category and see the values below it or the sign to collapse the category.

2. The lowest level in the hierarchy of attributes is the sub-group of questions (e.g., Quarter 1, Questions through 2006). Select a sub-group of questions by clicking on the radio button beside it.

3. Once you have selected a sub-group of questions, click the button to proceed.

Practice Test General Instructions

Taking a Practice Test

• To answer multiple-choice questions: Click the answer you think is right.
• To answer essay questions: Type in your answers. You can skip questions that ask you to make a drawing or a picture.
• To save your answers: Click “Save and Continue” at the bottom of the page.
• To stop taking the test at any time: Click “End My Test” at the top of the page.
• To see where you are on the test: The questions you have answered and the questions you have skipped are underlined at the top of each page. You will also see the question you are working on at the moment.
• To go back to questions you answered or skipped: Click the question number and you will see that question on screen.
• To finish the test: At the end of the test, click “I’m Done” to see how you did.

Tips on navigating the test pages: To help you navigate your way through the practice test, the top section of the pages can provide you with helpful information (refer to figure below).

Here are some symbols that can help you:

• - Any question number with a white background and an arrow sign above it indicates the number of the question you are currently answering.
• - Any question number with an underline indicates that you have saved your response to that question; you can go back to that question at any time by clicking the number.
• - Any question number in italics is one you have not yet reached.
• - Any question number with an orange background and an underline is one you have skipped. You can click on the question number to go back to that question at any time.
• - Another way of returning to any questions you skipped is to select the question number from the “Skipped Questions” drop-down list in the top right of the test.
• - To end your test at any time, click on the “End My Test” button. This will take you to the end of the test.

End of a Practice Test

Viewing the Results of Your Practice Test

This page shows you the results of the multiple-choice and written-response questions; you can also view other reports, such as the following:

• Questions I Missed: Clicking the button will take you to a page that contains detailed information about each question you missed.
• My Written Questions: Clicking the button will take you to a page that contains detailed information about each written-response question and your answer.

Also on this page, you can print out your entire practice test by clicking the button, or you can take another test (or retake the same one) by clicking the button.