Testing Instructions
These procedures must be followed.

Instructions for the log in page for tests
and general testing instructions.

Attendance Requirements
for testing.

1. When you take the tests for credit, use your first name and your last name for your "User Name" and  "User ID"  on the opening page of the test.  First name on the left line and last name on the right line. (See "Caution" at the bottom of the graphic.)  If you do not fill in those two lines on the tests then we have no way of knowing who you are.  And if you fill them in incorrectly, then we have to hand-process your test results instead of relying on our automated system to handle the process for us.  When we have to hand-process them, the time it takes per student test is increased by a ratio of 50:1.

   Caution: A problem in the testing software caused "User ID" and "User Name" to be switched on some of the test Instruction pages.  Please ignore that and always put your first name on the left-hand line and your last name on the right-hand line.

2. If you do not enter your email correctly on the "E-mail" line, then our automated mail system will not route your test properly and your test will not go into your file but will wind up in a general file where it may not be found.  Also, without your email entered on that line, and entered correctly, the system cannot send a copy of your test to you at that address nor will we have an address to contact you about the test should we need to.  That means that we cannot even contact you through the "Reply" feature to find out your information because the system keys to the email address you enter on your test.  Therefore, those tests without an email address are discarded as not usable because there is no way to know who they are from, nor is there any way to contact the student to ask them who they are.
   We have to process and discard those tests by hand and this results in extra and unnecessary work for our staff.

Instructions for testing.

1. You must take the test at the end of each section before proceeding to the next section of the textbook.  You cannot study the entire textbook and then take the tests all at once.  Unless otherwise indicated, the required procedure minimum is one week to study one section and then take the test for that section.  You may submit that section test on the last day of the week of study for that section of the textbook.  The week of study for the next section does not begin on the day you take a section test.  It begins on the next day after taking the previous section test.  That section test must be taken as many times as need be to pass it.  Each question answered wrong, whether you pass the test or not, must be looked up in the textbook and the correct answer found before proceeding to the next section for study or before proceeding to take the failed test again to try to earn a passing score.
   ATTENTION:  If you fail a test, you MAY NOT attempt that test again on the same day.  You must restudy the textbook/workbook and find all of the correct answers to the questions missed and then retake the test no sooner than the next day.
   Also, any tests taken without meeting the minimum attendance requirement for the course will be discarded.  This is to ensure that you are taking a reasonable amount of time studying each lesson so that you will be more likely to retain the material.
   Example:  If the attendance requirement states that one week is required per lesson, then your first test cannot be submitted before the last day of the first week and subsequent tests are to be submitted at one week intervals.  Your attendance is figured from the date of your submission of the Sign In form for that course.
   You may NOT take more than one test in any one subject on one day.  If you fail a test you must review the relevant section and you may not retake that test until at least the next day.

2. Once you have passed a test, please do not take it again.  Only your first passing score will be added to your file.  Any repeats taken after that will be discarded.  We have to process and discard those additional tests by hand and this results in extra and unnecessary work for our staff.

3. Tests taken out of order:  Because of our responsibility to ensure an acceptable quality of education for our students, which in this online format is attainable only by strict adherence to our study and testing guidelines, any tests taken out of order will be discarded and the score will not be recorded in your file.  You will have to take that test again when you reach it in the proper order of section study and testing.

4. CAUTION: Many times the tests do not open when you first download them.  This is an unavoidable quirk in the test writing program.  If you get a blank page, please refresh the page and the tests will open.  Either click the refresh icon or press F5 to refresh the page and open the test.

   You must meet the minimum attendance requirements for each course in order for the lesson tests to be valid.  You will find the general requirements on each of the Yearly class pages- First Year, Second Year, Third Year, Fourth Year.  You will also find specific attendance requirements listed on each individual course main page.  Those requirements on the course main pages supercede the general attendance requirements and must be followed at all times even if they should conflict with the general attendance requirements.  If there are no specific attendance requirements on the individual course main page, then student is to follow the general requirements.
   Example, if the attendance requirement states that not more than one lesson can be completed in the course each week, then your first test cannot be submitted before the last day of the first week. Attendance is figured from the date of submission of your Sign In form for that course.

ATTENTION:
Final tests cannot be
submitted before the
end of the course
attendance requirement.
No course has an
attendance requirement
of less than 5 weeks!