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DO NOW: On a clean page in your journal, create

a mind-map and include everything you know about PARCC including how to navigate around the site.

PARCC WEBSITESTEP 1 – log on and open up ChromeSTEP 2 – visit parcconline.orgSTEP 3 – click The PARCC AssessmentsSTEP 4 – click on practice tests (left

menu)STEP 5 – click PARCC practice tests (in

the middle of the page)STEP 6 – click test preparationSTEP 7 – click tutorial (TestNav 8

Tutorial)STEP 8 (if time permits) – go back to

tutorial tab and click Practice Tests. Then, click grade level.

STEP 9 – start test

PARCC TUTORIAL COMPREHENSION CHECK 1. What color are the arrows you will use to move forward or backward through the test? Red, Blue, Green, Black

2. How many tools can you have opened at a time? 3. True or false: Responses or marks made using tools

are not scored, since the tools are just meant to help you figure out your answer, not submit it.

4. True or false: You can look at the status of all questions in a section at any time by clicking the “Review” button.

5. What is one way you can go back to your current question from the Review Screen?

6. The section end screen provides options to:a. Review answered questionsb. Move forward to the next sectionc. Both of the above7. True or false: To exit your test in the middle of a

section or at the end, select the button at the top right of the screen next to your name and choose the option to “Logout of TestNav.”

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8. What are the two ways you can stop using a tool?9. How can the Answer Eliminator Tool help you think through

your answers?a. Clicking on it automatically eliminates one incorrect

answer option from consideration.b. It allows you to place a red X over the answer

options you think are incorrect.c. It opens a text box where you can write a brief note

about a given answer option.10. True or false: The Text Highlight Tool, which lets you

highlight words or sentences, is always available on the toolbar at the top of the screen with the other tools.

11. Select the accessibility tools provided to all students:d. Line Readere. Answer Maskingf. Change Background or Foreground Colorg. Zoom/Magnificationh. Text-to-Speech 

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12. True or false: The Line Reader Tool, which is accessible from the toolbar at the top of the screen, helps you focus on one section at a time.

13. After selecting and dragging the Line Reader Tool over to the passage or question on which you want to focus, how do you change the length and width to determine how much text is readable through the display window?a. Select and drag the top center and bottom right cornerb. Select and drag the bottom center and bottom left cornerc. Select and drag the bottom center and bottom right corner d. Select and drag the top center and bottom left corner 14. What are the shortcut keys to use the Zoom Tool?e. CONTROL or CTRL key and the plus sign key to make text or images

biggerf. CONTROL or CTRL key and the minus sign key to make text or

images smallerg. CONTROL or CTRL key and the zero key to reset to original sizeh. All of the above 

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15. Select the correct statements about Answer Masking:a. Answer Masking on multiple choice items allows you to choose

which answer choices will show on screen.b. This tool is available by selecting the accessibility drop-down

menu in the top right corner of the screen.c. Once the tool is enabled, you may use it to mask and unmask

answers as many times as you would like.d. Masking answers you believe to be incorrect is not the same

thing as submitting your choice for the correct response.e. Answer Masking will remain in place for all future multiple

choice items until you deselect it from the accessibility drop-down menu in the top right corner of the screen.

 16. True or false: Throughout the test, you will need to use Page Scroll to scroll within the whole page and Passage Scroll to scroll within a passage given in a test question.  

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17. Multiple Select items differ from Multiple Choice because:a. Test takers can select all answer choices, not just a single

responseb. The number of answers can vary, and be either a set number

(for example, the three best answers) or all that applyc. Multiple Choice items have a circle next to each answer optiond. Multiple Select items have a square next to each answer

optione. All of the above