ePat Electronic Practice Assessment Tool

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ePatElectronic Practice Assessment Tool

• An Overview
• Creating a shortcut on the desktop.

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An Overview

• The electronic Practice Assessment Tool (ePAT) is
  a stand-alone program that will simulate a
  Web-based Standards of Learning (SOL) Assessment
  without using an Internet connection. The
  student will experience the ePat application in
  much the same way as a Web-based SOL Assessment.
• The navigation buttons on each screen may be used
  to move the student through the test. The
  student may select an answer for each item using
  the mouse or keyboard. At any time, the student
  can click on the Go To button to get to the Item
  Review screen. On that screen, the student can
  click on any item to go back to that specific
  item number. As in an actual Web-based SOL
  Assessment, all tools that are available for a
  specific test are shown at the top of the screen.
• If a student clicks on the Exhibit icon, the
  correct answer for the item will be shown.
  During an actual Web-based Mathematics Assessment
  (Grades 6-8 and EOC only), clicking the Exhibit
  icon will display the allowable formula sheet.
  Since the functionality of this button is
  different in the Grades 6 8 and EOC Mathematics
  ePAT, the student is encouraged to use the
  appropriate formula sheet for use on the ePAT.
• When finished with the practice test, the student
  may close the test by clicking Exit Test or
  Submit on the bottom of the Item Review screen.
  Both buttons will produce a series of prompts to
  determine whether to exit the application or
  score the answered questions. If the student
  chooses to exit the application , none of the
  answers will be scored or saved and the
  application will close. If the student chooses
  to submit the answers for scoring, the ePAT
  results will be shown. In the Score column, a
  correct response will be shown as a 1 and
  incorrect response will be shown as a 0. The
  student can print or save the ePAT results.
  However, once the student closes the application,
  the answers can not be retrieved.
• The ePAT results, or total number of questions
  answered correctly, should not be converted to a
  scaled score. The ePAT results only represent
  the number of questions answered correctly they
  do not indicate whether a student would have
  passed or failed an actual online SOL test.

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Creating A Shortcut on the Desktop
Open My Computer Double Click the drive with the
sys folder. (This is a network drive) Double
Click the ePat folder Inside this folder find
ePatLauncher.exe icon Right click this icon, a
menu will open, highlight Send to, click Desktop
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Changing the look of the icon. Right click the
icon on the desktop Go to Properties Under the
Shortcut tab, click Change Icon
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At this dialog box click Browse. Go to the ePat
folder on the sys drive and double click the
epatlauncher.ico. Click OK. Click Apply, OK. The
icon on the desktop should now look like a
toolbox.