Getting started with the Oxford Placement Test is easy.
Use the video or text guidance below to help you set up a test for the first time.
You can also download this guide as a PDF.
To check that your purchased licences have been added to your account
If you can’t hear the sample audio, don’t worry. The audio will still play in the test itself. But you should also check:
Once you’ve marked your students' tests, you can reassign the tests in Practice mode.
This allows your students to continue to study with the test as practice.
You don’t need to buy extra tests to reassign a test in Practice mode.
Note:
To reassign a test students have taken in Test mode, follow these steps while signed in:
If you've purchased the ability to upload a logo, follow these steps to add a logo to Oxford English Testing.
Note: If your image doesn’t match these specifications, you may be able to adjust it using image editing software such as Microsoft Paint.
Note: The logo will also appear on report cards for all test types, including Practice tests.
Getting started with the Oxford Placement Test is easy.
Use the video or text guidance below to help you set up a test for the first time.
You can also download this guide as a PDF.
You must be an organisation account holder to buy tests.
If you’re not the account holder for your organisation, ask the person who registered the organisation to follow the steps below.
All of our placement tests are sold as single-use tests.
You’ll need 1 test for each test taker.
Depending on the country your purchasing from, you can buy tests using
Buying a different type of test? Click View next to the one you're interested in.
There are two ways you can confirm your purchases have been added to your account. Either:
or
You’ll need to set up a placement group before you can assign tests.
There are three different types of placement group:
This is the quickest and easiest option.
An unknown placement group allows you to print login slips. Slips can be handed out directly or passed to a colleague or agent to use in another location.
Test-takers will be asked to enter their full names and email addresses after signing in with the details on their slip. This information is then displayed with their results.
Use this option if:
Learn how to set up an unknown placement group
This option allows you to send test details via email, allowing someone to take the test wherever there is a computer and internet connection which meets our system requirements.
Use this option if you have the email addresses of your test-takers AND you would like the tests to be taken remotely
Learn how to set up an email known placement group
In most cases, to set up a Details known placement group, you’ll need to create a spreadsheet with your test-takers details.
You can then import your spreadsheet into the Learning Management System (LMS).
You can also use this type of group to add people one by one if you’d like to.
Use this option if:
Learn how to set up a details known placement group
To create an unknown placement group, follow these steps.
Learn how to assign a placement test to your group
To create an email known placement group, you’ll need to import a list of email addresses as a plain text file (.txt).
Learn how to assign a placement test to your group
There are two steps to creating a Details known placement group.
Learn how to assign a placement test to your group
To assign the Oxford Placement Test, follow these steps:
To see your students' results, follow these steps while signed in:
You can print or email students' placement test results.
If you normally invigilate your Oxford Placement Test sessions, and/or wish to do so while learners are taking the test from home, you can use the guidance in this section to help.
Use these guides to remotely monitor Oxford Placement Test sessions.
To support you on the test day, we have provided
Safe Exam Browser can be used to increase test security for students taking the Oxford Placement Test at your organisation. Installing Safe Exam Browser on the computers you use for the Oxford Placement Test stops students being able to copy, paste, use a 'print screen' function, or open another internet browser.
Please note that Safe Exam Browser is not an Oxford University Press service. We cannot provide technical support for the use of the application.
Use the Safe Exam Browser installation and step up guide to help you get started.
Placing your students in the right class is easy with the Oxford Placement Test.
The Using Oxford Placement Test results (PDF) guide provides helpful information on how to use Oxford Placement Test results to place your students in classes, and choose appropriate coursebook levels for each class.
We have mapped Oxford Placement Test scores against the different levels of some of our most popular courses, making it easy to choose the right coursebook level for your students.
We recommend reading Using Oxford Placement Test results (PDF) before using these mappings.
Getting started with the Oxford Placement Test for Young Learners is easy.
Use the video or text guidance below to help you set up a test for the first time.
You can also download this guide as a PDF.
You must be an organisation account holder to buy tests.
If you’re not the account holder for your organisation, ask the person who registered the organisation to follow the steps below.
All of our materials are sold as single-use licences.
You’ll need 1 licence for each student.
You can buy licences using
There are two ways you can confirm your purchases have been added to your account. Either:
or
You’ll need to set up a placement group before you can assign tests to your students.
There are three different types of placement group:
This is the quickest and easiest option.
An unknown placement group allows you to print login slips for your students.
Slips can be given to students or to a colleague to use in another location.
Use this option if:
With an unknown Young Learner’s placement group, you can either
Learn how to set up an unknown placement group
Use this option if
With a Details known group you can either
Learn how to set up an unknown placement group
To create an unknown placement group, sign in and follow these steps.
Important
Learn how to assign a placement test to your group
Learn how to assign a placement test to your group
There are two steps to creating a Details known placement group.
