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Any other use or reproduction of this document, in whole or in part, requires written permission from the CDE.  \nBefore the Test Session  \nNOTE: Refer to the Administering to Students chapter in the California Assessment of Student Performance and Progress (CAASPP) Online Test Administration Manual for additional instructions on test administration and more information about using the Test Administrator Interface  .  \nThis document contains information on how to administer a general assessment to students, including how to start a test session, add assessments to the session, verify students’ test settings, approve students for testing, and end a test session  .  \nTest Directions Overview  \nThese instructions apply to administration of the summative Smarter Balanced for English language arts/literacy (ELA) and mathematics performance task (PT) only  . 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