Child Placement Test Evaluation Procedure

Please note: This feature is not available for linked student accounts. If you would like to assign your children to a placement test or reading level, please refer to step 1 to create a child account.

A placement test is preset when a Child account is created.

NEW The Intelligent Placement option will intelligently allocate the beginning Placement level for the children based on their years of birth and any data from their previous reading levels (you do not need to manually direct your children to take a Placement Test).

Before your children take their Placement Test, if you know that your children have learning differences, you can change the initial placement level lower than the recommended one. For reviewing and changing the recommended Placement Level, click here.

Once your Child accounts have been created, your children can login and be immediately directed to the Placement Centre to have their reading comprehension assessed. Once your children have completed their Placement Tests, a correct CARS & STARS reading level will automatically be created for them. For Placement Test settings, click here.

Please note: Children in the same year level may have differing levels of comprehension and therefore be on different CARS & STARS levels within the family. Level AA correlates with Prep/Foundation, Level A correlates to Year 1 and Level H with Year 8 or higher.

If you are already aware of your child's reading level, you can manually assign them to a reading level by following the steps below.

Assign Reading Level

1. Navigate to the main menu, and click on the Reading Level section.
2. Click on View Reading Level List.
3. Choose the Current Reading Level. As you have just added the child's details into the system, the default Current Reading Level would be Placement Test.

At this point, you can assign assessments to single or multiple children in a family.

Assign Reading Level to a single child

1. You can assign an assessment for a single child by selecting the Child row and, under the Action column, clicking on the Manage Reading Level button.
2. In the What Would You Like to Do? field, choose Assign Reading Level.
3. Choose a single reading level from the Reading Level field.
4. Click on the Submit button.

Assign Reading Level to more than one child

1. You can assign a reading level to more than one child in the same reading level by selecting the checkbox next to the child’s image and clicking on the Mark button.
2. Please ensure that you have the correct number of children selected.
3. In the What Would You Like to Do? field, choose Assign Reading Level to the selected children.
4. Choose a single reading level from the Reading Level field.
5. Click on the Submit button.

Assign Reading Level to all the children in a family

1. You can assign a reading level to all the children in the family by clicking on the View All button, if applicable, followed by the Select All button.
2. Click on the Mark button.
3. Please ensure that you have the correct number of children selected.
4. In the What Would You Like to Do? field, choose Assign Reading Level to the selected children.
5. Choose a single reading level from the Reading Level field.
6. Click on the Submit button.