Instructions for creating the spreadsheet are in the section below, Create and upload a file of test taker information.
Learn how to assign a placement test to your group
More information on using the spreadsheet
Learn how to assign a placement test to your group
To assign the Young Learners Placement Test, sign in and then follow these steps:
Once you’ve assigned tests, you can check the status of tests or make changes to the assignment details in the Tests tab in the Track section.
To see your students' results, follow these steps while signed in:
You can print or email students' placement test results.
If you've already used the Oxford Placement Test or Young Learners Placement Test, you can move students from a placement group into a class.
First, you need to set up a class for them.
When you’ve created the class, you’re ready to move your students.
You can still access a student’s placement test results using the Markbook option in the Tests tab.
You’re now ready to choose how you want your students to use the test. Learn more
To start using practice tests on the Oxford English Testing Learning Management System (LMS), you’ll need to
How you register students will usually depend on the number of students you have. There are two options:
Once your class is set up, you can assign tests for your students to take and distribute login details.
When you have added all of your students, you can create a class for them.
Once your class is set up, you can assign tests for your students to take and distribute login details. Learn more
You can assign tests in Test mode or Practice mode.
Test mode allows you to run a Practice test as a mock exam
Practice mode allows you to use the Practice test as a learning tool for your students.
We recommend assigning Practice tests in Test mode first.
This is because tests taken in Test mode can be reassigned to your students to study with it later in Practice mode.
Once you’ve assigned a test in Practice mode, you can’t reassign it in Test mode later.
You can also assign most of our practice tests
This allows you to use the tests for
Licences for practice tests are allocated as soon as the first paper or part of the test is assigned to students.
If you choose to assign the test by paper or part, you can come back later and assign other sections of the test from the same licence(s).
Once you’ve made these decisions, you’re ready to assign the test to your students. Learn more
To assign Practice tests, sign in and then follow these steps:
When students have completed and submitted their tests, you can
If you choose to assign the test by paper or part, you can come back later and assign another paper or part of the test from the same licence(s).
To assign the next paper or part of a test, follow these steps while signed in:
To see your students’ overall Practice test results
You can also now see their scores for each paper
You can print students’ practice test results, or email results to your students if you’d like to.
To do this, follow these steps while signed in:
For most practice tests, Reading and Listening papers are marked automatically. You can see your students’ results for these papers immediately after students submit their tests.
Some Writing and Speaking questions can’t be marked by computer.
To mark your students’ Writing responses, follow these steps while signed in:
To mark your students’ Speaking responses, follow these steps while signed in:
Note: only tests taken in Test mode can be reassigned to your students to study with later in Practice mode. Once you’ve assigned a test in Practice mode, you can’t reassign it in Test mode later.
See the section Choosing how you want to use the tests for more information.
To reassign a test students have taken in Test mode, follow these steps while signed in:
To set up a practice class, follow these steps while signed in to your account:
Your class will be created. You can now go to Getting students into your class.
There are three ways to register students into your practice class. Choose an option for more information:
To join your class, students will need:
If you’d like to, you can print joining slips with the steps your students need to follow. To do this, follow these steps while signed in:
You can then print the slips and give one to each of your students.
To join the class, ask each student to follow these steps:
To register students into your practice class, follow these steps while signed in:
Once the students are registered, you can send them their login details via email or print slips to hand to them. To do this:
If students are already registered in the Oxford English Testing Learning Management System (LMS), you don’t need to set them up again. Instead, you can find the students in your organisation’s student list and add them to your class.
To add existing students to your class, follow these steps while signed in:
Allocating unlock codes or licences to your students
If you have your students’ unlock codes, or you have bought licences for the course, you can allocate these to your students. To do this:
If you have any problems entering unlock codes, check the code carefully for any typing errors. It is important that the codes are entered exactly as printed.
Still having problems? Email us at eltsupport@oup.com for help.
Please include
Online Workbook or Online Skills Practice exercises are hidden from your students until you assign them. This allows you to manage your students’ learning. As the teacher, you can preview exercises before assigning them if you’d like to.
To preview the exercises, follow these steps while signed in:
If you’d like to see answers you can
You can assign exercises to suit your class structure or activate everything at once for students to work through at their own pace.
Once activated, exercises can’t be deactivated again. The exercises will be available to all of the students in your class.
To assign exercises for your students, follow these steps while signed in:
To see your students’ practice progress, follow these steps while signed in:
For most Online Workbook and Online Skills Practice courses, Reading and Listening exercises are marked automatically.
Some Writing and Speaking exercises can’t be marked by computer. This is because they need human interpretation to be marked. For these exercises, you’ll see a Mark link.
To mark your students’ Writing responses, follow these steps while signed in:
To mark your students’ Speaking responses, follow these steps while signed in: