The settings and tools available within the Student Testing Site that provide support for students with disabilities, such as features that allow students to change the color contrast or font size of an online test.
Accessibility Guidelines
Delaware Department of Education - Accessibility Guidelines for all asssessment testing supports/accommodations for Students with Disabilities.
Accommodations (Non-standard)
Any modifications provided for a student's testing experience that affect the construct of the test, which is the general skill that the test is intended to assess. For example, in a test intended to assess writing skills, an accommodation that transcribes a student's speech would change the test construct and be considered a non-standard accommodation.
Accommodations Standard
Test modifications that are in use in most online assessment programs and that do not change the construct of the test, which is the general skill that the test is intended to assess. For example, the zoom tools available in the Student Testing Site do not change the construct of a test intended to assess writing skills, so they are considered a standard accommodation.
Adaptation
A change made in the presentation, setting, response, timing, or scheduling of a test that may or may not change the construct of the test, which is the general skill that the test is intended to assess.
Adaptive Algorithm
The item selection algorithm that powers computer adaptive Adaptive Algorithm tests (CATs).
Aggregation
The compilation of test result data in a report that provides average scores for a group of students, such as the students in a roster or school.
Alignment
The association between an item on a test and a content standard that identifies which skill or knowledge area that item is intended to measure.
Alternate Assessment
An instrument used in gathering information on the standards-based performance and progress of the relatively small population of students whose cognitive impairments or disabilities prevent them from taking state-wide general assessments in a valid and reliable way, even with accommodations.
Alternative and Augmentative Communication
A term used to describe the different methods that can be used to help people with disabilities communicate with others. These methods can be used as either an alternative or a supplement to speech, and can include individual methods of sign and gestures, standardized signing, symbol systems, and complex electronic devices.
Analysis
A set of CAI systems that process the student response data generated in the Test Delivery System (TDS) and prepare it for display in the Reporting system.
Annual Assessment Window
A designated time period each school year during which schools administer tests to students.
Appeal
A request to resolve a test impropriety (also known as a testing incident), which may interrupt the normal workflow of a test opportunity. Appeals are created and processed in TIDE.
Assessment
An online or paper test consisting of one or more items that assess a student's skills or area of knowledge. Also known as a test.
Assessment Reports
Reports available in the Reporting system that provide detailed student performance data for an individual test taken by an individual student or group of students.
Assessment Viewing Application (AVA)
A CAI system that allows users to view interim assessments just the way they appear to students in the Test Delivery System (TDS).
Assistive Keyboard and Mouse Input Technology
Assistive tools that provide additional support to students with physical impairments who need to use a keyboard and mouse in order to respond to test items.
Assistive Technology
Any hardware or software that is used to increase, maintain, or improve the functional capabilities of a child with a disability.
Authoring
A CAI system that allows educators to create original, standard-aligned items and add them to tests, which can be published to the Test Delivery System (TDS) for administration to students.
Autonomous Single App Mode
A special feature available in some testing devices that allows that device to lock its focus onto a single application.
B
Benchmark Assessment
A type of test that contains 8–12 items within a specific reporting category (topic or skill area), and which is always fixed-form rather than adaptive.
Blueprint
A set of requirements for a test form. It specifies the minimum and maximum number of total items and field test items that will appear on the form, along with other test form attributes.
BRF File
A Braille file type used to emboss test items containing only text or formatted tables.
C
Cambium Assessment, Inc. (CAI)
An education company devoted to student assessment. Owned by Cambium Learning Group.
Centralized Reporting System
A CAI system that provides comprehensive student performance reports on assessments and allows educators to hand-score some test items..
Chrome OS
An operating system developed and distributed by Google.
Chromebook
A laptop running Chrome OS.
Circle Match
An item type that requires students to respond by matching together answer options that appear in a circle layout.
Class Code
A code assigned to a student in TIDE. Students' class codes can be edited either individually or by uploading a student information file.
Classlink
Delaware Department of Education - Integrated Management System to allow centralized system for application access.
Cloze
An item type that requires students to respond by filling in a blank that appears in a sentence.
Cluster
May refer to either of two things: -A category of content standards that measure a related set of skills or knowledge areas. -A set of items or interactions within a single item that engages students in activity aligned to a specific standard.
Cohort
A group of students who have something in common, such as their class membership. In test reports, cohorts are commonly used to aggregate data for a group of students and measure their performance in an individual test or over time.
