1. Monitoring Test Progress and Data Cleanup
Training Module
Welcome to the Monitoring Test Progress and Data Cleanup training module. In this training module you will learn the tasks you can perform during TIDE’s administration and after testing is complete.
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2. Agenda Monitoring Test Progress Data Cleanup Plan and Manage Testing
Test Completion Rates
Test Status Code Report
Data Cleanup
Non-Participation Codes
In the Administering Test section, you can perform the tasks in Monitoring Test Progress. The tasks available in the Monitoring Test Progress task menu allow you to generate various reports that provide information about a test’s administration’s progress. We will go into more detail on these tasks in the next slide. In the After Testing menu, you can perform tasks for when a student does not start or finish a test using the Data Cleanup menu.

3. Monitoring Test Progress
Plan and Manage Testing Report – details all of a student’s test opportunities and the status of those test opportunities.
Test Completion Rates Report – summarizes the number and percentage of students who have started or completed a test.
Test Status Code Report – displays all the non- participation codes for a test administration.
The tasks available in the Monitoring Test Progress task menu allow you to generate various reports that provide information about a test administration's progress.
Several types of participation reports are available:
The Plan and Manage Testing Report details all of a student’s test opportunities and the status of those test opportunities.
The Test Completion Rates Report summarizes the number and percentage of students who have started or completed a test.
And the Test Status Code Report displays all the non-participation codes for a test administration.

4. Plan and Manage Testing
Plan and Manage Testing reports detail all of a student’s test opportunities and the status of each test opportunity. Because the report lists testing opportunities, a student can appear more than once on the report. We will go into detail about each step under Report Criteria. Click the plus icon to expand this panel.

5. Plan and Manage Testing
To generate a report from the Plan and Manage Testing page, first go to the Step 1: Choose What panel and select a test and a test administration. Optionally, you may also choose a test name, enrolled grade, or filter by specific settings.

6. Plan and Manage Testing
Next, in the Step 2: Choose Who panel, select a district and school, if applicable. Optionally, you may also choose a teacher from the Teacher drop-down list.

7. Plan and Manage Testing
Finally, in the Step 3: Get Specific panel, choose one of the available options as desired and select parameters for that option.
Click Generate Report to view your Plan and Manage Testing report, or click Export Report to open the report in Excel.

8. Plan and Manage Testing
Clicking Generate Report will display the report and collapse the Report Criteria panel. Because not all columns can fit on the screen at once, you will need to use the scroll bars on the on the right side and bottom of the screen to display more information.

9. Plan and Manage Testing
Which students have not yet tested?
Which students have paused tests?
Did all the students in a test session submit their tests?
This slide illustrates some common questions that can be answered using the options available in the Step 3: Get Specific panel.
To find students who have not yet tested, select the first radio button and search for students who have completed their first opportunity in the selected administration.
To find students who have paused tests, select the second radio button and search for students on their first opportunity in the selected administration with a status of paused.
To find out if all students in a test session submitted their tests, select the third radio button and search for students by test session ID between the dates when the test session took place.

10. Test Completion Rates
The Test Completion Rates report summarizes the number and percentage of students who have started or completed a test.
To export a report from the Test Completion Rates page, choose whether to export a State, District, or Institution report from the Report drop-down list. Select a district and school from the corresponding drop-down lists, if available. If desired, select a test name.
To open the report in Excel, click Export Report. A file will be downloaded onto your computer.

11. Test Status Code Report
If students do not start or complete tests to which they are assigned, district-level users can assign non-participation codes to those tests indicating why students did not start or complete the test.
The Test Status Code report displays all the non-participation codes for a test administration. To generate a report from the Test Status Code Report page, select the current test and administration from the drop-down lists. To view the report on the page, click Generate Report. The report will appear below the Report Criteria panel. To open the report in Excel, click Export Report.

12. Data Cleanup
A non-participation event occurs when a student does not take a test as scheduled.
You assign a code to explain the non- participation.
Non-participation codes persist until they are changed.
As noted on the previous slide, if students do not start or complete tests to which they are assigned, district-level users can assign non-participation codes to those tests indicating why students did not start or complete the test.
In the After Testing section of TIDE, the Data Cleanup task menu is the location where district-level users enter these non-participation codes.
There are circumstances in which a student did not participate in an expected test or participated in a test but in a non-standard way. Examples could include a student being absent for the entire test window, a parent opt-out, or student withdrawal. In such instances, you need to assign a non-participation code to the student’s test so that Participation Reports in TIDE can accurately explain the non-participation.

13. Non-Participation Codes
To view or edit a student’s non-participation codes from the Non-Participation Codes page, select a district and school from the drop-down lists, if available. You may enter a student’s first or last name, SSID, or grade if desired. You can further refine your criteria by entering additional demographic information or test settings in the Additional Search panel.

14. Non-Participation Codes
A list of students will appear that fit the criteria you selected. Click the pencil icon for the student whose non-participation codes you want to edit.

15. Non-Participation Codes
A pop-up window will appear, listing the student’s demographic information in the Student Information panel and the student’s available tests and non-participation codes in the Special Codes panel.
From the drop-down lists in the Special Codes panel, select the code for each available test, as required, and click Save.

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Thank you for viewing the Monitoring Test Progress and Data Cleanup training module. For additional information, refer to your TIDE User Guide located on your portal or contact the North Dakota State Assessment Service Center.