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Take a Required Diagnostic Test

When your instructor is requiring that you take the diagnostic pre-tests, the MyLab displays the Diagnostic Required screen when you enter the course. This screen lists the required diagnostic pre-tests, and you cannot access any other course materials until you complete the pre-tests.

There are three types of diagnostic pre-tests. One tests your reading skills, another your reading level, and a third your basic writing skills (such as grammar and punctuation). Your instructor determines which of these pre-tests are required.

Note: The reading level pre-test is also called the Lexile diagnostic.

The procedures for completing the reading-skill or writing and Lexile diagnostic tests follow.

To take a required reading-skill or writing diagnostic pre-test: (top)

Click a diagnostic test link on the Diagnostic Required screen.
The first test question is displayed.
Select an answer and click the Submit button.
The next question is displayed.
Continue selecting answers and clicking the Submit button to finish the test.
If you want to quit and finish the test later, click the Stop to Resume Later button. When you re-enter the diagnostic test, it picks up where you left off.
After you complete the last question, the MyLab displays your test results.
- A green check mark indicates that a topic is mastered. Depending on how you answered certain test questions, you may have already mastered some of the Study Plan topics.
- Click a topic's Review link to display the diagnostic questions that pertain to that topic.
- Click the Review link for the Overall Results to display all the diagnostic questions, showing which ones you answered correctly and incorrectly.
Click the Next button to continue with the next diagnostic.
When you have completed all the diagnostic pre-tests, click the Go to Study Plan button. (See The Study Plan for more information.)

To take a required Lexile diagnostic pre-test: (top)

Click the Lexile Diagnostic link on the Diagnostic Required screen.
The test's first question is displayed.
Select an answer and click the Submit button.
The next question is displayed.
Continue selecting answers and clicking the Submit button to finish the test.
After you complete the last question, the MyLab displays your test results. Your score is displayed at the top, followed by the test's questions and answers. For each question, the results show the correct answer in bold green. If you answered a question incorrectly, your answer is displayed in red.
Click the Next button to continue with the next diagnostic.
When you have completed all the diagnostic pre-tests, click the Go to Study Plan button. (See The Study Plan for more information.)