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Test Information and Distribution Engine (TIDE)

User Guide

2019-2020

Published July 30, 2019

Updated December 2, 2019

Prepared by the American Institutes for Research®

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Table of Contents Table of Contents .................................................................................................................................. ii

Introduction to This User Guide ................................................................................................................ 1 Organization of This User Guide .............................................................................................................. 1

Document Conventions ............................................................................................................................ 2 Intended Audience .................................................................................................................................... 2

Section I. Overview of the Test Information Distribution Engine........................................................... 3 Description of TIDE ................................................................................................................................... 3

System Requirements .............................................................................................................................. 3

Understanding User Roles and Permissions ............................................................................................ 4

Section II. Accessing TIDE ......................................................................................................................... 7 Activating Your TIDE Account .................................................................................................................. 7

Logging in to TIDE .................................................................................................................................... 8

About Usernames and Passwords ......................................................................................................... 10

Reactivating Your TIDE Account at the Beginning of the School Year .................................................. 11

Logging out of TIDE ................................................................................................................................ 11

Section III. Understanding the TIDE User Interface ............................................................................... 12 Organization of the TIDE User Interface ................................................................................................ 12

About the TIDE Dashboard .................................................................................................................... 13

Navigating in TIDE .................................................................................................................................. 13

About the Banner .................................................................................................................................... 14

Accessing Global Features ..................................................................................................................... 14 Changing Test Administration, Institution, or Role ............................................................................. 15

Changing Your Account Information .................................................................................................. 15

Resetting Your Password ................................................................................................................... 16

Switching Between AIR Systems ....................................................................................................... 17

Finding Students by ID or Users by Email Address ........................................................................... 17

Downloading Files from the Inbox ...................................................................................................... 17 Overview of Task Page Elements .......................................................................................................... 19

Navigating Record Forms ................................................................................................................... 19

Uploading Records ............................................................................................................................. 20

Searching for Records ........................................................................................................................ 22

Evaluating Advanced Search Criteria ................................................................................................. 24

Performing Actions on Records .......................................................................................................... 24 Section IV. Preparing for Testing ............................................................................................................ 26

Managing TIDE Users ............................................................................................................................ 26

Adding User Accounts ........................................................................................................................ 26

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Viewing and Editing User Details ....................................................................................................... 27

Deleting User Accounts ...................................................................................................................... 29

Adding, Editing, or Deleting Users through File Uploads ................................................................... 29 Managing Student Information ............................................................................................................... 31

Adding Students ................................................................................................................................. 31

Adding Students with Temporary IDs ............................................................................................ 35

Viewing and Editing Students ............................................................................................................. 37

Merging Temporary IDs with Permanent IDs via File Upload ........................................................ 38

Moving Students Between Schools ............................................................................................... 40 Printing PreID Labels ..................................................................................................................... 40

Printing Students’ Test Settings ..................................................................................................... 41

Adding and Editing Students through File Uploads ............................................................................ 43

Generating Frequency-Distribution Reports ....................................................................................... 55

Managing Student Test Settings and Tools............................................................................................ 57

Viewing and Editing Test Settings and Tools ..................................................................................... 57 Uploading Test Settings and Tools .................................................................................................... 57

Managing Rosters ................................................................................................................................... 62

Adding New Rosters ........................................................................................................................... 62

Modifying Existing Rosters ................................................................................................................. 64

Printing Students Associated with a Roster ....................................................................................... 66

Printing Test Tickets for Students in a Roster .................................................................................... 66 Printing Test Settings for Students in a Roster .................................................................................. 67

Deleting Rosters ................................................................................................................................. 68

Creating Rosters Through File Uploads ............................................................................................. 68

Section V. Administering Tests ............................................................................................................... 70 Printing Test Tickets ............................................................................................................................... 70

Printing Test Tickets from Student List ............................................................................................... 70

Printing Test Tickets from Roster List ................................................................................................ 71

Managing Appeals .................................................................................................................................. 72

Creating Appeals ................................................................................................................................ 74

Viewing Appeals ................................................................................................................................. 75

Approving Appeals ............................................................................................................................. 76 Creating Appeals Through File Uploads ............................................................................................ 77

Monitoring Test Progress........................................................................................................................ 78

Plan and Manage Testing................................................................................................................... 78

Generating Test Session Status Reports ........................................................................................... 83

Generating Participation Reports by SSID ......................................................................................... 85

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Reviewing Test Completion Rates ..................................................................................................... 86

Reviewing Test Status Code Reports ................................................................................................ 87

Section VI. After Testing ........................................................................................................................... 90 Data Cleanup .......................................................................................................................................... 90

Managing Reason Not Tested Codes ................................................................................................ 90

Viewing and Editing a Student’s Special Codes ............................................................................ 90

Resolving Discrepancies .................................................................................................................... 92

Resolving Student-Not-Found Discrepancies ................................................................................ 92

Resolving Duplicate-Test Discrepancies ....................................................................................... 94 Resolving Student-Tested-Out-of-Grade Discrepancies ............................................................... 95

Resolving Non-participated Students Discrepancies ..................................................................... 96

Appendix A. Processing File Uploads .................................................................................................... 98 How TIDE Processes Large Files ........................................................................................................... 98

How TIDE Validates File Uploads .......................................................................................................... 99

Appendix B. Opening CSV Files in Excel 2007 or Later ...................................................................... 100 Appendix C. User Support ..................................................................................................................... 102 Appendix D. Change Log ....................................................................................................................... 103

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Introduction to This User Guide This section describes the contents of this user guide.

Organization of This User Guide This guide contains the following sections:

• Section I, Overview of the Test Information Distribution Engine, includes a description of Test Information and Distribution Engine (TIDE) features, system requirements information, and provides an overview of user roles and permissions.

• Section II, Accessing TIDE, describes how to activate your account for TIDE (and other AIR systems you are authorized to access), how to log in, and log out.

• Section III, Understanding the TIDE User Interface, describes the main approach for the TIDE interface, navigation within the system, main user interface elements, and global features available throughout the system.

• Section IV, Preparing for Testing, describes the activities you can perform in preparation for testing, including registering users and students, associating test settings and tools for students, and uploading rosters (classes).

• Section V, Administering Tests, describes the activities you can perform while testing is underway, including printing test tickets for students, requesting appeals (if necessary), and monitoring test progress.

• Section VI, After Testing, describes the activities you can perform post-testing, including selecting reasons a student did not test and resolving test discrepancies for paper test materials.

TIDE User Guide Introduction to This User Guide

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Document Conventions Table 1 describes the conventions appearing in this user guide.

Table 1. Document Conventions

Icon Description

Warning: This symbol accompanies information regarding actions that may cause loss of data.

Caution: This symbol accompanies information regarding actions that may result in incorrect data.

Note: This symbol accompanies helpful information or reminders.

bold italic

Boldface italic indicates a page name.

bold Boldface indicates an item you click or a drop-down list selection.

mono Monospace indicates a file name or text you enter from the keyboard.

italic Italic indicates a field name.

Intended Audience This user guide is intended for state-, district-, and school-level users who manage the assessment effort. You should be familiar with the concepts of test eligibility, test settings, accommodations, and general management of user accounts for an enterprise-wide system.

To use TIDE, you need to be familiar with using a web browser to retrieve data and with filling out web forms. If you want to use the file upload and download features, you also need to be familiar with using a spreadsheet application and working with comma-separated value (CSV) files.

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Section I. Overview of the Test Information Distribution Engine This section provides a description of the Test Information Distribution Engine (TIDE) system, system requirements for TIDE, and an overview of user roles and permissions.