Column Match
An item type that requires students to respond by matching together answer options that are listed in a set of columns.
Comma-Separated Values
A type of file in which data are separated by commas. Some CAI systems allow users to create or modify data in bulk by uploading a CSV file.
Common Core State Standards
A high-quality curriculum aligned to a common core of academic standards; resources and professional development strategies that can be replicated across states for English Language Arts and Mathematics.
Complexity
The level of cognitive demand expected for a student to correctly answer a test item.
Computer Adaptive Test
An assessment that adjust the difficulty of questions and adapts to students responses to measure their content proficiency.
Computer & Statistical Science Center (CSSC)
The department within CAI that is responsible for the creation and management of its online assessment systems, such as TDS and TIDE.
Condition Code
A code applied in place of a score on an assessment report when a student's response to a test item cannot be scored.
Construct
The set of concepts or skills that a test is intended to measure, such as reading ability or writing ability.
Constructed Response
An item type that requires student to respond with a written, pictorial, or graphic answer.
Content
Used to refer to the the items and stimuli within a test, the reading passage or other media type within a stimulus, and the prompt and response area within an item.
Content Standard
The skill or area of knowledge that a test item is intended to measure.
Context Menu Tools
Tools in the Student Testing Site that appear inside a menu and are available for individual items and stimuli.
Cover Page
The first page that appears on some test pamphlets or online assessments, which may include identifying information, such as the test name or student name.
Cut Score
A specific point on a test's score scale that distinguishes between two performance levels. Scores at or above that point are interpreted to mean something different from scores below that point. Cut scores can determine if a student's test score is sufficient, insufficient, almost sufficient, etc.
D
Data Entry Interface
A CAI system that allows educators to enter student performance data, such as a response or score, directly into a test form.
Data Masking
In education, data masking refers to the process of concealing or encrypting selected information—most commonly in school-performance reports and datasets prepared by state education agencies and school districts—to protect the identity and privacy of individual students, teachers, or administrators.
Delaware System of State Assessments
This is the overarching umbrella that include the Smarter English Language Arts and Literacy and Mathematics assessments as part of the assessment system.
Device
Hardware that students may use in daily classroom instruction and to take tests, including, but not limited to, desktop computers, laptops, netbooks, tablets and assistive technologies for students requiring accommodations.
Differentiation
Differentiation refers to a wide variety of teaching techniques and lesson adaptations that educators use to instruct a diverse group of students, with diverse learning needs, in the same course, classroom, or learning environment.
Dimension
A type of scoring criterion in an item's rubric.
Direct Instruction
In general usage, the term direct instruction refers to (1) instructional approaches that are structured, sequenced, and led by teachers, and/or (2) the presentation of academic content to students by teachers, such as in a lecture or demonstration.
Disaggregation
The process by which performance data for a group of students, such as a roster or school, is broken down into data for the various sub-groups or demographic groups within that larger student group.
District Accommodations Manager
A CAI system user role representing an officer specializing in accommodation and accessibility for an entire district.
District Administrator
A CAI system user role representing an administrator for an entire district.
District Assessment Coordinator
A CAI system user role representing an assessment coordinator for an entire district.
District Coordinator
A CAI system user role representing a coordinator for an entire district.
District Data Security Officer
A CAI system user role representing an officer specializing in data security for an entire district.
District Information Security Officer
A CAI system user role representing an administrator specializing in data security for an entire district.
District No Access
A CAI system user role representing an user without a designated user role in TIDE.
District Student ID
A student identifier number based on the student's associated district.
District Test and Security Administrator
A CAI system user role representing an administrator specializing in testing and security for an entire district.
District Test Coordinator
A CAI system user role representing a test coordinator for an entire district.
Domain
A category of content standards that measure a related set of skills or knowledge areas.
Drag-and-Drop Grid Item
An item type that requires students to respond by dragging a text or image object onto specified locations in a grid or image.
Duplicate Test Discrepancy
A type of discrepancy resolved in TIDE that occurs when TIDE detects two or more instances of the same test submitted by the same student.
Duxbury Braille Translator
Accessibility software used to emboss BRF test items in a Braille test.
E
EdAccess
Delaware Department of Education - Integrated Management System to allow centralized system for application access
Edit Task
An item type that requires students to respond by editing words or phrases in a sentence.
Edit Task Inline Choice
An item type that requires students to respond by filling in the blank in a sentence by selecting options from an inline drop-down list.
