Create a Test Session

Data Package: Online Testing

Role: Account Holder, Administrator, Teacher, or Proctor

You can create test sessions at any time before actual testing begins. Begin by setting up the first test in a series. In most cases, subtests within a test family are automatically linked so that students can continue testing from one to the next in the series without having to sign in each time. After students complete a subtest, you can allow them to continue to the next subtest or end testing. (See Continue or End a Session.)

Note: For instructions on how to verify which tests students have completed, see Look Up a Student.

Use the table below to determine when to create a specific test session:

If you are administering…	Then...
The Getting Started tutorial	Create a separate test session.
A series of consecutive subtests within the same level (except Iowa Assessments Level 9 Word Analysis and Listening tests)	Create a test session for the first test in the series. If you do not administer all the tests in the series within the testing period, end testing, and then create a new test session for the next test in the series. For example, if you administer one or more tests during the morning and plan to continue in the afternoon, create a new test session for the afternoon testing period.
The Level 9 Word Analysis and Listening subtests for Iowa Assessments	Create a test session for Word Analysis; students will be able to continue to Listening after completing Word Analysis.
More than one test level simultaneously	Create separate test sessions for each level you are administering.

Important: Once you have created a test session for a test event and assignment, the encompassing event and assignment cannot be edited, not even if you are an Account Holder or Administrator. See the online help for Assessments for more information about test events and assignments.

To create a test session:

1. Sign in to the DataManager Proctor application. (If you are already signed in to another area of DataManager, select Proctoring from the menus below the banner of the page.)

The Proctor Session page opens to the Manage tab.

Opening Proctor page, Manage tab

2. Select the test event to which your session belongs. If you do not know the test event and there is more than one option in the drop-down menu, consult your test coordinator or administrator. See About Test Events for more information about test events. The test event you select determines the options for the fields that follow.

3. Select options from the drop-down menus for Grade, Test Group (for example, CogAT Screening Form 8), Level, and Battery/Subtest.

Note: The batteries and subtests are listed in their recommended order.

4. In the Test Admin Type list, select the test administration type for the test.

Test Admin Type	Assessment Type
Proctor-led	● Cognitive Abilities Test (CogAT®) - all Levels ● Iowa Assessments™ - Levels 5, 6, 7, 8; Level 9 Word Analysis and Listening ● Iowa Assessments Single Subject - Levels 5, 6, 7, 8; Level 9 Word Analysis and Listening ● Logramos online - Levels 5, 6, 7, 8; Level 9 Word Analysis and Listening
Self-paced	● Iowa Assessments - Levels 9 - 17/18 ● Iowa Assessments Single Subject - Levels 9 - 17/18 ● Logramos online - Levels 9 - 14
Audio English	CogAT
Audio Spanish
Note: If you do not have the option of selecting one or more of the additional languages below, check with your Account Holder or Administrator to ensure that these options were selected during the initial account configuration and again when setting up the associated test event.
Audio Arabic	CogAT Note: Written instructions appear on upper-level students' screens for each audio language, including Spanish, in tandem with the audio instructions. If you want students at the upper levels to test using only the written instructions that appear on their screens, you must select the language here, then disable the device used to play the audio.
Audio Chinese-Mandarin*
Audio Chinese-Cantonese*
Audio Russian
Audio Somali
Audio Vietnamese

* Chinese Mandarin and Chinese Cantonese should be treated as two different languages. Your selection should reflect the audio language of your student population.

Note: If you do not have the option of selecting one or more audio languages, and you want students to be able to test using alternate language directions, check that your Account Holder and/or Administrator has:

- Enabled audio testing during the initial configuration of your account
- Selected the audio language(s) you require in the Settings and Preferences section of the Administration tab
- Enabled Allow Audio Test Administration for the test event

See a sample translated test question.

5. In the Session Name field, type a session name that conforms to a naming convention that your school or district has determined, such as the last name of the teacher, the grade, and the subject (for example, Hanson 4 Math). The session name must be unique for the test event.

6. If you have the Draw Screen option on your form, select On to allow students access to the doodle page prior to being approved to start testing or once they have completed a test. Select Off to have those students see a static screen with their name on it and no drawing tools.

7. Click Create Session. Your session appears in the Created Sessions area and is ready for you or another staff member to proctor.

Note: If your DataManager proctor session is idle for 40 minutes, a message prompts you to continue or cancel the current session. Click Continue to remain signed in or Cancel to sign out of DataManager.