Your Home Screen 

When you log in, you will land on your ARK Dashboard (see screenshot below). The key features of your  dashboard include: 

1. The Navigation menu gives you easy access to the data important to managing your testing center including the Help Center and Setup Wizard.
2. The Summary Tiles show the currently-registered data for your system. Note that students and Teachers NOT assigned to a Testing Section will show in the last tile. This should be zero when you are ready to test. This counter will also change during testing with absent students or students removed from an assigned Testing Section. Selecting either Students or Teachers will provide a report of the respective users NOT in a Testing Section.
3. The charts give you a visual overview of the registered data in the tool by grade for students, teachers, and testing sections, and then by the number of assigned tests versus completed tests. All columns in The Testing Status Chart will orange (Assigned) when you are ready to test.
4. The ‘Help’ button will open a messaging tool, or live chat window, with the ARK team to help you address any questions or concerns while you are in the tool.  You can also always email us at help@arktest.org if your question is not urgent. The help desk is staffed 8AM to 5PM Eastern Time, M-F (Times subject to change).

There are 5 main steps to setting up your institution:

1 Add New Teachers 

2 Edit existing and add new Classes 

3 Add New Students 

4 Add Students to Classes 

5 Create Testing Sections 

 Returning users:  Confirm all non-returning Teachers and  Students have been Released 

Note: ARK automatically releases Students  that have advanced out of your school.

Need help after hours or have a non-urgent question? Email us at help@arktest.org.