Linear (Non-adaptive) Digital SAT

Collegeboard has released 4 paper-based practice tests for the new digital SAT. Because they are paper-based, they are not adaptive.

You can download these 4 practice tests from the CollegeBoard website:
https://satsuite.collegeboard.org/digital/digital-practice-preparation/practice-tests/linear

We’ve added support for these tests through our Online testing feature. They are immediately available in your OnlineScoreTracker account. Look for (Non-) Digital SAT.

Do remember to go to KEYS >> (Non-) Digital SAT and enable the keys you want to use.

We DO NOT have a paper form for these linear, non-adaptive digital practice tests.

After you assign one of these tests as an Online Test to your students, they will enter their responses through their student portal, just as they would for a regular SAT or PSAT test.

 

The student report is a one-page, basic report.

 

By |2022-12-13T06:52:33-07:00December 13th, 2022|OnlineScoreTracker|Comments Off on Linear (Non-adaptive) Digital SAT

Creating Local Answer Keys

You currently have three options when it comes to creating your own answer key. It all starts with clicking on <+ADD> in the KEYS menu of the particular test type you want to add to.

You then see the three options for creating a new key.

We will very soon be adding a fourth option for ACT, the ADD ACT KEY WIZARD, but I will create a separate post for that when it is actually available.

The easiest and recommended way to create a new key, is the first option, Copy existing key (and then edit the copy).  You will see a list of all active and inactive, local and system keys and simply pick the one you want to copy.

When assigning a new key ID, you have to pick one that does not belong to an ACTIVE key. For that reason it makes sense to deactivate system key #1 before you want to create your local copy using the same key ID.

The second option is to create the key from scratch right through OnlineScoreTracker. The process is pretty straight forward, just tedious. It can get a little confusing when it comes to entering the scaled published by the test maker. OnlineScoreTracker’s format differs from the format you may see published by the test maker. We show the Raw Score on the far left and ask you to enter the Scale Score obtained, while the published scale usually does it just the other way around.

If you are good with Excel, then the third option to upload a compatible Excel file might be for you. We usually start by downloading an existing Excel file and then modifying it by replacing the key, categories, and scale. When using the Excel file, it is critical that fields remain exactly where they are and that you use the correct abbreviations for categories, hence the practice of modifying an existing Excel key.

By |2022-07-27T08:21:06-06:00July 27th, 2022|OnlineScoreTracker, Support, Tutorial|Comments Off on Creating Local Answer Keys

Creating Student Profiles

OnlineScoreTracker supports four ways to create new student accounts. This tutorial will address all four and also point out some ‘advanced’ features.

1. Manual
2. via CSV file
2. via API
2. by letting the student self-register

Manual

The easiest way to create a single student profile is to do it manually.

Click on USERS in the menu bar. The screen defaults to your list of STUDENTS.  Click on +ADD.

Then fill out the fields and click SAVE.

Advanced Tips:

If you leave the Student ID field BLANK, OnlineScoreTracker will assign the first available ID starting with the value you set through Tools-Preferences-Creating Student Accounts:

If you leave the Username field BLANK, OnlineScoreTracker will use the Student ID as the Username. A student can log into their student portal using either the Student ID or the Username. When you grade paper&pencil based tests, the bubble sheet must contain the numeric Student ID.

If you specify a password of “verify”, OnlineScoreTracker will send an email to the student asking them set a password. Click here to read more about this process.

This means that the simplest, and from our point-of-view recommended way to create a new student profile is this:

CSV File

The best way to create a multiple student profiles is to by uploading a csv (=comma separated values) file created through Excel or another program.

Click on USERS in the menu bar. The screen defaults to your list of STUDENTS.  Click on +ADD.

On the right you will see information about the formatting, a place to upload your csv file and, very useful, a link to a sample csv file.We encourage you to download that file so you can use it as a temple. The spelling of the headers has to be PERFECT, no accidental spaces, incorrect cases or typos!

Advanced Tips:

Advanced Tips:

If you enter “auto”  into the Student ID field, OnlineScoreTracker will assign the first available ID starting with the value you set through Tools-Preferences-Creating Student Accounts:


If you enter “auto” into the Username field, OnlineScoreTracker will use the Student ID as the Username. A student can log into their student portal using either the Student ID or the Username. When you grade paper&pencil based tests, the bubble sheet must contain the numeric Student ID.

If you specify a password of “verify”, OnlineScoreTracker will send an email to the student asking them set a password. Click here to read more about this process.

If you are organizing your students into classes, you can also include the class ID in the csv file. This will automatically place the new students into the respective class.

This means that the simplest, and from our point-of-view recommended format of a csv file looks like this:

If you want to update students that are already in your database, you can also use the csv file to do this. For more on this advanced option, read a future article on “Updating student profiles through csv”.

API

If you already have a your own website where you manage student profiles, you will probably want to create a process for your website to automatically create student profiles in OnlineScoreTracker.com. Information on how to do this is shown under Tools-Preferences in the section called “Creating Student Accounts” under “Automatic Creation of Student Accounts”. It involves a POST from your website to ours.  More about this in a future article about “Connecting to OnlineScoreTracker via API”.

Self-Registration

An increasing number of our customers are making use of our self-registration option. By following a link on your website students can create their own profile within your OnlineScoreTracker account. If you want they can also be directly assigned to a class with one or more practice tests assigned to them.

More about this feature in a future article about “Creating Student Accounts through Student Self-Registration”.

By |2020-06-06T07:54:32-06:00June 3rd, 2020|OnlineScoreTracker, Tutorial|Comments Off on Creating Student Profiles
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