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Understanding the Test Delivery System’s Sites

Understanding the Test Delivery System’s Sites

The Test Delivery System (TDS) delivers Texas’s online tests and consists of practice testing sites and operational testing sites. The practice sites function identically to the operational sites, however, tests administered in the Test Administrator Practice Site are for practice, whereas tests provided in the Test Administrator Interface are operational. Students’ scores on operational tests are official. 

  • Practice Sites:

    • Test Administrator Practice Site: Allows test administrators to practice administering assessments.

    • Student Practice Site: Allows students to practice taking tests online and using test tools. Students can log in to the testing site with their name and TSDS ID or as guests. They can either take tests in sessions created by test administrators in the Test Administrator Practice Site or they can take tests in guest sessions.

 

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Figure 1. Test Administrator Practice Site

 

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Figure 2a. Student Practice Site
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Figure 2b. Student Practice Site - Taking Test in Session or Taking Test in Guest Sessions

 

 

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Figure 3. Test Administrator Interface

 

 

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Figure 4. Student Operational Site

 

 

 

Throughout the rest of this user guide, “Test Administrator Site” refers to both the Test Administrator Interface and Test Administrator Practice Site.