Stopping a Star Reading Test – Star Help

Situations may arise in the classroom which interrupt a test (for example, a surprise fire drill). If this happens, the teacher or test monitor can stop the test, either pausing it so the student can return to it later, or stopping it entirely so the student can start over on a new test. The test can be paused and resumed as many times as needed, but it can only be resumed within 8 calendar days (192 hours) of the date and time when it was originally started.

Pausing and resuming a test is a nonstandard administration; use this option only when absolutely necessary.

The Third Grade Reading Proficiency Assessment can only be paused, not stopped.

If a student pauses and resumes the Indiana Star Reading Assessment on one of the additional questions they are given, they will return to the same place in the test and will return to the same question.

Select Stop Test in the upper-right corner of the screen

Select one of the following options:

The Stop Test window, with the Cancel, Stop Test, and Resume Later buttons.

Option	Choose When	Notes
Cancel	You want to continue taking the test now instead of pausing or stopping it.	— Test continues as usual.
Stop Test	You want to stop the test; you are finished with it and have no plans to come back to it.	— Test score will not be recorded. — The next time the student logs in to take a test, the student will begin a new test.
Resume Later	You want to stop the test, but plan to come back to it later.	— Test score will be recorded after test is resumed and completed. — Test will resume on the same question number, but the question presented will be different.* — Resume Later cannot be used during the practice session, and it cannot be used on the first question of the actual test (Stop Test and Cancel are the only options available at those times).
* Unless the student is resuming an Indiana Star Reading Assessment and the test was paused on one of the additional questions; in this case, the test will be resumed at the same place and on the same question.

Enter the monitor password and select Stop Test .
- You cannot substitute your Renaissance password for the monitor password.
- If you forget to enter a password before selecting Stop Test, you will be reminded to enter it, and you can try again.
- If you enter the wrong password, you can try again.
  
  However, if you enter the wrong password three times in a row, you will not be able to stop the student's test.
  
  Check the Monitor Password - Star Tests Preference to make sure you are using the correct monitor password.

Once the correct monitor password is entered, the test is stopped or paused. A test can only be resumed within 8 calendar days of when it was originally started.