Description of TIDE AIR’s TIDE system supports state-, district-, and school-level users throughout the testing process, from test preparation, to test administration, to post-administration. TIDE includes features to manage user and student information, order testing materials, track orders, monitor test progress, and execute administrative functions such as test resets or reopens.

Figure 1 illustrates TIDE’s operational functions and their place in the assessment process. At its core, TIDE contains a list of students enrolled in your schools. TIDE receives the vast majority of this student information from uploads from external systems, although TIDE has features for adding students manually. TIDE then distributes this information to the appropriate system. TIDE sends to the Test Delivery System (TDS) students’ eligibilities, settings, and accommodations; this enables TDS to deliver the appropriate test to any given student in the required format. TIDE sends to the AIRWays Reporting System (AWR) students’ institutional associations; this enables AWR to aggregate scores at the classroom, school, district, and state levels.

Figure 1. TIDE’s Position in the Assessment Process

System Requirements To use TIDE, you need a recent version of a web browser, such as Firefox, Chrome, or Internet Explorer. For a detailed list of system requirements, which includes the supported operating systems and web browsers, see the technical resources available for technology coordinators. These publications are available in the Resources section of the Nebraska ELPA21 Portal, http://ne.portal.airast.org.

http://ne.portal.airast.org/

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Understanding User Roles and Permissions Each user in TIDE has a role, such as a district coordinator or a test administrator. Each role has an associated list of permissions to access certain features within TIDE.

Table 2 indicates which users can access specific features and tasks within each AIR system. The corresponding user guide for each system contains complete information about each feature.

Table 2. Overview of User Roles and Permissions

Task or Site DC* BC* TA* SA*

Access to Test Information Distribution Engine (TIDE) Features and Tasks

Managing Student Information

Adding Students

Adding Students with Temporary IDs

Viewing and Editing Students

Deleting User Accounts

Adding and Editing Students through File Uploads

Merging Temporary IDs with Permanent IDs via File Upload

Moving Students Between Schools

Printing PreID Labels

Printing Students’ Test Settings

Managing Student Test Settings and Tools

Viewing and Editing Test Settings and Tools

Uploading Test Settings and Tools

Managing TIDE Users

Adding User Accounts

Viewing and Editing User Details**

Adding, Editing, or Deleting Users through File Uploads

Managing Rosters

Adding New Rosters

Modifying Existing Rosters

Creating Rosters Through File Uploads

Printing Test Tickets

Printing Test Tickets from Student List

Printing Test Tickets from Roster List


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Task or Site DC* BC* TA* SA*

Managing Appeals

Creating Appeals

Approving Appeals ***

Monitoring Test Progress

Plan and Manage Testing

Generating Test Session Status Reports

Generating Participation Reports by SSID

Reviewing Test Status Code Reports

Documenting Reasons Not Tested (Non-Participation with Special Codes)

Viewing and Editing a Student’s Special Codes

Resolving Test Discrepancies

Resolving Discrepancies

Access to Test Administration (TA) Sites

TA Interface Practice and Training Site

Student Interface Practice and Training Site

TA Interface

Access to AIRWays Reporting System (AWR) Features and Tasks

Score Reports

Student Data Files

Manage Rosters

*DC—District Coordinator; BC—Building Coordinator, TA—Test Administrator, SA—Screener Administrator

**Some roles have view-only access to this feature.

*** DCs can approve appeals for the ELPA21 Screener only. During the ELPA21 Summative administration window, only state users can approve appeals for the summative and screener tests.


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There is a hierarchy to user roles. As indicated in Figure 2, the state administrator is at the top of the hierarchy, followed by district-level roles, followed by school-level roles. Generally, user roles that are higher in the hierarchy have access to more sensitive or critical data and tasks within TIDE.

Figure 2. Hierarchy of User Roles

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Section II. Accessing TIDE This section explains how to activate your TIDE account, log in to TIDE, request a password reset, and log out.

Activating Your TIDE Account Your TIDE administrator creates your account, and then TIDE sends you an activation email. This email contains the following information:

• A link that takes you to the Reset Your Password page in TIDE where you can set up your password for logging in to TIDE and other applicable AIR systems. This link expires 15 minutes after the email was sent. If you do not set up your password within 15 minutes, you need to request for a new link as described in About Usernames and Passwords.

If you do not receive an activation email, check your spam folder. Emails are sent from [email protected], so you may need to add this address to your contact list.

Note: All users will be required to do a one-time reset password update at the beginning of every school year. AIR automatically resets all user accounts at the beginning of the school year, for security purposes. Refer to Reactivating Your TIDE Account at the Beginning of the School Year for more information.

To activate your account:

1. Click the link in the activation email. The Reset Your Password page appears (see Figure 3).

Figure 3. Fields in the Reset Your Password page

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2. In the New Password and Confirm New Password fields, enter a new password. The password must be at least eight characters long and must include one lowercase alphabetic character, one uppercase alphabetic character, one number, and one special character (e.g., %, #, or !).

3. Click Submit.

Account activation is complete. You can proceed to TIDE by clicking the TIDE card (see Figure 5) in the portal page.

Logging in to TIDE This section describes how to log in to TIDE.

Warning: Do not share your login information with anyone. Nebraska ELPA21 systems provide access to student information, which must be protected in accordance with federal privacy laws.

To access TIDE:

1. Navigate to your portal (http://ne.portal.airast.org).

2. Click the Test Administrators or Test Coordinators card (see Figure 4).

Figure 4. User Role Cards

3. Click the TIDE card (see Figure 5). The Login page appears.

Figure 5. TIDE Card

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4. On the Login page, enter the email address and password you use to access all AIR systems (see Figure 6).

Figure 6. Login Page

5. Click Secure Login.

a. If you have not logged in using this browser before, or if you have cleared your browser cache, the Enter Code page appears (see Figure 7) and an email is sent to your address. This applies every time you access TIDE with a new browser. The email contains an authentication code, which you must use within 15 minutes of the email being sent.

i. In the Enter Emailed Code field, enter the emailed code.

ii. Click Submit.

Note: If the code has expired, click Resend Code to request a new code.

Figure 7. Enter Code Page


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The Dashboard for your user role appears. Depending on your user role, TIDE may prompt you to select a role, client, state, district, or school to complete the login.

Caution: Loss of Data: Working with TIDE in more than one browser tab or window may result in changes in one tab overwriting changes made in another tab. Do not have more than one TIDE browser tab or window open at one time.

About Usernames and Passwords Your username is the email address associated with your account in TIDE. When you are added to TIDE, you receive an activation email containing a temporary link to the Reset Your Password page. To activate your account, you must set your password within 15 minutes of the email being sent.

• If your first temporary link expired:

In the activation email you received, click the second link provided and proceed to request a new temporary link.

• If you forgot your password:

On the Login page, click Forgot Your Password? and then enter your email address in the Email Address field. You will receive an email with a new temporary link to reset your password.

• If you did not receive an email containing a temporary link or authentication code:

Check your spam folder to make sure your email program did not categorize it as junk mail. If you still do not have an email, contact your School or District Test Coordinator to make sure you are listed in TIDE.

• Additional help:

If you are unable to log in, contact the Nebraska ELPA21 Help Desk for assistance. You must provide your name and email address. Contact information is available in the User Support section of this user guide.

Figure 8. Fields in Reset Your Password: Find Account Page


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Reactivating Your TIDE Account at the Beginning of the School Year At the beginning of a new school year, your TIDE password and security details will be automatically reset. You will receive an email from [email protected] to notify you of this occurrence and to alert you that you will not be able to log in to TIDE or any other system until you reactivate your account for the new school year.

To reactivate your account:

1. Display the Login page (see Figure 6) by following steps 1—5 in the section Logging in to TIDE and click Request a new one for this school year. The Reset Your Password: Find Account page appears (see About Usernames and Passwords).

