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Teacher Hand Scoring System Overview 2  The THSS allows local scoring of responses requiring human scoring  Two types of access Scorer Score Manager

Roles and Permissions 3 Task or SiteDA*DC*SC*TE*TA* Access to Teacher Hand Scoring System** (THSS) Features and Tasks Scorer Score Manager *DA—District Administrator; DC—District Test Coordinator; SC—School Test Coordinator; TE—Teacher, TA—Test Administrator ** This system only uses the Smarter Balanced Interim Assessments. TIDE User Roles

Scorer o Score items assigned to them o Reassign items assigned to them Score Manager o Score items assigned to them o Reassign any items Teacher Hand Scoring Roles 4

Logging In 5

Home Page 6

77 Response List Table ColumnDescription NameName of the student. ItemName of the hand-scored item. SessionID of the session in which the student completed the test containing this response. Status “Not Scored” indicates the response still needs to be scored. “Tentatively Scored” indicates the response was scored but still needs to be marked as complete. Assigned To* The Scorer to whom the response is currently assigned. This is only visible to users with the Score Manager role. ScoreClick the button in this column to enter a score for the response.If you are a Score Manager, you can only enter scores for responses that are assigned to you.

Filtering and Sorting 8

Scoring Responses 9

Scoring Responses Continued 10

Completing Item Responses 11

Reassigning Responses 12

South Dakota Smarter Balanced Assessment Portal 13 Portal : / /

User Home Pages 14 Students & Families Home Page Technology Coordinators Home Page

Resources 15 Sample Resources Page Important Resources Interim Fact Sheet Hand Scoring Rules THSS User Guide User Roles and System Access

FAQS Page 16

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