Edit Task with Choice
An item type that requires students to respond by selecting replacement text for a word or phrase from a drop-down list.
Eligibility Rules
Student attributes set up in TIDE that determine which tests a student will be able to take in TDS.
Embedded Support
Built-in tools and settings in the Student Testing Site that provide assistance in using the application to students testing with the appropriate accommodations.
Embedded Text Entry
An item type that requires students respond by typing an answer in one or more blank text boxes that appear in a sentence.
End of Life
The projected date on which CAI plans to end the Test Delivery System's support for an operating system version.
English as a Second Language
A student whose native language is not English and who has difficulty speaking, reading, writing, or understanding the English language.
English Language Learner
A student whose native language is not English and who has difficulty speaking, reading, writing, or understanding the English language.
Equation Response
An item type that allows students to respond by clicking mathematical characters that appear in an on-screen keypad.
Equity
In education, the term equity refers to the principle of fairness.
Errors of Measurement
Typically referred to as standard error of measurement. The amount or difference between a student’s actual score and the theoretical true score. The degree of inherent imprecision in student performance reports based on test content, administration, scoring, or examinee conditions.
Evidence-Based
A widely used adjective in education, evidence-based refers to any concept or strategy that is derived from or informed by objective evidence—most commonly, educational research or metrics of school, teacher, and student performance.
Evidence-Based Selected Response
An item type that requires students to answer a multi-part question related to an accompanying passage or information presented in the stem.
Exemplar
An element included in an item's scoring rubric that provides an example of a student response that would earn a certain number of points.
Exemption from Testing
The exemption of a student from a testing requirement to which others are held.
Expiration Rules
The rules that determine how long it takes a test opportunity to expire when a student starts it without completing it. Students cannot make any additional changes to a test opportunity once it expires.
Extended Answer
An item type that requires students to respond by typing a longer text response, such as an essay.
Extended Constructed Response
An item type that requires students to respond by typing a longer text response, such as an essay.
F
Family Educational Rights and Privacy Act
A federal law that protects students' privacy regarding education records and also provides parents with rights regarding their children's education records.
Family Portal
A CAI system that provides student performance reports for parents and guardians.
Fedora
A Linux distribution supported by CAI's Linux Secure Browser.
Field-Authored Test
A test created in Authoring by an educator, as opposed to tests provided by CAI or an assessment program.
Firewall
A network security system that monitors traffic and prevents unauthorized access to the network.
Focused Interim Assessment Blocks
Assessments designed to assess no more than three assessment targets to provide educators with a more detailed understanding of student learning. They are more specific than IABs.
Force Quit
An action that test administrators may need to take to close the Secure Browser in the event that it becomes unresponsive.
Form
A compilation of test items and/or stimuli that make up the segments of an assessment. Also known as a test form.
Formative Assessment
Formative assessment refers to a wide variety of methods that teachers use to conduct in-process evaluations of student comprehension, learning needs, and academic progress during a lesson, unit, or course.
Frequency-Distribution Report
A report that shows the frequency or count of a particular score or outcome by student group or demographic.
G
Global Tools
Tools in the Student Testing Site that appear at the top of the screen and are available for an entire test segment.
Grace Period Extension
An appeal created in TIDE that allows the student to review previously answered questions upon resuming a test after expiration of the pause timer.
Grade Level
The grade in which a student is enrolled or, for students not assigned a grade, the academic grade of same-age peers who are in a general education classroom.
Grade range
Two or more consecutive grade levels (for example, grades 3 through 6).
Graph Item
An item type that requires students to respond by adjusting the heights or lengths of bars in a graph.
Grid Item
A type of item interaction that can offer several different ways for the student to interact with a grid area, such as dragging an object onto the grid canvas or plotting points on a graph.
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Hand Scoring
The process of manually scoring test items, which may be performed by educators in the Reporting system or Teacher Hand Scoring System (THSS).
Hidden Curriculum
Hidden curriculum refers to the unwritten, unofficial, and often unintended lessons, values, and perspectives that students learn in school.
High Expectations
In education, the term high expectations, or the phrase common high expectations, typically refers to any effort to set the same high educational standards for all students in a class, school, or education system.
Hot Spot
An item type that requires students to respond by clicking regions on an image, such as countries on a map.
Hot Text
An item type that requires students to click words or phrases in a section of text.
Hotline
A CAI system that identifies and alerts administrators about any student responses that may indicate troubled students.
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Image Drag and Drop
An item type that requires students to respond by dragging text or image elements onto a background image.