2. Enter your TIDE email address and click Submit. TIDE sends you an email containing a link to reset your password.

3. Follow steps 1–3 in the section Activating Your TIDE Account to reactivate your account.

Logging out of TIDE To log out of TIDE:

• In the TIDE banner (see Figure 11), click Log Out.

Warning: Logging out of TIDE logs you out of all Nebraska ELPA21 systems. For example, if you log out of TIDE while administering a test using the TA Interface, your test session will stop and all students in the session will be logged out of their tests. You cannot resume the session. You will have to create a new session, and your students will have to log in to the new session to resume testing.

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Section III. Understanding the TIDE User Interface This section includes a description of the organization of TIDE’s user interface, a description of the TIDE dashboard, instructions for navigating within TIDE, an overview of basic elements in the user interface, and information about global features.

Organization of the TIDE User Interface The TIDE user interface is designed to reflect the stages of the testing process as directly and simply as possible. The tasks available in TIDE are organized into three categories based on when each task should be performed in the testing process:

• Preparing for Testing: Tasks in this category could be performed before testing begins. This category includes tasks for registering users and students, associating test settings and tools for students, and uploading rosters (classes). For more information about this category, see the section Preparing for Testing.

• Administering Tests: Tasks in this category could be performed while testing is underway. This category includes tasks for printing test tickets, requesting test appeals (if necessary), and monitoring testing progress. For more information about this category, see the section Administering Tests.

Note: The state decides which features are turned on at what time. Depending on what the state has decided, it is possible that managing users and students are allowed while testing is in progress.

• After Testing: Tasks in this category could be performed when the testing process is

finished. This category includes tasks for assigning “Reason Not Tested” codes and resolving test discrepancies for paper testing materials. For more information about this category, see the section After Testing.

The TIDE user interface utilizes a consistent design that allows users to follow a similar workflow for various tasks. For example, the basic process of retrieving, modifying, exporting, and uploading records in the Preparing for Testing category is the same from one record type to another.

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About the TIDE Dashboard The TIDE dashboard appears when you first log in to TIDE (see Figure 9). Every task you can perform in TIDE is available on this page.

The dashboard displays a section for each of the task categories in TIDE (Preparing for Testing, Administering Tests, and After Testing). Each section lists menus for the tasks available in that category.

Note: The task menus displayed on the TIDE dashboard depend on your user role.

Figure 9. TIDE Dashboard

Each task menu contains a set of related tasks. For example, the Users menu contains options for adding users, viewing/editing/exporting users, and uploading users.

To expand a task menu and view its set of related tasks, click on the end of that menu. To perform a task, click the name of that task listed in this menu. To collapse a menu, click .

Navigating in TIDE When you navigate away from the TIDE dashboard, a navigation toolbar appears at the top of the page (see Figure 10). This toolbar allows you to access each task and action that was available on the dashboard. The toolbar only lists the task menus for one category at a time.


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Figure 10. Navigation Toolbar

• To access the dashboard, click in the upper-left corner.

• To view the task menus for a particular TIDE category, click the icon for that category above the toolbar.

• To access a particular task, click that task menu in the toolbar (such as Users) and select the required task from the list of options that appears.

About the Banner A banner appears at the top of every page in TIDE (see Figure 11).

Figure 11. TIDE Banner

The banner displays the current test administration and your current user role. The banner also includes the following features:

• TIDE: This drop-down list allows you to switch to other AIR systems.

• Help: This button opens the online TIDE User Guide.

• Inbox: This button allows you to open the shared Inbox and access the student data files you exported in TIDE and other AIR systems, as well as any secure documents, if available.

• Manage Account: This drop-down list allows you to change your user role, set up your contact information, and reset your password.

• Log Out: This button logs you out of TIDE and related AIR systems.

Accessing Global Features Regardless of where you are in TIDE, there are features that appear globally. This section explains how to change test administrations, search for students by student ID (SSID), and switch to other AIR systems.


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Changing Test Administration, Institution, or Role Depending on your permissions, you can switch to different schools, districts, and user roles in TIDE.

To change test administration, user role, or institution:

1. In the TIDE banner (see Figure 11), select Change Role from the Manage Account drop-down menu. The Administration Details window appears (see Figure 12).

Figure 12. Administration Details Window

2. Update the information as necessary.

3. Click Submit. A new home page appears that is associated with your selections.

Changing Your Account Information You can modify your name, phone number, and other account information in TIDE. (To change your email address, your school or district assessment coordinator must create a new account with the updated email address.)

To modify account information:

In the TIDE banner (see Figure 11), from the Manage Account drop-down list, select My Contact. The My Contact Information page appears (see Figure 13).

Figure 13. Fields in the My Contact Information Page


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1. Enter updates as necessary.

2. Click Save.

TIDE saves your changes, and a confirmation message appears.

Resetting Your Password You can change your login password as necessary.

To change your password:

1. In the TIDE banner (see Figure 11), from the Manage Account drop-down list, select Reset Password. A new browser window opens with the Change Password page on display (see Figure 14).

Figure 14. Fields in the Change Password Page

2. In the Current Password field, enter your current password.

3. In the New Password and Confirm New Password fields, enter a new password. The password must be at least eight characters long and must include at least one lowercase alphabetic character, one uppercase alphabetic character, one number, and one special character %, #, or !.

4. Click Save.

TIDE saves your changes, and a confirmation message appears.


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Switching Between AIR Systems Depending on your role, when you log in to TIDE you can also switch to other AIR systems.

To switch to another AIR system:

• In the banner at the top left of the page, hover over TIDE, and click the other system name (see Figure 15).

Figure 15. Switching Between AIR Systems

Finding Students by ID or Users by Email Address

A Find Student/User by ID field ( ) appears in the upper-right corner of every page in TIDE. You can use this field to navigate to the View and Edit Student form for a specified student or View and Edit User form for a specified user.

To search for a student or user:

1. In the Find Student/User by ID field, enter a student’s SSID or user’s email address. The SSID or email address must be an exact match; TIDE does not search by partial SSID or email address.

2. Click . The View and Edit Student form for that student or View and Edit User form for that user appears.

Downloading Files from the Inbox When searching for users, students, students' test settings, and appeals, you can choose to export the search results to the Inbox. The Inbox (see Figure 16) serves as a secure repository that lists files containing the data that you have exported in TIDE and other AIR systems. When you choose to export search results to the Inbox, TIDE sends you an email when the export task is completed and the file is available in the Inbox for download.

The Inbox also lists any secure documents that have been externally uploaded to the Inbox and that you have privileges to view.


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The files in the Inbox are listed in the order in which they were generated, uploaded, or archived. The file creation and file expiration dates appear, if applicable. The number of days remaining until a file expires is also displayed next to a file. By default, exported files are available for 31 days while secure documents are available for the period specified by the Nebraska Department of Education (NDE). You can access the Inbox from any page in TIDE to either download the file or archive the file for future reference. You can also delete the files you have exported, provided you have not archived them.

To access files in the Inbox:

1. From the TIDE banner (see Figure 11), select Inbox. The Inbox page appears.

Figure 16. Inbox

2. Optional: Select the file view from the available tabs:

• Inbox: This is the default view and displays all the files except for the ones that you have archived.

• Archived: Displays the files that you have archived.

3. Optional: To filter the files by keyword, enter a search term in the text box above the list of files. TIDE displays only those files containing the entered file name.

4. Do one of the following:

• To download a file, click the file name.

• To archive a file, click .

• To delete a file, click .

Note: About File Deletion • Archived files cannot be deleted. • You can delete files that you have exported, but you cannot delete secure documents

uploaded to the Inbox by admin users.


