Pre-Admission Testing in Canvas |
Students who are newly enrolled with GCA entering Grades 1-8 are required to complete Pre-Admission Testing before their start date for school.
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Who takes Pre-Admission Testing?
Kindergarten students take a Pre-Admission screener with a student support person online.
1st-8th Grade have different tests depending on the grade for Pre-Admission Testing.
When do students take Pre-Admission Testing?
Testing is offered to students Monday through Friday, from 10am to 12pm. You will receive an email stating what dates are available for your student to begin testing, one week before your student's start date with GCA.
What is Pre-Admission Testing?
It is an adaptive test. This means the questions may cover material that your student has not yet been taught and they should simply choose their best response. The test is not intended to be stressful. Please encourage your student to simply do their best. It is ok if they do not know the answer to a question.
Adults may assist the student with logging in but may not help the student in any way with reading aloud to them, answering questions, or explaining questions to them. If a testing proctor observes a student getting extra help, they may stop the test and an administrator may contact you to discuss re-testing options.
Approximately 10 days before the student's start date, the primary Legal Guardian and listed Learning Coach for the student will receive an email with the student's GCA login information and instructions for how to access the testing. Once the student is logged in to a Chrome browser with their assigned GCA Google account information, the following instructions will direct them to Pre-Admission Testing.
Important notes for the instructions to work! |
- Students must be logged in using a Chrome browser. Only the Chrome browser is acceptable for GCA.
- When using a personal computer, the student's GCA Google account must be synced in the browser with no other Google account signed in. Click here for more information about this step.
- When using a personal Chromebook, the student's GCA Google account must be the only account on the device. No personal Google accounts can remain as a user. Click here for more information about this step.
- When using a GCA issued loaner Chromebook, the student can simply log in to the device with their GCA Google account.
Open a new tab in your Chrome browser to see the Champion Portal page. Click on the Canvas button. (Please note! If opening a new tab does not show you the Champion Portal page, you may need to make sure the student's GCA Google account is synced. Click here for more information).
Once inside Canvas, choose the Courses icon on the left column of navigation buttons and click on the course that says Pre-Admission Testing in the title.
Inside the Pre-Admission Testing course, choose Class from the left side navigation words.
When the time comes for your Pre-Admission Testing Class to begin, you will see the option to Launch or Join Classroom. Clicking on either one will bring you into the live Class session. If you are viewing this page before the time listed, you will not see the options to join or launch the live Class. Refresh the page when the time comes to be able to see your blue buttons.
For more information about how to join a Class from Canvas, click here.
Questions about Pre-Admission Testing? Email familysuccess@georgiacyber.org.