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To use the on-screen calculator, select Calculator in the tools menu.

The calculator is available for the following tests: Grades 6–8 Mathematics; Secondary Mathematics I, II, and III; grades 4–8 Science; Biology; Chemistry; Earth Science; and Physics.

To search the Merriam-Webster dictionary or thesaurus, select Dictionary in the tools menu.

To quickly navigate to a specific test page, select an item number from the drop-down list in the upper-left corner. Items that were marked for review display "(marked)" in this list.

To emphasize an individual line of text in a passage or question, select Line Reader in the tools menu.

This tool is not available while the Highlighter tool is in use.

The Masking tool temporarily covers a distracting area of the test page. To use this tool:

1. Select the Masking button in the tools menu.
2. Click and drag across the distracting area.

To close the Masking tool, select the Masking button again. To remove a masked area, select X in the upper-right corner of that area.

To enter notes in an on-screen notepad, select Notes in the tools menu.

To view the on-screen scoring guide, select Scoring Guide in the tools menu.

Note: The Scoring Guide is available for Writing tests.

Students can select the cog wheel icon in the upper-right corner to adjust the following:

• Audio volume
• Text-to-Speech settings (including volume, pitch, and speed)

You can watch videos that translate test content into American Sign Language (ASL). To view ASL videos:

1. Select American Sign Language from the question menu.
   • If only one ASL video is available, the video opens automatically.
   • If multiple ASL videos are available, sign language icons appear next to the test content for each video. Select the icon for the test content you wish to translate into ASL.

Note: This tool requires you to have the ASL accommodation turned on.

You can expand the passage section or the question section for easier readability.

• To expand the passage section, select the right arrow icon below the global menu. To collapse the expanded passage section, select the left arrow icon in the upper-right corner.
• To expand the question section, select the left arrow icon below the global menu. To collapse the expanded question section, select the right arrow icon in the upper-left corner.

To highlight text, select the text on the screen and then select Highlight Selection from the question menu. To remove highlighting, select Reset Highlighting from the context menu.

You cannot highlight text in images.

To enter notes or comments for a question, select Notepad from the question menu. After you enter a note, a pencil icon appears next to the question number on the test page.

You can only access your notes for a question on that question’s test page.

To view and restore responses previously entered for a Text Response question, select the Select Previous Version option from the question menu. A list of saved responses appears. Choose the appropriate response and click Select.

If the Speech-to-Text tool is enabled, you can respond to text response items by speaking your answer. To use this tool, select the microphone icon in the toolbar above the text box and begin speaking. Your spoken response will be written as text in the answer area.

Note: This tool is available for ELA and Writing tests.

For multiple choice and multi-select questions, you can cross out an answer option to focus on the options you think might be correct.

There are two options for using this tool:

Option A:

1. To activate Strikethrough mode, open the context menu and select Strikethrough.
2. Select the answer options you wish to strike out.
3. To deactivate Strikethrough mode, press the Esc key or click outside the response area.

Option B:

1. Right-click an answer option and select Strikethrough.

To view a short video demonstrating how to respond to a particular question type, select Item Tutorials from the question menu.