Pearson supports only managed Chromebooks for secure testing. Both before you install TestNav AND prior to each testing session, you should check each device to ensure it is in managed status. 

During BOTH the infrastructure trial and the actual test, note which specific device each student uses during each test. The TestNav app saves SRFs to only one designated place on the testing device. If an error occurs, you can locate files only on that specific device.

Install TestNav

To install TestNav, first ensure each device's settings are set to keep local data to avoid accidentally deleting the SRF and log files. Then, you add TestNav as a kiosk app. 

If your content filters are activated when a student signs in to the Chrome device, contact Pearson Support for additional URLs to add to your kiosk settings for URL blocking. TestNav does not require that the student sign in to the Chrome device. As a result, these content filters do not filter as intended during a TestNav test.

Step-by-Step

  1. Uninstall the legacy TestNav Chrome App.
  2. Install the new TestNav Web App for ChromeOS. This app is not available on the Chrome Web Store. It is installed using the Google Admin Console.
    • Sign in to the Google Admin Console.
    • On the left side, navigate to: Devices > Chrome > Apps & extensions
    • Select the Kiosks tab at the top of the page.
    • Select the organizational unit for which you want the TestNav app & extension to be added. If you want to add for all users, select the top-level organizational unit.
    • Select the yellow + (plus) button at the bottom right corner to expand to see additional yellow buttons. Select the Add by url button and enter https://home.testnav.com/. 
    • Select Save. Google will then prompt you to allow permissions to this app. Select Agree.
    • The new TestNav Web App for ChromeOS appears in the app list.
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    •  Select the TestNav app and scroll down the right-side bar to enable Allow a Unique Fullscreen Window on Each Screen.
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    • Scroll down further on the right-side bar to Additional URL origins field to add the following URLs.  Note: Additional URLs must be added to allow the TestNav Web App for ChromeOS access to functions outside of the scope of the app URL.

[*.]testnav.com

adamexam.com

[*.]actonline.act.org

clever.com

[*.]classlink.com

[*.]schoology.com

[*.]act.org

[*.]actaspire.org



  • Scroll down further on the right-side bar to Extension section.
    • Click ADD EXTENSION and from the pop-up list, select Add from a custom URL and the Add Chrome app or extension by ID dialog box opens. 
    • Select From the Chrome Web Store, which will expand the menu to show an additional selection of From a custom URL. Select From a custom URL. 

    • Click the SAVE button located at the top right corner.

  • The new TestNav Web App for ChromeOS and its extension will now be installed for users in the selected organizational unit as a kiosk app the next time they start their ChromeOS device. 


Students with accommodations or accessibility features enabled through their PNP or test form access those features within TestNav. ChromeOS has native accessibility features that might appear within a kiosk floating accessibility menu during testing. Technology personnel should disable this menu before testing to avoid it interfering with the student’s test.

Find and Set Up Response File Backups

Primary Save Location

On Chrome OS, the SRF default primary save location is not customizable. 

To find files on Chrome OS:

  1. Launch the TestNav app.
  2. Focus your cursor in the username or password field.
  3. Press <ctrl><shft>z, and the File Viewer box appears.
    If the File Viewer does not display, click on the window and then press <ctrl><shft>z again.
  4. Plug in a USB memory stick.
  5. Click the download button next to the srf and log file(s) you want to download.
  6. When the window opens, select the USB memory stick, and click Save.
Do not continue on this page. For additional instructions on tests managed in ADAM, see Log in to a Test Using TestNav.

Run App Check

Sign in to TestNav

  1. Power on the device, but do not log in. If before a secure testing session, check the device's managed status.
  2. In the lower left of the screen, select Apps > TestNav to launch TestNav.
    A message appears, informing you that you can use <ctrl><alt>s to exit Chrome OS when you first launch TestNav. This works only while the message displays.

  3. If you have not already done so, choose the appropriate icon for your test on the home page. If your test was selected before the test session, you see the Sign In page, rather than the home page.  

    1. If you need to select a different test, click the user drop-down menu at the upper-right of the page, and click Choose a different customer.

    2. Click the appropriate icon for your test.

  4. Start a test to ensure that you can do so without error.
  5. To shut down and exit kiosk mode after the app launches, hold down the Power button.

Tiny link: https://support.assessment.pearson.com/x/NgccAQ