Individual Student Report
A report that provides detailed information about an individual student's performance on an individual test.
Individualized Education Plan
A written statement for each child with a disability that is developed, reviewed and revised to reflect the decisions made by an interdisciplinary team, including the parent and student when appropriate.
Information Security Officer
A CAI system user role representing an officer specializing in data security for an entire district.
Instructional Education Plan
An instructional plan and guidelines for all students who are identified as SWD.
Interaction
A component of a test item that students can interact with, such as a list of options they can select from or a text box in which they type a response. A test item may include one or more individual interactions.
Interim Assessment
An interim assessment is a form of assessment that educators use to (1) evaluate where students are in their learning progress and (2) determine whether they are on track to performing well on future assessments, such as standardized tests or end-of-course exams.
Interim Assessment Blocks
Designed to assess smaller bundles of content. They are intended to provide educators and students a check of particular content and next steps for instruction.
Interim Comprehensive Assessment
Designed to measure knowledge and skills of students and support teaching and learning throughout the year. Its content is similar to the summative assessment.
Invalidate a test Appeal
An appeal created in TIDE that eliminates the test opportunity, which results in the student having no further opportunities for the test.
iOS
A mobile operating system developed and distributed by Apple, which is supported by CAI's Mobile Secure Browser.
iPadOS
A mobile operating system developed and distributed by Apple, which is supported by CAI's Mobile Secure Browser.
Item
A scored question, exercise, or task on a test that students interact with to enter a response.
Item Rescore Appeal
An appeal created in TIDE that sends a request to CAI to rescore an individual item in a student's test opportunity.
Item Template
A form available in the Authoring system that allows users to create the content for original test items.
J
Job Access with Speech
A screen reader software designed to help vision-impaired people use computer applications.
K
Keyboard Command
A key or combination of keys students can press in order to perform an action in the Student Testing Site.
Kiosk Mode
A feature available in certain operating systems in which a device allows access only to a specific application, such as CAI's Secure Browser.
L
Limited English Proficiency
A student whose native language is not English and who has difficulty speaking, reading, writing, or understanding the English language.
Linux
A family of free and open source operating systems, some of which are supported by CAI's Secure Browser.
Local Area Network
A network that connects a group of computers that are in the same location.
Long Answer
An item type that requires students to type a long response in a text box, such as an essay question.
Longitudinal Report
A type of report available in the Reporting system that shows a comparison of assessment results for a particular student or group of students at two or more points in time.
M
Machine Scoring
Item scoring performed automatically by a computer.
Machine-Scored Constructed Response
A type of written response item that requires scoring logic or a machine rubric to score.
Match Item
An item type that requires students to respond by matching answer options together.
Measurement Error
Measurement error in education generally refers to either (1) the difference between what a test score indicates and a student’s actual knowledge and abilities or (2) errors that are introduced when collecting and calculating data-based reports, figures, and statistics related to schools and students.
Mobile Secure Browser
The mobile version of CAI's Secure Browser. It is used on iPads (iPadOS and iOS) and Chromebooks.
Multiple Choice
An item type that requires students to select a single answer from a list of options.
Multiple Select
An item type that requires students to select one or more answer options from a list of options.
N
Natural Language
A machine-scored item type that requires students to type a response in a text box.
Nemeth Braille Code for Mathematics
A Braille code for encoding mathematical and scientific notation linearly.
Non-Eligible Test Discrepancy
A discrepancy occurring when a student submits a test for which they are not eligible. These discrepancies are resolved in TIDE.
Non-Matching School Discrepancy
A discrepancy occurring when a student submits a test while enrolled in one school but TIDE’s records indicate that the student was enrolled in another school at the time of the test. These discrepancies are resolved in TIDE.
Non-Participated Student Discrepancy
A discrepancy occurring when a student has not taken a test that they are eligible for at the time when discrepancy resolution opens. These discrepancies are resolved in TIDE.
O
Online Reporting System
A CAI system that provides comprehensive assessment performance reports for individual students and student groups, such as rosters and schools.
Open Ended
An item type that requires students to type a response in a text box.
Operational
In student testing, this term refers to live testing, as distinct from practice testing. An operational assessment is one that is developed and administered at a specified time and whose scoring results are used for the purpose of meeting local, state, and/or federal requirements.
Opportunity
An individual chance for a student to attempt a test. A test may allow for one or more opportunities per eligible student.
Options
The response choices to an item's stem from which students select an answer.
