The Online, Summative, Test Administration Manual (TAM) provides districts with all policies and requirements governing administration of the South Dakota Smarter Balanced online, Summative assessment. The TAM is required reading for all District Test Coordinators, School Test Coordinators, and School Test Administrators who will be administering tests in 2018-2019 school year.

The Test Administrator (TA) Script provides the TA with information that can be easily referenced and printed during the day of test administration. It includes the TA script that must be read aloud and login procedures for students taking the online, Summative assessment.The TA Script is only one section of the Online, Summative, Test Administration Manual. See Section 10.0 Day of Test Administration (TA Script) of the Online, Summative Test Administration Manual. Note: Test Administrators may also need to provide the 100s Table and/or Multiplication Table from the portal for students who have this documented need during testing.

The Simplified Test Directions is a designated support that allows Test Administrators to simplify or paraphrades the test directions found in the Online TAM or TA Script according to the Simplified Test Directions Guidelines. Use of this support might require a separate test setting.

District, School, and Test Administrators/Teachers can use the Online, Summative, Test Administration Checklists to prepare for online testing. 

These user guides provide instructions and support for users viewing the 2018-19 interim assessment performance reports and handscoring in AIRWays. For additional interim (ICA or IAB) reports, refer to the Online Reporting System User Guide.

This user guide supports users of the Assessment Viewing Application (AVA) for the 2018–19 school year. AVA is a component of the Online Testing System that allows District-Level and School-Level users to view the Interim Assessment (ICA or IAB) for administrative or instructional purposes.

This document will provide an overview and support for users accessing the DESMOS calculators in the Test Delivery System during the 2017–2018 South Dakota Smarter Balanced online practice, training and interim test administration.

Please see links to access specific Desmos calculators.

This user guide supports School Test Administrators (TAs) who manage testing for students participating in the South Dakota Smarter Balanced summative assessment, interim assessment, and the practice or training tests for the 2018–19 school year.

This manual provides an overview of the Test Information Distribution Engine (TIDE). After reviewing this user guide, you should become familiar with managing user accounts, managing student information and test settings, and creating rosters that can be used to view test data in the Online Reporting System. Updated for the 2018-2019 school year.

This document contains a list of user roles and access for the tasks that District Users and School Users can perform in all online South Dakota Smarter Balanced Assessment systems (TIDE, TA Interface/TA Training Site, ORS, AVA, AIRWays Reporting). It is recommended to review this document prior to assigning a system user permission to individuals in your districts or schools. Updated for the 2018-2019 school year. Note: This information will not be included in the individual system user guides and will reference this standalone document.

This Quick Guide briefly covers how to manage test sessions and the student view when logging into a test. This guide has been updated for 2018-19 school year.