ASPIRETraining

Exemplars• http://www.act.org/aap/alabama/aspire.html

• Manuals and Documents

Accessibility Features 2014 • http://www.discoveractaspire.org/uploads/2/4/0/7/24070377/aspire_

accessibility_features_2014-update_2-6-14.pdf

Practice Tests

• Login Information• To view the ACT Aspire Exemplar Items visit:

tn.actaspire.org• Use the appropriate username and password for the

subject area you wish to view.• Subject Username Password• English english actaspire• Reading reading actaspire• Writing writing actaspire• Math math actaspire• Science science actaspire

Multiple Item Types

• Selected Response • Items can accurately distinguish students who grasp a basic

concept from those who do not. As one component of our assessments, selected response items can help measure a large amount of content in a brief time.

• Constructed Response • Require learners to use creativity, organizational skills, logic, and

content knowledge to demonstrate understanding. • Technology Enhanced Any question that takes advantage of

computer capability to present material to the student, engage the student in an activity, simulate the creation of information, or otherwise allow interaction not possible in paper mode testing.

• www.discoveractaspire.org

Test Nav• http://www.pearsonaccess.com/media/REF/TestNavOverv

iew/index.html

Instructions for Students1. Test using TestNav

2. Open TestNav

3. Sign In

4. Start Your Test

5. Take Your Test

6. Tips for Testing

7. Navigation

8. Timer/Clock

9. User Menu and Contrast Settings

10. Flag

11. Review

12. Scrollbar

13. Tools

14. Finish and Submit Your Test

15. Sign Out

Sign In

• From the main page, select Sign In to TestNav.• To sign in, enter your username and password and select

Sign In. If a Terms and Conditions page is displayed, you must read it and do what it says to continue.

Start Your Test

• Read any instructions you see on the screen, then select Start Test Now.

Take Your Test:TestNav will present test items to you one by one. Answer each item appropriately. Remember that you may need to scroll down to see all of a test item.

Navigation

• To navigate between items, use the arrows at the top of the page. You may go forward and backward between items as you take the test.

Timer/Clock

• The timer at the top of the page tells you how much time you have left to complete your test.

• When you have 5 minutes left, a message will appear at the top of the screen to warn you.

When time expires, a message will appear at the top of the screen and you must submit your test.

User Menu and Contrast Settings

• Select the menu icon at the top of the screen to reveal the User Menu.

• Contrast

Contrast Settings is especially useful for those who may find different color combinations easier to read and can be changed any time a user istaking a test.

Flag

• Select Flag to mark an item so that you can find it easily and return to it later. When an item is marked, the same button can be used to remove the flag.

Review

• Select Review to see an overview of your current status within the test, including information such as which items you have flagged, answered, or not answered.

Select View next to a specific question to go to that question or select Return to Question to go back to where you were most recently.

Scrollbar

• Some items require that you scroll down to view them completely. Any time you see a scroll bar like this one next to an item, make sure you scroll down to read the entire item.

Tools

• Some test items have extra tools available for you to use while completing the item. The tools only appear with items that can use them, so not all tools will be available with all items and some items may not have any tools available. Depending on your test and the items it contains, you may see all, some, or none of what is listed here.

Finish and Submit Your Test

• If you try to exit a test early, by using the User Menu, you will be reminded that you have unfinished items and will be forced to select Cancel to go back to the test or indicate whether you intend to return to the test later before you exit.

• Some tests will not actually allow you to return later, regardless of what is selected here, so make sure this is permitted if you hope to return. In these cases, using either option will submit your answers as final answers.

Save and Return to Your Test

End Test Screen• When you exit from the final question, you will go to the

End Test screen. From here you can select what you want to do from the menu.

• Some tests will not actually allow you to return later, regardless of what is selected here, so make sure this is permitted if you hope

• to return. In these cases, using either option will submit your answers as final answers.

• For the test to be complete, select Submit Final Answers. This step is required for you to be credited with finishing the test.

Submit Your Answers

For the test to be complete, select Submit Final Answers. This step is required for you to be credited with finishing the test.

Sign Out

• Select the menu icon at the top of the screen to reveal the User Menu.

Select Logout.