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Overview of Task Page Elements When you select a particular task from the dashboard or navigation toolbar, the corresponding task page appears. Although the specific fields and options on a task page vary from one task to another, the page elements are consistent across all task categories. This section provides an overview of the pages and elements used when editing, uploading, and searching for records.

Navigating Record Forms Certain tasks in TIDE require you to add or edit records via specialized record forms (see Figure 17). This section explains how to navigate these forms.

Figure 17. Sample Record Form

Record forms are usually divided into multiple panels. Each panel contains a group of related settings and fields that you can edit. You can click in the upper-left corner of a panel to collapse it or click in a collapsed panel to expand it.

A floating Go to section toolbar appears on the left side of the record form. This toolbar includes a numbered button for each panel in the form. You can hover over a button to display the label of the associated panel and click the button to jump to that panel.

Note: The number of panels and the content of those panels in a record form depend on the record type.


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Uploading Records Some TIDE tasks require you to add a large number of records via a file upload. This section provides an overview of the basic steps for using and navigating the file upload pages (see Figure 18).

Figure 18. Sample File Upload Page

When uploading a file to TIDE, you must first download a file template and fill it out in a spreadsheet application. The guidelines for a template depend on the record type. Guidelines for each record type are provided when describing the record type in the guide.

You can click next to the Upload History panel on the File Upload page to view a log of the files that have previously been uploaded for the selected record type.

For more information about how TIDE processes uploads, see Processing File Uploads in Section VI.

To upload a file:

1. On the file upload page, click Download Templates and select the appropriate file type.

2. Open the file in a spreadsheet application, fill it out, and save it.

3. On the file upload page, click Browse and select the file you created in the previous step.

4. Click Next. The Preview page appears (see Figure 19). Use the file preview on this page to verify you uploaded the correct file.

Figure 19. File Upload Preview (partial view)

5. Click Next. TIDE validates the file and displays any errors ( ) or warnings ( ) on the Validate page (see Figure 20).


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Note: If a record contains an error, that record will not be included in the upload. If a record contains a warning, that record will be uploaded, but the field with the warning will be invalid.

• Optional: Click the error and warning icons in the validation results to view the reason a field is invalid.

• Optional: Click Download Validation Report in the upper-right corner to view a PDF file listing the validation results for the upload file.

Figure 20. Sample Validation Page

Note: If your file contains a large number of records, TIDE processes it offline and sends you a confirmation email when complete. While TIDE is validating the file, do not press Cancel, as TIDE may have already started processing some of the records.


• Click Continue with Upload. TIDE commits those records that do not have errors.

• Click Upload Revised File to upload a different file. Follow the prompts on the Upload Revised File page to submit, validate, and commit the file.

The Confirmation page appears, displaying a message that summarizes how many records were committed and excluded (see Figure 21).

Figure 21. Confirmation Page

7. Optional: To upload another file of the same record type, click Upload New File.


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Searching for Records Many tasks in TIDE require you to retrieve a record or group of records (for example, locating a set of users to work with when performing the View/Edit/Export Users task). For such tasks, a search panel appears when you first access the task page (see Figure 22). This section explains how to use this search panel and navigate search results.

Figure 22. Sample Search Panel

To search for records:

1. In the search panel, enter search terms and select values from the available search parameters, as required. Some fields may allow you to select multiple values. For example, the school and grade drop-down lists on the student search pages and discrepancy resolution pages will allow you to select one, multiple, or all values.

Note: The search parameters available in the search panel depend on the record type. Required search parameters are marked with an asterisk.

2. Optional: If the task page includes an additional search panel, select values to further refine

the search results:

a. To include an additional search criterion in the search, select it and click Add.

b. Optional: To delete an additional search criterion, select it and click Remove Selected. To delete all additional search criteria, click Remove All.

c. For information about how TIDE evaluates additional search criteria, see the section Evaluating Advanced Search Criteria.

3. Click Search.

• If searching for users, students, students' test settings, and appeals, proceed to the next step.

• If searching for other types of records, such as rosters, skip to Step 5.

4. In the search results pop-up window (see Figure 23) that indicates the number of records that matched your search criteria and provides you with options to view or export the records or modify your search parameters, do one of the following:

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Figure 23. Sample Student Search Results Pop-up Window

• To view the retrieved student records on the page, click View Results. Continue to Step 5.

Note: This option is not available if TIDE detects that this action might adversely affect its performance.

• To export the retrieved results to the Inbox, click Export to Inbox and select the file format (CSV or Excel) in which the data should be exported. You can navigate away from the page and perform other tasks, if desired. When your file is available for download, you will receive an email to the email account that is registered in TIDE. After receiving the email, you can download the exported file from the Inbox (see Downloading Files from the Inbox).

• To return to the page and modify your search criteria, click Modify Search. Repeat Steps 1–4.

5. The list of retrieved records appears below the search panel (see Figure 24).

Figure 24. Sample Search Results

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6. Optional: To filter the retrieved records by keyword, enter a search term in the text box above the search results and click . TIDE displays only those records containing the entered value.

7. Optional: To sort the search results by a given column, click its column header.

• To sort the column in descending order, click the column header again.

8. Optional: If the table of retrieved records is too wide for your browser window, you can click and at the sides of the table to scroll left and right, respectively.

Evaluating Advanced Search Criteria Some search pages have an advanced search panel where you can enter complex criteria. TIDE evaluates the advanced search criteria as follows:

• If you specify multiple values for a given search field, TIDE retrieves records matching any of the values.

• If you specify multiple search fields, TIDE retrieves records matching all of the fields’ criteria.

Referring to Figure 25, TIDE retrieves student records that matches the following:

• Student is a paper test.

• Student does not have a SPED indicator. Figure 25. Additional Search Criteria

Performing Actions on Records After searching for records, you can perform actions on the retrieved records, such as printing or exporting them. The number and type of action buttons available depend on the record type.

To perform actions on records:

1. Search for the required records by following the procedure in the section Searching for Records.

2. To select records for an action (such as printing or exporting), do one of the following:

• Mark the checkbox next to each record you wish to select.


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• To select all records, mark the checkbox in the header row.

Note: Performing actions on student records retrieved on the View/Edit/Export Students, View/Edit/Export Test Settings and Tools, and Print Test Tickets from Student List pages

• For printing or exporting student records from the View/Edit/Export Students, View/Edit/Export Test Settings and Tools, and Print Test Tickets from Student List pages, it is not necessary to mark the checkbox in the header row to select all records. The options to print all retrieved records is available by default.

• By default, 50 records are displayed at a time. You can use the navigation arrows on the top or bottom of the list of retrieved records to navigate through the records. You can also enter a page number in the text box between the navigation arrows and press ENTER on the keyboard to directly jump to the specified page.

• When selecting records to print or export, you can select records from multiple pages. However, when deleting records, you can only delete students selected on the current page.

3. Click the required action button above the table of retrieved records and select the desired option, if applicable:

• : Prints the selected records or displays options for printing all or selected records.

• : Exports the selected records to a PDF, Excel, or CSV file or displays options for exporting all or selected records.

• : Deletes the selected records.

Note: About the Action Buttons

• When you scroll down in the table, these action buttons appear in a floating toolbar on the left side of the page. You can click the buttons in this toolbar to perform actions on the selected records.

• For the print and export action buttons, the counts of records are displayed next to each option available for the button. If an option is not available, it is grayed out. For example, if 150 records have been retrieved, the count next to the option for printing all records will show 150. If you have not selected any records, the option for printing selected records will be disabled and will show a count of 0 records.

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Section IV. Preparing for Testing This section provides instructions for performing the tasks in the Preparing for Testing category. These tasks should be performed before testing begins.

