California Achievement Test (Online version)

Everyone liked doing the test at home. My two younger took turns with sections so we had a lot of logging in and out. The cost is great, especially when you have a large family to test each year. We had trouble with the test freezing while in Internet Explorer. This was lessened when we switched to Chrome but still happened occasionally. The timer stopped too so the kids didn't lose time but they were frustrated. The biggest complaint was that there was no way to ask questions or get clarification. One series of questions was confusing and I told them to just guess - since I didn't have access to answers, I didn't know what the test was looking for. As a parent/teacher, I was let down by the lack of feedback. Test scores are all I need for the state and it's good to see their grade level and percentile. But when it says they scored 17 out of 25 for punctuation, it would be nice to see what specifically they missed. Do they know how to use a period and question mark but don't understand quote marks or apostrophe? I don't know because the results don't tell me and I didn't watch them take the test. We just bought the test, and no analysis/grade placement help so maybe that's why. Also, for some reason, my middle child's score for spelling didn't report in my email, although it was available online. All in all, we liked the test and we'll possibly use it again next year.

We were all set to test on a Monday morning, but were very disappointed with the format of the online test when using a laptop. Our daughter had to scroll up and down and the formatting (especially for reading questions) was very difficult to decipher. Then, over an hour into testing, both of our kids (one on a laptop and one on a desktop) had error messages pop up on their screens. The tests had frozen with "Database errors." I called customer service, and the woman I spoke with was very helpful and apologetic. The company sent paper tests to us, and we are testing with them today. It has been unfortunate to be testing a week after we intended to, and to have our kids waiting a week with more school work on the horizon. In the grand scheme of things, these are small issues. But, I encouraged Christian Liberty to have a disclaimer about these potential issues on the website, so that families like ours could have opted for paper test from the beginning.

This is the easiest and quickest testing service that I have found. There is no need to wait for the test to come in the mail, and send it back in and wait again. The test is timed for you and your student can do it right away. The tests are scored immediately. So must easier. There is no need to go back to doing it the other way!

I would like to give the test 5 stars, but we had a major glitch with testing this year when the test froze in the middle of timed testing. We were unable to finish testing on the day of our first attempt. However, the customer service was wonderful and worked hard through several phone conversations to correct the issue. We were able to complete the test on the next day with no complications. Easy to administer, good value for a tight budget, immediate results and very good service mean that we will use this testing service again!

I ordered the test for 2 of my children, had the login in the next hour. The site and testing was easy to navigate and painless for my kids! As soon as my children were finished with their testing, the results were available immediately. Complete, easy-to-read test results made understanding the results a breeze. From start to finish this was such a painless process. We were so pleased!

This was easy to use and results came quickly. My son took this on an Apple laptop and the screen was off a little. I am not sure if it was the Apple or not?? It did not affect the test taking, but we needed to move the screen around to see all parts. Overall, it was wonderful and so thankful for this option since we have moved to North Carolina and needed to test.

this is our first year of homeschooling and I was mostly looking to see how we had done. The test was basically easy to do. We did experience it freezing once and had to start again on the section we were doing. Other than that, it went well and getting the results right away as really nice.

You can't beat the automatic results that you receive with this test.

Unfortunately our experience was not as good as most of the reviews. The issue we had was that the program would freeze up and not let my son finish. He had to refresh the page which forced him to do that section all over again. This happened four times! As if taking a timed test isn't stressful enough, having to retake an entire section four times has to have some effect on his motivation and scores! Upon calling customer service, I was told it works best with Google Chrome, which we were using, and that we should try taking the test on a desktop instead of a laptop, but my son was in the process of retaking the very last section (the fourth time it froze), so there was no sense in making him stop just to move over to the desktop. I gave this a 3-star review because, although we did have issues, it was nice to receive the results immediately. Although, I do have to wonder if the results have been adversely affected by my son having to repeat so many sections.