Administrative Rostering
Rostering Students
Please ensure you have your Student Data available as described in 'Preparing your Data'. <br> Adding Students to a Roster 1. Navigate to https://test.arktest.org and login. This will bring you to the dashboard page. 2. Click on the ...
Creating New Classes
<br> Creating New Classes 1. Navigate to https://test.arktest.org/users/sign_in 2. Sign in using your username and password 3. The first time you login, you will be prompted to review your classes from last year, click the 'Go to Class ...
Rostering Teachers
<br> Rostering/Uploading New Teachers 1. From the center admin dashboard, navigate to the teacher tab on the left hand side of the screen 2. Once on the teacher screen there are two ways to add teachers. You can ...
Classes and Testing Sections FAQ
Note: This list of questions is not exhaustive. If your question is NOT answered by the following list, it is possible that the answer can be found in MORE detail in a different help article. The purpose of the following FAQ is to help guide you to ...
Creating a Teacher Testing Section
Key Differences for Teacher Tests Any Teacher/Proctor can Proctor the Teacher Test Section. The Teacher Test can be taken synchronously or asynchronously. In the event of asynchronous testing, the Test remains “Open” until the final teacher completes ...
Creating Testing Sections
Note: If your Testing Sections mirror your Classes, please refer to the instructions at the end of Assigning Students to Classes. Navigate to the Testing Sections menu selection. Select the “New” button in the upper right corner of your screen Enter ...
Adding Students to Testing Section
To add students to a testing section: There are Three ways to assign students to Testing Sections once your students are loaded into ARK: 1. Duplicate Classes as Testing Sections - Ensure all Students are added to their classes - Navigate to your ...
Adding Students to Classes
There are two options for adding students to Classes: Bulk Manual Assignment (best for one or two sections per grade) Individual Manual Assignment Student Roster Import by Spreadsheet (recommended only for large schools with more than 3 sections per ...
Uploading FAQ
Q. My file won’t upload. What’s wrong? A. There are a number of things that could be causing your file to have difficulty uploading. Please read the following list of common mistakes and check your file. After updating your file, if you are still ...
Uploading Students
NOTE: You MUST Include a School Student ID starting in 2025. This can be obtained from your Student information system along with the other student data. Please include a “Y” for Gaps and an “N” as default for ESL and Accommodations if not otherwise ...
Adding Proctors
Note: This step is to add any Proctors who have not already been imported under the "Import Teachers" step. Navigate to the Proctors menu selection. Select the New button in the upper right corner of your screen. Enter the Proctor’s First and Last ...
How to send a "Reset Password" link
If you are a center administrator and your teachers are unable to login, you can try sending them a "reset password" link to their email. The teacher can then check their email (and junk mail!) for an email from noreply@arktest.org which contains a ...
Student Emails and How/Why to use them
When uploading students with the import template, there is an option to add a student email. This column does not need to be filled out to upload the file, however, if you have student emails available it is advantageous to use them. Student emails ...
Common Errors With Uploading and How to Fix them
Import Student Spreadsheet Uploading Errors Problem #1: The singular MOST common error with uploading relates to the ARK class ID. Please check that column first. Solution: The column for ARK class ID is a specific 5 digit number that's generated by ...
Parish Rostering: School Student IDs
New this year (2024-2025), we have implemented a new feature. In the student import template, there now MUST be a School Student ID for the template to upload into the ARK tool. We recognize that any Parish that is testing will not have school ...
Parish Rostering: Shared Grades
If your testing center has mixed grades in the same classroom and you are teaching ALL students in that class the same grade-level material there is a workaround to allow testing. Determine what grade-level material you are teaching Before Rostering ...
Prepare Your Data
This help article covers the very basics of data preparation. If, after reading this article, you still have questions, please refer to the other help articles listed for more in depth explanations. If the help articles listed still do not answer ...