The platform provides a flexible, stream-lined experience that gets you from testing to actionable insights easier than ever. Review this topic to understand the basics of navigating the application and executing your testing program.

Platform Navigation

Click the Open Navigation Menu button to expand the side navigation panel.

The side navigation panel only displays icons by default. 

Click the Expand Sidebar button at the bottom of the side navigation panel to display icons and text descriptions.

The side navigation panel displays icons and text. Use this view until you are comfortable navigating through the application using the icons, which maximizes screen space for content.

Click the plus (+) icon to expand the menu and display additional options.

Dashboard

View a brief test score summary for your assigned location

View test taker status summary information (students not yet started, in progress, and completed)

Assignment

Test Assignments

View a list of created test assignments

Edit, delete, close, reopen, or print test taker tickets for your assignments

Create a New Test Assignment

Create a new test assignment

Select a start date, an end date, test form, test level, test battery, and the grades of the students that will be tested

Proctoring

Not Started

View students in your proctor room waiting for approval to complete their assigned tests

Approve or deny students for testing

In Progress

View students that are actively testing in your proctor room

Monitor their progress and pause, save, cancel, or extend time for their tests

Completed

View students that have completed tests

Reporting

CogAT Dashboard

View a detailed test score summary for your assigned location

View individual student test scores for your assigned location

Sort, filter, and change scores in each reporting panel

Export data

Run print-friendly reports optimized for 8.5” x 11” sheets of paper

Test Taker Status

View test taker status summary information (students not yet started, in progress, completed) and detailed, exportable detailed student-level information for each assigned subtest, for all students for your assigned location

Administration

Clever

Set up and manage Clever Secure Sync

Rostering

Load location, staff, and student files

Order History

View testing licenses ordered by order number and licenses remaining

Settings and Preferences

Settings and preferences are role-based. Depending on your assigned role (teacher, school administrator, district administrator), you may see fewer options than listed here. 

Enable/disable out of level test assignments

Require subtests to be completed in prescribed sequence

Require/do not require lockdown browser

Allow/do not allow purchased licenses to go below 0

Suppress/show program descriptions for teacher reporting views

Opt-in/out of data sharing for research purposes 

Reset proctor code

Customize Roles and Rights

Roles and rights are role-based. Depending on your assigned role (teacher, school administrator, district administrator), you may see fewer options than listed here. 

Provides on/off toggle for school administrators to be able to connect to Clever, customize others’ rights, view reports, proctor assessments, extend time on students’ assessments, and cancel completed assignments

Provides on/off toggle for teachers to be able to connect to Clever, customize others’ rights, view reports, proctor assessments, extend time on students’ assessments, and cancel completed assignments

User Search

Search for staff members, view active/inactive status, and customize rights for specific staff members (instead of all staff with a specific role as done in Customize Roles and Rights)

Search for students, view active/inactive status, view current assignment status, view student scores for historical assignments