Sitting a candidate review session

A candidate review session allows candidates to re-enter their tests to review the items and their responses. You can enter a candidate review session from the Launch Test screen in Surpass.

This article explains how to enter a candidate review session and how to use its features in the Surpass test driver. For more information on how to schedule a candidate review session, read Scheduling a candidate review session.

Navigating to a candidate review session

You can navigate to a candidate review session from the Surpass home screen. Surpass automatically directs you to the home screen when you log in.

Select Deliver Test from the Surpass home screen to open the Launch Test screen.

On the Web Delivery options page of the Launch Test screen, select the Review a test tab. For more information on each delivery option, read About Surpass test delivery options.

Choose the language of the Enter Keycode dialog from the Choose Language drop-down menu. For more information on how to open the Surpass test driver for other delivery options, read Opening the Surpass test driver.

Select Launch to access a candidate review session.

Entering a candidate review session

NOTE: The Schedule Review and Candidate Information grids of the Candidate Review screen display keycodes and passcodes for each scheduled candidate review session. For more information, read About the Candidate Review screen.

Enter your candidate review login credentials in the Keycode and Passcode fields, respectively. All candidates scheduled for the same candidate review session share a passcode.

Select OK to enter the candidate review session.

About results reports in a candidate review session

The Test Feedback dialog displays the name of the test, the candidate’s name (if the Summary Feedback > Show Candidate Details test feedback setting is enabled for the test), and the date on which the test was taken.

You can view detailed results reports for an individual candidate in the Test Result, Summary By Question, Summary By Unit, and Summary By Learning Outcome tabs.

Test Result

The Test Result tab of the Test Feedback dialog displays the candidate’s overall result as a percentage.

Summary By Question

The Summary By Question tab of the Test Feedback dialog displays the candidate’s marks for each item in the test.

Summary By Unit

The Summary By Unit tab of the Test Feedback dialog displays how candidates scored on items with shared tag values.

NOTE: The Summary By Unit tab is displayed together with Summary By Feedback. You enable the Display 'Feedback by Learning Outcome' screen when scheduling candidate review sessions for summative tests, if the Summary Feedback > Display Feedback by Learning Outcome test feedback setting is enabled for the test. For more information, read 'Enabling feedback options' in Scheduling a candidate review session.

TIP: You can click on an item in the Summary By Unit tab to open the item in the Surpass test driver. For more information, read ‘Navigating a test in a candidate review session’ later in this article.

Select Summary By Unit to open the Summary By Unit tab. The Overall field displays the candidate’s overall result as a percentage for all included items across all shared tag values.

Refer to the following table for information on each column in the Summary By Unit grid.

Setting	Description
Topic	Displays the name of the shared tag value.
Question Feedback	Displays whether the candidate answered the item correctly (), incorrectly (), or did not attempt the item (–).
Score	Displays the candidate’s overall score for each item in the shared tag value. EXAMPLE: If a test form has five items, each with the Unit tag value of “Knowledge of European geography”, candidates can see these items grouped under this tag value and their percentage score across all included items.

Summary By Learning Outcome

The Summary By Learning Outcome tab of the Test Feedback dialog displays how candidates scored on items with shared tag values.

NOTE: You enable the Display 'Feedback by Learning Outcome' screen when scheduling candidate review sessions for summative tests, if the Summary Feedback > Display Feedback by Learning Outcome test feedback setting is enabled for the test. For more information, read 'Enabling feedback options' in Scheduling a candidate review session.

TIP: You can click on an item in the Summary By Learning Outcome tab to open the item in the Surpass test driver. For more information, read ‘Navigating a test in a candidate review session’ later in this article.

Select Summary By Learning Outcome to open the Summary By Learning Outcome tab. The Overall field displays the candidate’s overall result as a percentage for all included items across all shared tag values.

Refer to the following table for information on each column in the Summary By Learning Outcome grid.

Setting	Description
Learning Outcome	Displays the name of the shared tag value.
Question Feedback	Displays whether the candidate answered the item correctly (), incorrectly (), or did not attempt the item (–).
Score	Displays the candidate’s overall score for each item in the shared tag value. EXAMPLE: If a test form has five items, each with the Learning Outcome tag value of “Knowledge of European geography”, candidates can see these items grouped under this tag value and their percentage score across all included items.

Setting

Description

Learning Outcome

Displays the name of the shared tag value.

Question Feedback

Displays whether the candidate answered the item correctly (), incorrectly (), or did not attempt the item (–).

Score

Displays the candidate’s overall score for each item in the shared tag value.

EXAMPLE: If a test form has five items, each with the Learning Outcome tag value of “Knowledge of European geography”, candidates can see these items grouped under this tag value and their percentage score across all included items.

Printing results reports

You can print results reports in a candidate review session.

Navigating a test in a candidate review session

You can navigate a candidate’s test and view their responses in a candidate review session. Select an item in the Summary By Question, Summary By Unit, or Summary By Learning Outcome tab to view the item in delivery. For more information on how to navigate tests in the Surpass test driver, read Navigating a test in the test driver.

Actions in a candidate review session

There are many actions you can take in a candidate review session. Refer to the following table for more information.

Icon	Setting	Description
	Comments	Displays comments left on items by markers. NOTE: You enable marker comments when scheduling candidate review sessions for summative tests. For more information, read 'Enabling feedback options' in Scheduling a candidate review session.
	Annotations	Displays annotations left on items by markers. NOTE: You enable annotations when scheduling candidate review sessions for summative tests. For more information, read 'Enabling feedback options' in Scheduling a candidate review session.
	Show/Hide Correct Answer	Displays or hides the correct answer. NOTE: This setting is only available in legacy candidate review sessions.
	View Feedback	Displays Correct/Incorrect/General feedback summary feedback left on items by item authors. NOTE: You enable Show 'View Feedback' button when scheduling candidate review sessions for summative tests, if the Summary Feedback > Show View Feedback Button test feedback setting is enabled for the test. For more information, read 'Enabling feedback options' in Scheduling a candidate review session.

Select Back to return to the Test Feedback dialog.