If you’ve registered your child with us for any ICAS assessments, you’ll want to check out the information below. We highly suggest you allow plenty of time to prepare your child’s device for these assessments.
Check the session dates and times you have registered for. If in doubt, contact us to make sure you have the right dates and times in your calendar. You should also receive confirmation emails, one for each individual student, listing the ICAS assessments and sessions they are registered for. Here are the session times and days for all ICAS assessments at Focus:
Prepare your child’s device for the assessment. All ICAS assessments are digital, and Focus is running Bring-Your-Own-Device sessions. Your child’s device will need to meet the minimum technical requirements for the ICAS assessment. You can run a technical readiness check on your child’s device by navigating to the ICAS Assessments webpage for technical requirements and clicking on the button for ‘Run technical readiness test’.
Download the Janison Replay locked-down browser (for ICAS Writing and Spelling Bee). This is a special browser that maintains the integrity of the testing environment. If your child is sitting ICAS Writing or Spelling Bee, they must have this browser installed on their device before the assessment. We have noted that school-provided Chromebooks may need school IT administration to download this browser, so we ask you to use an alternative device. You can view the instructions for downloading the browser on different operating systems including iOS on the ICAS Assessments webpage for the locked-down browser. Follow all the steps as listed. You will know you have successfully installed the locked-down browser and it is ready for use when you see these screens on opening it:
Arrive early on the day. The ICAS assessments are popular and there will be plenty of students also coming to sit the assessments. We ask students to arrive at least 20 minutes before the start of the assessment, so that we can check registrations and students can find their seats and connect their devices to the internet before the assessment starts.
Finally, please contact us as soon as possible if you run into any difficulties or you have any questions about the process.
We wish your child the best of luck with their ICAS assessments!
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