This section covers the following topics:

• Managing TIDE Users

• Managing Student Information

• Managing Student Test Settings and Tools

• Managing Rosters

Managing TIDE Users This section includes instructions for adding, editing, and uploading records for user accounts in TIDE.

Adding User Accounts This section explains how to add a new user account to TIDE.

Note: When you add a user account, its role must be at the same level or lower in the hierarchy than your role. Furthermore, you can add only those users that fall within your institution. For example, district-level users can create school-level accounts only for schools within their district.

To add a user account:

1. From the Users task menu on the TIDE dashboard, select Add Users. The Add Users page appears (see Figure 26).

Figure 26. Fields in the Add User Page

2. In the Email Address field, enter the new user’s email address.

3. Click +Add user or add roles to user with this email

4. Using Table 3 as a reference, enter the user’s first name and last name in the required fields and other details in the optional fields.

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5. From the Role drop-down, select a role.

6. From the drop-downs that appear, select a state, district, and school, if applicable.

7. Optional: To add multiple roles, click +Add More Roles and repeat steps 5 and 6.

8. Optional: To delete a role, click next to that role.

9. Click Save.

10. In the affirmation dialog box, click Continue to return to the Add Users page. TIDE adds the account and sends the new user an activation email from [email protected].

Viewing and Editing User Details You can view and modify detailed information about a user’s TIDE account—as long as the user is at the same level or below your role in the hierarchy and is in your district or school.

To view and edit user details:

1. From the TIDE homepage, you can search for Users by email address:

2. Additionally, you can view and edit user details from the Users task menu on the TIDE dashboard. Select View/Edit/Export Users. The View/Edit/Export Users page appears.

3. Retrieve the user account you want to view or edit by following the procedure in the section Searching for Records.

4. In the list of retrieved users, click for the user whose account you want to view. The View/Edit User: [User’s Name] form appears (see Figure 27).

Figure 27. Fields in the View/Edit User: [User’s Name] Form


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5. If your user role allows it, modify the user’s details as required. Use Table 3 as a reference.

6. Optional: To add more roles for this user, click +Add More Roles and then follow the steps for adding roles as described in Adding User Accounts.

7. Optional: To delete a role, click next to that role. You can also delete the user’s entire account. For information on deleting accounts, see Deleting User Accounts.

8. Click Save.

9. In the affirmation dialog box, click Continue to return to the list of user accounts.

Table 3 describes the fields in the View/Edit User: [User’s Name] page.

Table 3. Fields in the View/Edit User: [User’s Name] Page

Field Description

Role User’s role. For an explanation of user roles, see Understanding User Roles and Permissions.

District District associated with the user. To modify the district associated with a user, you must delete and add the user using file uploads. For details, see Adding, Editing, or Deleting Users through File Uploads.

School School associated with the user. To modify the school associated with a user, you must delete and add the user using file uploads. For details, see Adding, Editing, or Deleting Users through File Uploads.

Email Address Email address for logging in to TIDE.

First Name User’s first name.

Last Name User’s last name.

Phone User’s phone number.


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Deleting User Accounts You can delete a user’s account as long as the user is at or below your role in the hierarchy, and the user is in your district or school.

Note: For users having multiple roles, you can delete a role instead of the entire account if desired. For information on deleting roles, see Viewing and Editing User Details.

To delete user accounts:

1. Retrieve the user accounts you want to delete by following the procedure in the section Searching for Records.


• Mark the checkboxes for the users you want to delete.

• Mark the checkbox at the top of the table to delete all retrieved users.

3. Click , and in the affirmation dialog box click Yes.

Adding, Editing, or Deleting Users through File Uploads If you have many users to add, edit, or delete, it may be easier to perform those transactions through file uploads. This task requires familiarity with composing comma-separated value (CSV) files or working with Microsoft Excel.

To upload user accounts:

1. From the Users task menu on the TIDE dashboard, select Upload Users. The Upload Users page appears.

2. Following the instructions in the section Uploading Records and using Table 4 as a reference, fill out the User template and upload it to TIDE.

Table 4 provides the guidelines for filling out the User template that you can download from the Upload Users page.

Table 4: Columns in the User Upload File

Column Description Valid Values

DISTRICT ID* District associated with the user. District ID that exists in TIDE and must be associated with the user uploading the file. Up to 8 characters.

SCHOOL ID School associated with the user. School ID that exists in TIDE and must be associated with the user uploading the file. Up to 15 characters. Must be associated with the district ID. Can be blank when adding district-level users.


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Column Description Valid Values

FirstName* User’s first name. Up to 50 characters.

LastName* User’s last name. Up to 50 characters.

Email* User’s email address. Any standard email address. Up to 75 characters that are valid for an email address. This is the user’s username for logging in to TIDE.

Phone User’s phone number. Phone number in xxx-xxx-xxxx format. Extensions allowed.

Role* User’s role. For an explanation of user roles, see Understanding User Roles and Permissions.

One of the following: ELPA21_Dist_Coord—District Coordinator. ELPA21_Bldg_Coord—Building Coordinator. ELPA21_Test_Adm—Test Administrator. Screener_Test_Adm—Screener Test Administrator Must be lower in the hierarchy than the user uploading the file; see Figure 2.

Action* Indicates if this is an add or delete transaction.

One of the following: Add—Add new user or edit existing user record. Delete—Remove existing user record.

*Required field.


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Figure 28 is an example of a sample upload file with the following transactions:

• The first row (aside from the header row) adds Thomas Walker as a TIDE user, specifying all fields except phone number.

• The second row modifies Thomas Walker’s account, changing his role and adding the phone number. In this case you must list values in all other columns, even if you do not change them.

• The third row deletes Thomas Walker’s account.

• The fourth row adds Patricia Martin as a test administrator for school 9000.

• The fifth row adds Patricia Martin as a school administrator for a different school—9001.

Figure 28. Sample User Upload File

Managing Student Information This section describes how to add, modify, and delete students’ records, and how those records affect testing and reporting.

Adding Students This section explains how to add a new student record to TIDE.

Note: When you add a student to a district, and school, you must be associated with those entities. For example, district-level users can add students to any school within their district; school-level users can add students only to their school.


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To add a student:

1. From the Students task menu on the TIDE dashboard, select Add Students. The Add Students form appears (see Figure 29). For more information about using record forms, see the section Navigating Record Forms.

Figure 29. Fields in the Add Students Form (top portion)

2. In the Student Demographics panel, enter the student’s demographic information, using Table 5 as a reference.

3. In the Accommodations and Designated Supports panels (see Figure 30), enter the student’s settings, using Table 6 as a reference.


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Figure 30. Accommodations and Designated Supports Panels

4. Click Save.

Table 5 describes the fields in the Demographics panel on the Student form.

Table 5. Fields in the Demographics Panel

Field Description

Student Demographics

District* District responsible for specific educational services or instruction of the student.

School* School responsible for specific education services and/or instruction of the student.

SSID* Student’s Statewide Student Identifier (SSID) within the enrolled district.

Student’s Last Name* Student’s last name.

Student’s First Name* Student’s first name.

Middle Name Student’s middle name.

Gender* Student’s gender.

Birth Date* Student’s date of birth.

Grade* Grade in which student is enrolled during the test administration.

Paper Tester Indicates student tests on paper even if an online test is available.

Reduced Lunch Status Indicates student meets the state's criteria for receiving a reduced-price lunch.


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Field Description

SPED Indicator* Student's Special Education program status.

English Learner Status* Indicates student has a language other than English spoken in the home and qualifies for English language services because the student did not test Proficient on the state language proficiency assessment.

First Year ELL* Indicates this is an English-language learner's first year in a US school.

504 Status* Student’s 504 status.

Migrant Status* Student’s migrant status.

Language* Student’s primary language.

