1. Interim Assessment Reporting System Managing Student Groups
Smarter Balanced Interim Assessment
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Interim Assessment Reporting System Managing Student Groups
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2. Interim Assessment Reporting System Guide

3. Interim Assessment Reporting System Managing Student Groups
Coordinators will use their Digital Library logon credentials to manage student groups. A B
Log on procedures for the IA Reporting System
Requires same logon credentials used for the Digital Library C

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Accessing the group management interface

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Accessing the excel template for upload

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Accessing the excel template for upload

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Required information for the upload file.
Open template and DO NOT change any of the column headings 4

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Best practice for creating spreadsheet for student groups:
Download as an excel spreadsheet, the “Smarter Balanced Roster” from MiSiS. This roster can be downloaded by teacher or period, and it will have a column with the SSID numbers for all of the students in that teachers roster.
Columns:
B - school_natural_id
E - student_ssid
Must be formatted as a “Number” Column with NO Decimal places

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Save the file
Save the File as CSV (Comma delimited) or
if using a Mac, MS-DOS Comma Separated (.CSV)
ONCE SAVED, DO NOT OPEN THE FILE AGAIN
Saving the file

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To upload the file:
Click on the link “browse for files”
At the dialogue box that opens, locate the file to upload and double click on the file name.
If the file was correctly created and saved, you will see the “Accepted” sign.
Uploading the file

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Final proof that the group is in the system will be that the group name will appear at the landing page of the IA Reporting System

12. Action Items
Become familiar with the steps and procedures for accessing and navigating the IA Reporting System
Ensure that all teachers have a Digital Library account with the necessary access privileges as per slides
Prepare and facilitate the professional development session for your teachers around accessing of the IAB score reports
Create student groups for teacher to view Interim Assessment scores for the students in their group
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