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Online Practice Tests

How the online practice library works: what a test bundle unlocks, how a paper is sat and marked, and where to find your answers, the correct answers and the explanations afterwards.

What test bundles are
What a Test Academy bundle unlocks, which bundles exist, and how long access lasts.
1 min
Starting a practice test
Where practice papers live, how to start one, and how to resume a paper you are part way through.
1 min
Reviewing a marked test
Dashboard, Practice, Results & Review, Review Attempt: where to see your answers, the correct answers and the explanations.
2 min
Inside the test screen
A tour of the online test screen: timer, text size, the question overview, flags, question types and Finish.
2 min
How tests are marked
What happens after a paper is submitted: marking, the score on the card, and the results email.
1 min
Reporting a mistake in a test question
Report a practice test question that looks wrong from the bottom of its explanation. Staff read every report.
2 min
Writing on a reviewed test
The annotation tools on the review page: pen, highlighter, text boxes, eraser, undo and clear.
1 min
Bookmarking a question
Save a hard question while reviewing a marked paper and open it again from the Bookmarks tab.
1 min
Writing tests and their marking
How a writing paper is marked against the rubric, and what the marked writing page shows.
1 min
Using WritingHub
WritingHub: guided writing tasks, improvement drills and feedback, at /learn/writing/.
1 min
Using an access code
Enter the short access code from your teacher on the Classwork page to open the test they set.
1 min
When a bundle expires
What changes when a test bundle expires, what is kept, and how to start a new access period.
1 min