Plan and Manage Testing provides participation data for an assessment. You can determine which students need to complete testing and who may need to take another opportunity to test.
Score Reportsprovide score data for each of the tests. You can compare score data between individual students and the school or overall state average scores. Information on a specified field’s strengths and weaknesses is also available by reporting category.
•Score Reportstakes you to the Score Reports Home Page.
•Test Management Centerprovides access to participation reports and test summary statistics. You can also download large files of student results.
•Inbox takes you to the Inbox section of the Retrieve Student Results page that lists the student data files that you have requested. You can also access the inbox by selecting [Retrieve Student Results] from the Test Management Center drop-down list.
•Search Studentslets you search for student information by using the student’s SSID number or name.
•Manage Rostersallows you to create custom rosters of your students for data analysis.
In addition, the banner consists of the following “Global Tools.” All the tools may not be available on every page.
•Help takes you to the Online Reporting System User Guide.
•Print prints the data displayed on the page.
•Export exports the data displayed on the page as an Excel file.
•Definitions provides definitions for terms specific to the report you are viewing.
Navigation in the ORS is based on the dimensions of Who, What, and When. The exploration menu, which appears when you click the magnifying glass icon on any score report, is the main method for moving between reports and the type of data you would like to view.
Who lets you see data for institutions and groups. This dimension includes data for the state, district, school, teacher, class, and student. What includes data by subject, claims, and targets.
When explores data by time frame, that is, as a snapshot of performance in the current test window or as a historical trend by subject. You can filter data reports by the current test window or by trends in order to analyze changes in performance over time. The trend report will not be available until 2016.
Home Page Dashboardprovides data about your students, the number of students tested, and the percentage proficient for the selected administration. District personnel see district summaries, schools see school summaries, and teachers see summaries of the students they proctored.
Select your test from the [Test] drop-down list. Click any table cell containing a value to begin exploring the data for a particular grade and subject.
From the Home Page Dashboard page, select the test and administration for which you want to view score data.
Scores for students who were mine when tested and still mine at the end of the selected administration shows score data for students who tested in the selected test and administration, from your school or district.
Scores for my current students allows you to immediately view score data for those students who are associated to your current rosters, even if they were previously enrolled in a different school or district.
Scores for students who were mine when tested but may not be mine at the end of the selected administration allows you to see score data for those students who were associated with your school, district, or roster when they were tested in the selected test and administration.
The Home Page Dashboard page displays aggregate data for each subject in a separate table.
•Grade displays the grade to which the score data belongs.
•Number of Students Tested displays the number of students to date who have completed and submitted their tests for scoring.
•Percent Proficient displays the percentage of students to date who have scored proficient on each test.
You can sort the data, show/hide columns, disaggregate data by subgroups and/or test events, and show or hide comparison data.
•To disaggregate the score data by a specific demographic subgroup category, from the [Breakdown By] filter, select a group and click [Go]. The report expands to display the data for each subgroup. For example, you can select gender to see the score data for All, Female, and Male students.
•To disaggregate the score data by a specific test event, from the [Test Event] filter, select an accommodation and click [Go]. The report expands to display the data for each subgroup.
To drill down to a more detailed level, such as Teacher List, click the magnifying glass next to the school name, then select [View Personnel] on the exploration menu that pops up.
The Subject Detail Report for Interim Blocks shows how the state, district, school, teacher, and classes have performed on each block. This report shows the number of students tested by block and the percentage in each block performance level
The exploration menu lets you drill down successive levels—district, schools, teachers, classes, and students.
The students’ individual score report presents a graphic representation of proficiency. It includes more detailed diagnostic information and comparison scores for the class, teacher, school, district, and state. It also includes student performance on each claim along with a description of each claim.
You can batch print individual student reports in a PDF. The PDF reports can be accessed from the [My Inbox] of Test Management Center.
The “what” dimension and drills into more content detail at any level (e.g., school, district).
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Better than performance on the test as a whole: This target is a relative strength. The group of students performed better on items from this target than they did on the rest of the test as a whole.
Similar to performance on the test as a whole: This target is neither a relative strength nor a relative weakness. The group of students performed about as well on items from this target as they did on the rest of the test as a whole.
Worse than performance on the test as a whole: This target is a relative weakness. The group of students did not perform as well on items from this target as they did on the rest of the test as a whole.
Insufficient Information: Not enough information is available to determine whether this target is a relative strength or weakness. This could be due to too few items or too few students available to create a report.
To generate a summary statistics report:
- From the Test Management Center drop-down list, select [Summary Statistics].
- Select the parameters for your report.
- Click [Generate Report].
From the Retrieve Student Results section, you can download student data for a selected test window by district, school, teacher, or roster. The data will include students’ personal information, including enrolled school and grade level, and the selected test scores and content standard scores (if applicable). You can download the data file in .xls, .csv, or .txt format.
To generate a data file:
1. From the Test Management Center drop-down list, select [Retrieve Student Results].
2. Select the parameters for your file.
3. Click [Download Roster]. A message appears that your request has been queued and you will be informed via e-mail once the file is ready.
4. Once ready, the file is displayed in the My Inbox section. To download the data file, click [Download] in the Status column. Your file is available for 30 days.
PDFs of student score reports generated from the score report pages can also be retrieved from [My Inbox].
To generate a report:
- From the Test Management Center drop-down list, select [Plan and Manage Testing].
- Select the parameters for your report.
- Click [Generate Report]. Alternatively, click [Export Report] to export the data.
You can filter the participation report to include students who match specific criteria.
This slide displays a sample Plan and Manage Testing report filtered on students who have completed the first opportunity in the selected administration and are proficient
The Test Completion Rates section provides reports of the number of students who have started or completed tests by school or district. District-level users can create a report for a specific school or for the whole district. You can also create a report for all tests or for one specific test.
To generate a report:
- From the Test Management Center drop-down list, select [Test Completion Rates].
- Select the parameters for your report.
- Click [Export Report].
You can search for a student’s score reports by the student’s SSID or first name, last name, or full name. To search for multiple students at once, you can enter multiple SSID numbers separated by commas in the search field.
The Student Search Results page shows a list of students who matched your search.
•To view all the tests taken by a student, click [+].
•To view a student’s score report for a particular test, click the test name.
To create a roster, use the drop-list to select your parameters. From the Roster drop-down list, select [Add New Roster]. Enter the roster details and click [Save] to save your roster.
If you want to view rosters already generated in TIDE by an administrator, select the checkbox for [Show System Defined Rosters]. The available rosters will appear in the drop-down list. However, these system–defined rosters cannot be edited or deleted.
Students can be included in multiple rosters. Rosters may also include students from different grades. However, score reports will only include students who belong to the grade selected on the Home Page Dashboard.
•You can edit the roster name, select a different teacher to associate with the roster, and add or remove students from the roster.
•To add students to a roster, select the checkboxes for all the grades from which you wish to build the roster. The names of all the available students in the selected grades appear in the Available Students list. Only students in associated grades will be listed in your results. Select the required students and click [Move In].
•To print the selected roster, click [Print]. A printer-friendly version of the roster appears in your browser.
•To delete the selected roster, click [Delete]. The roster will be deleted from TIDE as well, however, this does not remove your association with the students in the roster.
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