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Pearson pushes major TestNav upgrades twice a year—in summer and in winter. Pearson coordinates with each program a timeline for pushing an upgraded TestNav version, depending on testing sessions. At the coordinated time, the upgrade pushes to your program without any action required. If a student did not sign out of a device, the next student to use the device may need to sign in again to begin testing with the latest version.
In summer (typically in June), an updated version of the TestNav apps comes available. Methods for app updates vary by OS as shown below:
designed TestNav apps to update with minimal effort from our users. TestNav apps are released once a year in June.
After the updated version is released, the app automatically updates the next time it is launched on the following operating systems (OSs):
Chrome
- iPadOS
Windows (if downloaded from the Windows Store)
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The TestNav app for the following OSs auto updates - No action required*:
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You must manually download and install the updated TestNav
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app from download.testnav.com for the
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OSs below:
- macOS
Linux
- Windows (if downloaded directly from download.testnav.com)
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| While you can download the TestNav app for Windows from download.testnav.com, Pearson recommends using the TestNav mobile app from the Windows macOS Linux |
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TestNav Development Cycle Details
The information in this section requires no action and is being provided only for understanding of the TestNav development cycle.
The TestNav apps mentioned in the above section are essentially OS-specific viewers used to lock down the TestNav test delivery platform for secure testing.
Pearson maintains the overall TestNav test delivery platform through a winter and summer major release, and patch releases throughout the year. These releases do not require user action. The next time a user launches TestNav after an update is pushed for his or her program, it presents the most current TestNav version.
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