Primary Disability Student’s primary disability.

Race/Ethnicity

Hispanic or Latino* Indicates student traces origin or descent to Mexico, Puerto Rico, Cuba, Central and South America, and other Spanish cultures, regardless of race.

American Indian or Alaska Native*

Indicates student has origins in any of the original peoples of North and South America (including Central America), and who maintains cultural identification through tribal affiliation or community attachment.

Asian* Indicates student has origins in any of the original peoples of the Far East, Southeast Asia, or the Indian Subcontinent. This area includes, for example, Cambodia, China, India, Japan, Korea, Malaysia, Pakistan, the Philippine Islands, Thailand, and Vietnam.

Black or African American*

Indicates student has origins in any of the black racial groups of Africa.

White* Indicates student has origins in any of the original peoples of Europe, Middle East, or North Africa.

Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander*

Indicates student has origins in any of the original peoples of Hawaii, Guam, Samoa, or other Pacific Islands.

*Required field. Table 6 describes the fields in the Accommodations and Designated Supports panels on the Student form.

Table 6. Fields in the Accommodations and Designated Supports Panels

Field Description

Color Choices List of available color settings.

Exempted Domains Subjects in which the student is not tested.

Mouse Pointer List of available mouse pointer options with different colors and sizes.

Masking Toggles the Masking tool on or off, allowing student to cover distracting regions of the test page.


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Field Description

Non-Embedded Designated Supports

Indicates use of designated supports not provided by the secure browser.

Print Size/Zoom List of subjects and the type size in which the associated tests appear.

Line Reader Allows student to highlight an individual line of text in a passage or question.

Exempted Domains Subjects in which the student is not tested. State approved required for exempted domains.

Non-Embedded Accommodations

Indicates use of accommodations not provided by the secure browser.

Number of Accommodations

Number of accommodations the student received during testing.

Permissive Mode Toggles Permissive Mode setting on or off, allowing student to use pre-approved hardware or software with secure browser.

Adding Students with Temporary IDs

You can add students in TIDE with temporary IDs if required for the ELPA21 screener. This is especially useful if you have a new student who needs to be added in TIDE for screening, but whose SSID is not available at the time. Once the student’s SSID becomes available, you can edit the temporary ID and replace it with the student’s real SSID. This process is not available for the annual summative ELPA21, only for the screener.

Note: About Temporary IDs If a temporary ID is not replaced with the student’s real SSID, the record of the screener results will not be in the student’s SSID record. The temporary IDs are unique and can only be generated by TIDE. Hence, you cannot manually enter a temporary ID for a student or add temporary IDs through file uploads.

To assign a temporary ID to a student for screening:

1. From the Students task menu on the TIDE dashboard, select Add Students With Temporary ID. The Add Students With Temporary ID form appears (see Figure 31).

2. For more information about using record forms, see the section Navigating Record Forms.


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Figure 31. Add Students with Temporary ID Form

3. Fill out the form in the same process as described in Adding Students.

4. Click Save. A confirmation message is displayed that includes the student’s temporary ID.

Figure 32. Confirmation Message: Student Added with Temporary ID

5. Click Continue. You will return to the Add Student form (see Figure 29).

You can retrieve the student’s record using the Find Student by ID feature (see Finding Students by ID) or from the View/Edit/Export Students page (see Viewing and Editing Students) to view and edit the student’s details and provide the student’s real SSID.


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Viewing and Editing Students You can view and edit detailed information about a student’s record.

To view and edit student details:

1. From the Students task menu on the TIDE dashboard, select View/Edit/Export Students. The View/Edit/Export Students page appears.

Figure 33. View/Edit/Export Students Page

2. From the Search ID Type field, specify the type of students you wish to search for based on their ID type.

• To search for students with permanent SSIDs, select SSID.

• To search for students who have been assigned temporary IDs (screener students only), select Temporary ID.

3. Retrieve the student records you want to review or edit by following the procedure in the section Searching for Records.

Note: If the Search ID Type field is set to Temporary, other search fields such as school, student last name, and student first name are not available.

4. In the list of retrieved students, click for the student whose account you want to view. The View/Edit Student: [Student Name] form appears. This form is similar to the form used to add student records (see Figure 29).

5. If your user role allows it, modify the student’s record as required.

• In the Student Demographics panel, modify the student’s demographic information, using Table 5 as a reference.


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o If the student has been assigned a temporary ID, click next to the SSID field (see Figure 34). The SSID field becomes editable and you can enter the student’s actual SSID.

Caution: Please exercise caution when replacing the temporary ID and ensure that you enter the correct SSID for the student. Once you replace the temporary ID with a valid SSID and save the record, the icon will no longer be displayed for the SSID field and you will not be able to edit the SSID.

Figure 34. Edit Student Form for Student with Temporary ID

• In the Accommodations and Designated Supports panels (see Figure 30), modify the student’s test settings, using Table 6 as a reference. This panel displays a column for each of the student’s tests. You can select different settings for each test, if necessary.

Caution: Test Settings in the TA Interface Changing a test setting in TIDE after the test starts does not update the student’s test setting if the same test setting is available in the TA Interface. In this case, you must change the test setting in the TA Interface.

6. Click Save.

7. In the affirmation dialog box, click Continue to return to the list of student records.

Merging Temporary IDs with Permanent IDs via File Upload

You can also merge temporary IDs to permanent IDs via a smart file upload:

1. In the Students accordion, select Merge Temp IDs with Permanent SSIDs.

2. Download the template in either Excel or CSV, and fill out the template with the correct information, matching the temporary IDs in one column to the permanent IDs in the adjacent column.


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Figure 35. Updating TempIDs with Permanent SSIDs

3. Following the instructions in the section Uploading Records as a reference, fill in the template and upload it to TIDE.

Table 7. Columns in the Updating TempIDs with Permanent SSIDs Template

Column Name Description Valid Values

Temporary ID* Student’s temporary statewide identification number

NET - followed by three digits.

SSID* Student's permanent statewide identification number

10 digits.


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Moving Students Between Schools

If you are associated with multiple schools, you can also move students from one school to another on the View/Edit/Export Students page.

To move students:

1. Retrieve the student account you want to view or edit by following the procedure in the section Viewing and Editing Students.

2. In the list of retrieved records, do one of the following:

• Mark the checkboxes for the students you want to move.

• Mark the checkbox at the top of the table to move all students listed on the page.

Note: When moving students, you can only move students who are listed on the page that you are viewing.

3. Do the following:

• Click Move to Other School above the search results.

4. A section appears for moving the students. From the District drop-down list (if available), select the district to which you want to move the student.

5. From the School drop-down list, select the school to which you want to move the student.

6. Click Yes. After TIDE moves the student, an affirmation message appears.

7. Click Continue to return to the student listing.

Printing PreID Labels

A PreID label (see Figure 36) is a label that you affix to a student’s testing materials, such as an answer booklet.

Figure 36. Sample PreID Label

Districts and schools can print labels for students not included in the original PreID upload for a given administration, such as students who transferred to a school after the PreID upload.


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This task requires the 5" × 2" label stock provided in your test materials shipment. You can print on partially used label sheets. TIDE generates the labels as a PDF file that you download and print with your browser.

To print PreID Labels:

1. Retrieve the students for whom you want to print labels by following the procedure in the section Viewing and Editing Students.

2. Click the column headings to sort the retrieved students in the order you want the labels printed.

3. Specify the students for whom labels need to be printed:

• To print labels for specific students, mark the checkboxes for the students you want to print.

• To print labels for all students listed on the page, mark the checkbox at the top of the table.

4. Click and then select My Selected PreID Labels.

5. In the new browser window that opens, verify PreID Labels is selected in the Print Options section and a model appears for selecting the start position for printing on the first page (see Figure 37).

