How can I assign the placement test?

Our placement tests help you assess your students’ English proficiency, identify gaps, guide lesson selection and create customizable learning plans.

We offer two placement tests:

1. Standard Placement Test: Comprehensive assessment with balanced evaluation across all domains.

2. Adaptive Placement Test: Smart assessment that adapts in real-time based on student performance

Table of contents:

1. Assigning the placement test as a Teacher
2. Assigning the placement test as a Manager
3. Notes on usage and limits

Assigning the placement test as a Teacher

A - Select your desired test

1. Hover over the teacher menu in the top left
2. Select 'placement test'
3. Select 'standard placement test' or 'adaptive placement test'
   
   1. Standard Placement Test: A comprehensive assessment with a minimum of 100 questions. 

1. 1. Adaptive Placement Test: A smart assessment that adapts in real-time.

B - Configure your desired test

Standard Placement Test

1. Grammar proficiency is required for the Standard Placement Test.
2. To test additional domains, select them.
   1. Additional domains: reading, listening, writing, speaking

Adaptive Placement Test

1. To test grammar proficiency, keep ‘grammar’ selected. If you do not want to test grammar, click it to unselect it. 
2. To test additional domains, select them.
   1. At this time, reading, listening and writing are available.
      1. Speaking is currently only available to beta testers.  

C - Select who you want to send the placement test to

After selecting the test and assigning the domains:

1. Click Students or Classes
2. Click on the drop-down menu and select the specific student or class you want to send the test to
3. Click the orange 'Send' button 

After sending the test

• You’ll be notified by email when a student completes their test.
• Results are also available on the student profile.

Retaking the test

• You can resend a placement test by repeating steps A–C.

Proctoring tip

• Assign the test shortly before class to prevent early access.

Assigning the Standard Placement Test as a Manager

1. Open the Enterprise Management Panel
2. To send the test to a student, click 'Students'. To send the test to a class, click 'Classes'.
3. Select the students or classes
   1. If students: Select one or multiple students by clicking the box to the left of their name or by selecting multiple students by email. 
   2. If classes: Select one or multiple classes by clicking the box to the left of the class name
4. At the bottom of the page, in the Bulk Actions menu, click 'Select action' 
5. Select 'Assign Placement Test'
6.  Select a teacher to assign the Placement Test through. 
   

Choose which elements of the placement test to send

If you only want to send the grammar element:

1. Click the blue 'Apply' button near the bottom left

If you want to add additional elements:

1. Click the boxes next to the listening, reading, writing or speaking elements you want to send
2. Click the green 'send test' button near the bottom left
3. Additional sections cannot be added individually at a later stage, separate from the grammar portion.

Notes on usage and limits

Prospective students

• Click ‘a prospective student’ to add and send a test
• Prospective students can receive one test before activation

Usage and limits

• Sending a placement test uses one license
• Students assigned a test before you reach capacity count toward your total student limit
• Once capacity is reached, you can continue sending placement tests above this limit

Previewing the test

• The test is dynamic so it's not possible to view before assigning
• Create a student account using a different email address and assign the test to yourself