User Role Permissions

This page specifies which users (e.g., campus testing coordinator, teacher, etc.) can access elements of the Texas Information Distribution Engine (TIDE) and other Cambium Assessment, Inc. (CAI) systems for the Texas Assessment Program. This guidance highlights essential functions performed by testing personnel, such as uploading student accounts, ordering materials, printing test tickets, monitoring test progress, accessing the Data Entry Interface (DEI) and the Centralized Reporting System (CRS), and other essential functions.

User roles include the following:

  • ERS: ESC Region Staff

  • DS: District Superintendent

  • DTC: District Testing Coordinator

  • DTA: District Testing Assistant

  • DRV: District Report Viewer

  • CTC: Campus Testing Coordinator

  • CRV: Campus Report Viewer

  • OTA: Online Test Administrator

  • PR: Principal

  • SDA: Student Data Assistant

  • TE: Teacher

 

  • CTS: Campus Technology Staff

  • TSA: Test Setup Assistant

  • RCU: Regional Content User

  • DCU: District Content User

  • LMS_ONLY: Learning Management System Only

Assessment System User Matrix

The table below indicates which users can access specific features and tasks within TIDE and other CAI systems. The user guide for each system contains complete information about each feature or task.

 

ERS

DS

DTC

DTA

DRV

CTC

CRV

OTA

PR

SDA

TE

CTS

TSA

 

ERS

DS

DTC

DTA

DRV

CTC

CRV

OTA

PR

SDA

TE

CTS

TSA

Access to TIDE Features and Tasks

Setting Up User Accounts

Add New User Accounts

 ✓

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Modify Existing User Accounts

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Upload User Accounts

✓ 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Delete Existing User Accounts

✓ 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Registering Students

Add New Student Accounts

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Add Students with Temporary IDs

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Modify Existing Student Accounts*

 

 

 

 

View Only

View Only

View Only

View Only

 

View Only

Upload Student Accounts

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Merge Temp ID with TSDS ID

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

View Student History

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Transfer Students Between Campuses or Districts

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Set Student Test Attributes

 

 

 

 

View Only

View Only

STAAR Alternate 2 Only

View Only

 

Set Student Paper by Request Attribute

 

 

 

View Only

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Upload Student Test Attributes

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Upload Student Data Requests

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Upload Interim Grades

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

View Frequency Distribution Reports

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Delete Existing Students

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Submit and View Forms

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Managing Rosters

Add New Rosters

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Modify Existing Rosters

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Upload Rosters

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Managing Orders for Paper Testing Materials

Review Orders Placed Before Testing

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Place Orders for Additional Materials

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Track Order Shipments

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

View Order History Reports

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

View Order Summary Reports

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Managing Requests for Score Reports and Labels

Place Request for Score Reports and Labels

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Printing Test Tickets

Print Test Tickets from Student Lists

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

✓ 

Print Test Tickets from Roster Lists

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Managing Score Codes

Add/Edit Score Codes

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Upload Score Code Changes

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Monitoring Test Progress

View Students’ Current Test Status Reports

 

View Students’ Current Test Status by Student ID

 ✓

 ✓

 ✓

 ✓

 

View Test Completion Rate Reports

 

 

View Test Status Code Reports

 

 

 

 

 

View Test Session Status Reports

 

View Test Progress Summary

 

 

 

 

 

Performing Data Cleanup

STAAR Medical Exclusion

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Resolve Discrepancies

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Access to the Family Portal

View Family Portal Access Codes

 

 

 

 ✓

 

 

 

 

 

 

Access to the Test Delivery System Features and Tasks

Access Test Administrator Sites

 

 

 

 

 ✓

 

 

 

 

Access to the Data Entry Interface Features and Tasks

Access Data Entry Interface

 

 

 

 

 

 

Access to the Centralized Reporting System Features and Tasks

View Score Reports

 

 

 

 

 

Score Items

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

*The student information that can be modified varies by user role. For example, only the DTC, DTA, and CTC roles can modify a student’s demographic information.

The teacher role can create test sessions only for STAAR Interim Assessments and the Texas Formative Assessment Resource (TFAR).

Learning Management System User Matrix

The table below indicates which users can access specific features and tasks within the Learning Management System (LMS).   

 

ERS

DS

DTC

DTA

DRV

CTC

CRV

OTA

PR