6. Click the start position you require.

The start position applies only to the first page of labels. For all subsequent pages, the printing starts in position 1, the upper-left corner.

7. Click Print.

Your browser downloads the generated PDF.

Figure 37. Layout Model for PreID Labels

Printing Students’ Test Settings

A student's test settings include the various accommodations and tools available during a test. You can generate a report of test settings from the list of retrieved students.


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To print students’ test settings:

1. Retrieve the student records you want to print by following the procedure in the section Viewing and Editing Students.

2. Click the column headings to sort the retrieved students in the order you want the records printed.

3. Specify the students for whom test settings need to be printed:

• To print test settings for specific students, mark the checkboxes for the students you want to print.

• To print test settings for all students listed on the page, mark the checkbox at the top of the table.

• To print test settings for all retrieved students, no additional action is necessary. The option to print all retrieved records is available by default.

4. Click and then select the appropriate action:

• To print test settings for selected students, click My Selected Student Settings and Tools.

• To print test settings for all retrieved students, click All Student Settings and Tools.

5. In the new browser window that opens, verify Student Settings and Tools is selected in the Print Options section (see Figure 38).

Figure 38. Layout Model for Student Test Settings and Tools

6. Click Print.

Your browser downloads the generated PDF.


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Adding and Editing Students through File Uploads If you have many students to add or edit, it may be easier to perform those transactions through file uploads. This task requires familiarity with composing comma-separated value (CSV) files or working with Microsoft Excel.

To upload student records:

1. From the Students task menu on the TIDE dashboard, select Upload Students. The Upload Students page appears.

2. Following the instructions in the section Uploading Records and using Table 8 as a reference, fill out the Student template and upload it to TIDE.

Table 8 provides the guidelines for filling out the Student template that you can download from the Upload Students page.

Note: You must use upper-case characters when entering all valid values except for the Student’s last, first and middle name.

Table 8. Columns in the Student Upload File


DistrictID* District responsible for specific educational services or instruction of the student.

Up to 8 alphanumeric characters. Must exist in TIDE.

SchoolID* School responsible for specific education services and/or instruction of the student.

Up to 7 numeric characters. Must exist in TIDE and be associated with the DistrictID.

StudentLastName* Student’s last name. Up to 60 alphanumeric characters.

StudentFirstName* Student’s first name. Up to 60 alphanumeric characters.

StudentMiddleName Student’s middle name. Up to 60 alphanumeric characters.

Birthdate* Day on which student was born.

Date in format MMDDYYYY. Add leading zero for single-digit numbers.

SSID* Student's statewide identification number

10 digits.

Grade* Student’s enrolled grade. Two-character grade in the range 00–12 and KG. Add leading zero for single-digit numbers.

Gender* Student’s gender. One of the following: M—Male F—Female


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HispanicOrLatinoEthnicity* Indicates student traces origin or descent to Mexico, Puerto Rico, Cuba, Central and South America, and other Spanish cultures, regardless of race.

One of the following: Y—Yes N—No

AmericanIndianOr AlaskaNative*

Indicates student has origins in any of the original peoples of North and South America (including Central America), and who maintains cultural identification through tribal affiliation or community attachment.


Asian* Indicates student has origins in any of the original peoples of the Far East, Southeast Asia, or the Indian Subcontinent. This area includes, for example, Cambodia, China, India, Japan, Korea, Malaysia, Pakistan, the Philippine Islands, Thailand, and Vietnam.


BlackOrAfricanAmerican* Indicates student has origins in any of the black racial groups of Africa.


White* Indicates student has origins in any of the original peoples of Europe, Middle East, or North Africa.


NativeHawaiianOrOther PacificIslander*

Indicates student has origins in any of the original peoples of Hawaii, Guam, Samoa, or other Pacific Islands.


SPED Indicator* Student's Special Education program status.


504 Indicator* Student’s 504 status. One of the following: Y—Yes N—No


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English Learner Status* Indicates student has a language other than English spoken in the home and qualifies for English language services because the student did not test Proficient on the state language proficiency assessment.


First Year ELL* Indicates this is an English-language learner's first year in a US school.


FreeLunchStatus Indicates student meets the state's criteria for receiving a free lunch.

One of the following: Y—Yes N—No U—Unknown

ReducedPriceStatus Indicates student meets the state's criteria for receiving a reduced-price lunch.

One of the following: Y—Yes N—No U—Unknown

Economically disadvantaged*

Indicates student is eligible to receive supplemental educational services during the school year in accordance with Title I.


HomelessStatus* Indicates student meets the state's criteria for being considered homeless.


MigrantStatus* Student’s migrant status. One of the following: Y—Yes N—No

Paper Test Indicates student tests on paper even if an online test is available.



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Primary Disability Major or overriding disability condition that best describes a student’s impairment.

One of the following: 01—Emotional Disturbance 02—Deaf-Blindness 03—Hearing Impaired 07—Multiple Impairments 08—Orthopedic Impairment 09—Other Health Impairment 10—Specific Learning Disability 11—Speech Language Impairment 12—Visual Impairment 13—Autism 14—Traumatic Brain Injury 15—Developmental Delay 16—Intellectual Disability

Language Codes Indicates student’s primary language. If student’s primary language is not listed, please input code “9999—Other languages”

One of the available language codes: 0010—Abkhazian 0020— Acehnese 0030—Acoli 0040— Dangme or Ga-Dangme 0050—Adygei, Adyghe 0070—Afar 0080—Afrihili 0090—Afrikaans 0100—Afro-Asiatic (Other) 0110—Akan 0130—Albanian 0140—Aleut 0150—Algonquian languages 0160—Altaic (Other) 0170—Amharic 0180—Apache languages 0190—Arabic 0200—Aragonese 0210—Aramaic 0220—Arapaho 0230—Araucanian 0240—Arawak 0250—Armenian 0270—Assamese 0280—Asturian 0290—Athapascan languages 0300—Australian languages 0310—Austronesian (Other) 0320—Avaric 0330—Avestan 0340—Awadhi


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0350—Aymara 0360—Azerbaijani 0380—Balinese 0390—Baltic (Other) 0400— Balochi 0410—Bambara 0420—Bamileke languages 0430—Banda 0440—Bantu (Other) 0450—Basa 0460—Bashkir 0470—Basque 0480—Batak (Indonesia) 0490—Beja 0500—Belarusian 0510—Bemba 0520—Bengali 0530—Berber (Other) 0540—Bhojpuri 0550—Bihari 0560—Bikol 0570— Bilen 0580—Bini 0590—Bislama 0600—Blin 0620—Bosnian 0630—Braj 0640—Breton 0650—Buginese 0660—Bulgarian 0670—Buriat 0680—Burmese 0690—Caddo 0700—Carib 0710—Castilian 0720—Catalan 0730—Caucasian (Other) 0740—Cebuano 0750—Celtic (Other) 0760—Central American Indian (Other) 0780—Chamic languages 0790—Chamorro 0800—Chechen 0810—Cherokee 0820—Chewa 0830—Cheyenne 0850—Chichewa 0860—Chinese 0870—Chinook jargon 0880—Chipewyan 0890—Choctaw 0900—Chuang


