Student Assessment (TSDS) (Texas)

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The Student Assessment Interchange reports data about assessments, specifically the definitions of the assessments, learning objects, learning standards, and assessment items. 

Student Assessment Editor

The Student Assessment Interchange is reported in the following Submissions.

SubmissionDescription
ECDS

A submission for the Early Childhood Data System.


Report Population Logic

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Students must comply with the following logic in order to be included in the report:

All:

  • The student is not state excluded.
  • The student has an active enrollment record at some point during the reporting period (and not marked as No Show).
  • The student has a Unique ID.

Pre-K:

  • The student was in grade Pre-K at any time during the reporting period.
  • The student had an assessment with a Parent Test or Child Test with a code of BOY or EOY that contains a Percentile Value or Raw Score that occurred during the reporting period.

Kindergarten:

  • The student was in grade KG at any time during the reporting period.
  • The student had an assessment with a Parent Test or Child Test with a code of BOY or EOY that contains a Percentile Value or Raw Score that occurred during the reporting period.
  • For all students that were enrolled on the assessment date but were not assessed, the user will need to enter a -999 score for that student on that assessment in order to be reported correctly to the state.


Report Editor

The following tables define the options available on the editor.

FieldDescription
Submission
  • ECDS - Early Childhood Data System
Interchanges
Interchanges are XML Schema Definitions (XSDs) which group related complex types.

Select Student Assessment.

TypeXML
Start DateThe first day in the reporting date range. Only records between this date and the End Date are included.
End DateThe last day in the reporting date range. Any records past this date are not included.
Filter By

Narrow the report results to specific Calendars, Calendar Years (District), or Schools.

Ad Hoc FilterSelect an Ad Hoc filter to limit report results to those that meet filter requirements.

Report Generation

The report can be marked to generate immediately using the Generate Extract button or can be marked to generate at a later time using the Submit to Batch button. See the Batch Queue article for additional guidance.


XML Elements

StudentReference

XML ElementDescriptionLocation

StudentUniqueStateId



A unique number assigned by the state Department of Education.

Submission:

ECDS

Numeric, 10 digits
Census > People > Demographics > Unique State ID


Student.stateID

BirthDate



The student's date of birth.

Submission:

ECDS

Date field, 10 characters MM/DD/YYYY

Census > People > Demographics > Person Information > Birth Date


Identity.birthDate

AssessmentReference

XML ElementDescriptionLocation

AssessmentTitle



The name of the assessment.

Submission:
ECDS

String, 60 characters
Student Information > Assessment > Test Score Detail > Test Name

AcademicSubject



The subject of the reporting assessment.

Submission:
ECDS

String, 42 characters
Student Information > Assessment > Test Score Detail > Subject

GradeLevelAssessed



If the reporting student is KG, a value of "Kindergarten" is reported.


If the reporting student is Pre-K, a value of "Preschool/Prekindergarten" is reported.



Submission:

ECDS

String, 25 characters
Student Information > General > Enrollment > Grade - Calculated

Version



Reports the value entered in Version with values from 000001-999999.


Always represented as a 6 digit number.


Submission:

ECDS


Numeric, 6 digits
Assessment > Test Setup > Test Detail > Version

StudentAssessment

XML ElementDescriptionLocation

AdministrationDate



The date on the assessment (test) record.


The date reports in YYYY-MM-DD format. The Date must occur during the reporting period in order to report.


If taking place over multiple days, the first day of test administration is reported.


Submission:

ECDS


Date field, 10 characters YYYY-MM-DD

Student Information > Assessment > Test Score Detail > Date
ScoreResults

AssessmentReporting

Method



If the assessment contains a Raw Score value, a value of Raw Score is reported.


If the assessment contains a Percentile Value, a value of Percentile is reported.


If the assessment contains both a Raw Score and Percentile Value, one line for each is reported.


Submission:
ECDS

String, 41 characters
Student Information > Assessment > Test Score Detail - Calculated

Result


Reports the Raw Score or Percentile of the assessment. If the assessment has both scores, a line is reported for each.

Submission:
ECDS

String, 35 characters

Kindergarten - Student Information > Assessment > Test Score Detail   > Raw Score


PK - Student Information > Assessment > Test Score Detail  > Percentile


StudentIdentity

StudentUniqueStateId



Reports the student's TX Unique State ID.


Students who do not have a TX Unique State ID are not reported.


Submission:

ECDS


Numeric, 10 digits NNNNNNNNNN

Census > People > Demographics > Unique State ID