Testing
Currently Supported Assessments
Updated Spring 2023
Scroll down for assessment details and Chromebook setup.
CollegeBoard Digital AP Exams
https://apstudents.collegeboard.org/digital-ap-exams
https://apstudents.collegeboard.org/digital-ap-exams/technical-requirements
Full-length digital exams are available for many subjects in Administration 2 and Administration 3. Your school can authorize you to take these exams at home, if needed.
Launching the Assessment
On the Chromebook login screen, click Apps, then select the appropriate app from the available list. This launches the app in "kiosk" mode, which limits the Chromebook to run only this app.
*DAC App requires an Activation Key. AP Coordinators are provided this key and share with the proctors.
Missing a testing app? Submit a New Incident to ITD to request another needed testing application.
To exit "kiosk" mode and return the Chromebook back to normal login, you must restart the device by holding down the power button.
i-Ready Details
i-Ready is a web-based assessment, which means students first need to log into the Chromebook, then open the assessment in their Clever portal, through the Chrome browser. Baltimore City delivers these assessments to students in grades 1-11.
Launching the Assessment
Students log into the Chromebook with their network username and password.
Students launch the Chrome web browser, opening the Clever homepage.
Students sign into the Clever portal, and click the i-Ready icon.
HSA Test Details and Chromebook Setup
http://mdk12.msde.maryland.gov/assessments/high_school/index.html
The WIDA assessment is an app-based test on the Chromebook, which means student logins are not needed to access the test platform initially. Users simply click on the Apps at the login screen to launch the DRC INSIGHT Online Assessments app.
Launching the Assessment
On the Chromebook login screen, click Apps, then Maryland HSA. This launches the app in "kiosk" mode, which limits the Chromebook to just this app.
To exit "kiosk" mode and return the Chromebook back to normal login, you must restart the device by holding down the power button.
MCAP Government and LS MISA
Launching the Assessment
On the Chromebook login screen, click Apps, then MCAP Government and LS MISA. This launches the app in "kiosk" mode, which limits the Chromebook to just this app.
To exit "kiosk" mode and return the Chromebook back to normal login, you must restart the device by holding down the power button.
WIDA Test Details and Chromebook Setup
https://wida.wisc.edu/assess/technology/
The WIDA assessment is an app-based test on the Chromebook, which means student logins are not needed to access the test platform initially. Users simply click on the Apps at the login screen to launch the DRC INSIGHT Online Assessments app.
Launching the Assessment
On the Chromebook login screen, click Apps, then:
For BOY/EOY Formative Assessments, select WIDA MODEL Student Browser.
For MCAP Assessments, select DRC INSIGHT Online Assessments.
This launches the app in "kiosk" mode, which limits the Chromebook to just this app.
Initial Setup
On the Chromebook login screen, click Apps, then DRC INSIGHT Online Assessments
2. Click Assign Device to ORG Unit.
3. Enter the ORG Unit ID: 1426036668, then Register.
That's it!
To exit "kiosk" mode and return the Chromebook back to normal login, you must restart the device by holding down the power button.