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0930—Chuukese 0940—Chuvash 0970—Cornish 0980—Corsican 0990—Cree 1000—Creek 1010—Creoles and pidgins (Other) 1020—Creoles and pidgins English-based (Other) 1030—Creoles and pidgins French-based (Other) 1040—Creoles and pidgins Portuguese-based (Other) 1050—Crimean Tatar 1060—Crimean Turkish 1070—Croatian 1080—Cushitic (Other) 1090—Czech 1100—Dakota 1110—Danish 1120—Dargwa 1130—Dayak 1140—Delaware 1150—Dinka 1160—Divehi 1170—Dogri 1180—Dogrib 1190—Dravidian (Other) 1200—Duala 1210—Dutch/ Flemish 1230—Dyula 1240—Dzongkha 1250—Efik 1270—Ekajuk 1280—Elamite 1290—English 1320—Erzya 1340—Estonian 1350—Ewe 1360—Ewondo 1370—Fang 1380— Fante 1390—Faroese 1400—Fijian 1401—Filipino 1410—Finnish 1420—Finno-Ugrian (Other) 1430—Fon 1440—French 1470—Frisian 1480—Friulian 1490—Fulah 1500—Ga 1510—Gaelic 1520—Gallegan


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1530—Ganda 1540—Gayo 1550—Gbaya 1570—Georgian 1580—German 1590—German Low 1620—Germanic (Other) 1630—Gikuyu; Kikuyu 1640—Gilbertese 1650—Gondi 1660—Gorontalo 1680—Grebo 1700—Greek Modern 1701—Greenlandic; Kalaallisut 1710—Guarani 1720—Gujarati 1730—Gwich'in 1740—Haida 1750—Haitian 1760—Haitian Creole 1770—Hausa 1780—Hawaiian 1790—Hebrew 1800—Herero 1810—Hiligaynon 1820—Himachali 1830—Hindi 1840—Hiri Motu 1860—Hmong 1870—Hungarian 1880—Hupa 1890—Iban 1900—Icelandic 1910—Ido 1920—Igbo 1930—Ijo 1940—Iloko 1950—Inari Sami 1960—Indic (Other) 1970—Indo-European (Other) 1980—Indonesian 1990—Ingush 2020—Inuktitut 2030—Inupiaq 2040—Iranian (Other) 2050—Irish 2080—Iroquoian languages 2090—Italian 2100—Japanese 2110—Javanese 2120—Judeo-Arabic 2130—Judeo-Persian 2140—Kabardian 2150—Kabyle


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2160—Kachin 2170—Kalaallisut; Greenlandic 2180—Kalmyk 2190—Kamba 2200—Kannada 2210—Kanuri 2220—Karachay-Balkar 2230— Karakalpak 2240—Karen 2250—Kashmiri 2260—Kashubian 2280—Kazakh 2290—Khasi 2300—Khmer 2310—Khoisan (Other) 2340—Kimbundu 2350—Kinyarwanda 2360— Kyrghyz 2380—Komi 2390—Kongo 2400—Konkani 2410—Korean 2420—Kosraean 2430—Kpelle 2440—Kru 2450—Kuanyama 2460—Kumyk 2470—Kurdish 2480—Kurukh 2490—Kutenai 2500—Kwanyama 2510—Ladino 2520—Lahnda 2530—Lamba 2540—Lao 2550—Latin 2560—Latvian 2570—Letzeburgesch 2580—Lezghian 2610—Limburgish 2620—Lingala 2630—Lithuanian 2650—Low German 2660—Low Saxon 2670—Lower Sorbian 2680—Lozi 2690—Luba-Katanga 2700—Luba-Lulua 2710—Luiseno 2720—Lule Sami 2730—Lunda 2740—Luo (Kenya and Tanzania) 2750—Lushai


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2760—Luxembourgish 2770—Macedonian 2780—Madurese 2790—Magahi 2800—Maithili 2810—Makasar 2820—Malagasy 2830—Malay 2840—Malayalam 2850—Maltese 2860—Manchu 2870—Mandar 2880—Mandingo 2890—Manipuri 2900—Manobo languages 2910—Manx 2920—Maori 2930—Marathi 2940—Mari 2950—Marshallese 2960—Marwari 2970—Masai 2980—Mayan languages 2990—Mende 3001—Mi'kmaq 3010—Minangkabau 3011—Mirandese 3030—Mohawk 3040—Moksha 3050—Moldavian 3060—Mon-Khmer (Other) 3070—Mongo 3080—Mongolian 3090—Mossi 3100—Multiple languages 3110—Munda languages 3120—Nahuatl 3130—Nauru 3140—Navaho 3150—Navajo 3160—Ndebele North 3170—Ndebele South 3180—Ndonga 3190—Neapolitan 3200—Nepali 3210—Newari; Nepal Bhasa 3220—Nias 3230—Niger-Kordofanian (Other) 3240—Nilo-Saharan (Other) 3250—Niuean 3260—Nogai 3280—North American Indian (Other)


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3290—Northern Sami 3291—Northern Sotho 3300—North Ndebele 3310—Norwegian 3340—Nubian languages 3350—Nyamwezi 3360—Nyanja 3370—Nyankole 3390—Nyoro 3400—Nzima 3410—Occitan (post 1500) 3420—Ojibwa 3470—Oriya 3480—Oromo 3490—Osage 3500—Ossetian 3520—Otomian languages 3540—Palauan 3560—Pampanga 3570—Pangasinan 3580—Panjabi 3590—Papiamento 3600—Papuan (Other) 3601—Pedi 3610—Persian 3630—Philippine (Other) 3641—Pilipino 3650—Pohnpeian 3660—Polish 3670—Portuguese 3690—Provencal; Occitan (post 1500) 3710—Punjabi 3720—Pushto 3730—Quechua 3740—Raeto-Romance 3750—Rajasthani 3760—Rapanui 3770—Rarotongan 3800—Romanian 3810—Romany 3820—Rundi 3830—Russian 3840—Salishan languages 3860—Sami languages (Other) 3870—Samoan 3880—Sandawe 3890—Sango 3910—Santali 3920—Sardinian 3930—Sasak 3940—Saxon Low 3950—Scots 3960—Scottish Gaelic 3970—Selkup 3980—Semitic (Other)


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3981—Sepedi 3990—Serbian 4000—Serer 4010—Shan 4020—Shona 4030—Sichuan Yi 4031—Sicilian 4040—Sidamo 4050—Sign languages 4060—Siksika 4070—Sindhi 4071—Sinhala 4080—Sinhalese 4090—Sino-Tibetan (Other) 4100—Siouan languages 4110—Skolt Sami 4120—Slave (Athapascan) 4130—Slavic (Other) 4140—Slovak 4150—Slovenian 4160—Sogdian 4170—Somali 4180—Songhai 4190—Soninke 4200—Sorbian languages 4210—Sotho Northern 4220—Sotho Southern 4230—South American Indian (Other) 4235—Southern Altai 4240—Southern Sami 4250—South Ndebele 4260—Spanish 4270—Sukuma 4300—Susu 4310—Swahili 4320—Swati 4330—Swedish 4350—Tagalog 4360—Tahitian 4370—Tai (Other) 4380—Tajik 4390—Tamashek 4400—Tamil 4410—Tatar 4420—Telugu 4430—Tereno 4440—Tetum 4450—Thai 4460—Tibetan 4470—Tigre 4480—Tigrinya 4490—Time 4500—Tiv


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4520—Tlingit 4530—Tok Pisin 4540—Tokelau 4550—Tonga (Nyasa) 4560—Tonga (Tonga Islands) 4570—Tsimshian 4580—Tsonga 4590—Tswana 4600—Tumbuka 4610—Tupi languages 4620—Turkish 4640—Turkmen 4650—Tuvalu 4660—Tuvinian 4670—Twi 4680—Udmurt 4700—Uighur; Uyghur 4710—Ukrainian 4720—Umbundu 4740—Upper Sorbian 4750—Urdu 4760—Uzbek 4770—Vai 4780—Valencian 4790—Venda 4800—Vietnamese 4830—Wakashan languages 4840—Walamo 4850—Walloon 4860—Waray 4870—Washo 4880—Welsh

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