What are the roles of a Teacher (TE) versus those of a Test Administrator (TA)? How does a Test Coordinator let personnel have dual roles?
The Test Administrator (TA) role allows user access to the Test Administration (TA) Site for administering assessments. In the 2011–12 Online Reporting system, TAs will have access to “Plan and Manage Testing” in the new “Test Management Center” that allows users to generate customized reports in order to monitor their students’ activity and progress in the online assessment system. However, TAs do not have access to Performance Reports. Teachers (TE), on the other hand, cannot administer assessments but have access to their students’ performance (score) reports. To assign someone both the TA and TE roles, Test Coordinators (TC) will need to enter that person in the TIDE system twice; first with one role, then with the second role. The Upload Users task, which allows TCs to upload a spreadsheet, may be helpful for uploading multiple users who need multiple role associations. Please refer to the Upload Users section in the Test Information Distribution Engine (TIDE) User Guide 2011–12 f