Out-of-Level Testing
The administration of a test at a level above or below a student’s present grade level to enable the student to be assessed at the level of instruction rather than the level of enrollment.
Overage
In paper orders managed in TIDE, the percentage of extra test materials to be sent in case they are needed.
P
Paper Order
Also known as a materials order. An order for paper-and-pencil test materials, such as question books and answer sheets. Paper orders can be managed in TIDE.
Parent Voice
In education, parent voice refers to the values, opinions, beliefs, perspectives, and cultural backgrounds of the parents, guardians, and families of students enrolled in a school, which extends to parent groups, cultural organizations, and other entities related to a school through familial connections.
Participation Rate
In student testing, the percentage of students within a particular group who took a test as compared to the total number of students in the group who could have taken the test.
Participation Report by SSID
A report available in TIDE that details the status for each test opportunity started by a particular student.
Pause Rule
A rule in the Student Testing Site that restricts students from modifying their responses to previous items if they pause their test and return to it after exceeding a certain time limit.
Performance on Tests Report
A report available in the Reporting system that lists all the assessments completed by a user's associated students.
Performance Task
A set of 4-6 questions to measure the integration of students' knowledge and skills across multiple content standards to demonstrate critical thinking and problem solving skill.
Permissive Mode
A Secure Browser setting that allows a student to use pre-approved hardware or software that would otherwise be blocked by the Secure Browser.
Personally Identifying Information
Information that could identify an individual person, such as a student's name and date of birth.
Plan and Manage Testing Report
A report available in TIDE that details all of a student’s test opportunities and the status of those test opportunities.
Portal
A website that serves as a one-stop shop for educators involved in the online assessment process, providing access to CAI systems, training sites, tutorials, and other resources.
Predictive Text Technology
A type of assistive technology that suggests words to students as they type responses to test items.
Prefetch Item Rule
A setting in TDS that queues up a certain number of test items as students progress through the test to ensure there are no delays in testing.
PreID Label
A label affixed to a student’s physical testing materials, such as a paper answer booklet.
PreID Roster
A type of roster that is implicitly created based on the class codes assigned to students in TIDE. When a student's class code is edited, their PreID roster membership is automatically changed as well.
Print Request
A TA Site feature in which students with the appropriate test settings may request printouts of test content, which the test administrator may approve.
PRN File
A Braille file type used to emboss test items containing Nemeth code or tactile graphics.
Proctor
A CAI system user role for an educator who may administer test sessions in TDS.
Proctor Relationship
In Centralized Reporting, the relationship between a proctor and all their proctored students. It allows the proctor to view test results for any tests students completed in their test sessions, regardless of whether those students belong to the proctor's rosters.
Prompt
The component of an item that provides students with the instructions or question they must respond to.
Prose Constructed Response
An item type that requires students to respond to a prompt by writing an answer in a text box.
R
Rater
A CAI system user role who can hand-score item responses in the Reporting system or Teacher Hand Scoring System (THSS).
Re-assign a test Appeal
An appeal created in TIDE that reassigns a test from one student to another.
Refreshable Braille Display
An assistive technology device for visually-impaired students that translates text to a readable braille format.
Relevance
In education, the term relevance typically refers to learning experiences that are either directly applicable to the personal aspirations, interests, or cultural experiences of students (personal relevance) or that are connected in some way to real-world issues, problems, and contexts (life relevance).
Remote Administration
A Test Delivery System (TDS) feature that allows test administrators to proctor online tests remotely when students are unable to take a test in the same physical location as the administrator.
Re-open a test Appeal
An appeal created in TIDE that reopens a test opportunity that was completed, invalidated, or expired.
Re-open Current Test Segment Appeal
An appeal created in TIDE that reopens a test segment that a student already submitted. This is available only if the student has not yet started a new test segment.
Re-open Previous Test Segment Appeal
An appeal created in TIDE that reopens a previous test segment.
Report Problem with Item Appeal
An appeal created in TIDE that sends a problem report to CAI regarding a particular test item. Scenarios that warrant this request include the following: • A duplicate item appears in a test opportunity for a subject. • The student believes that an item may not contain a correct answer or may contain more than one correct answer. • An item references a stimulus or graphic that does not display.
Reporting Category
A topic or skill area within a test. In the Reporting system, some reports may allow users to view performance data by reporting category.
Reset a test Appeal
An appeal created in TIDE that allows the student to restart a test opportunity (removing all responses on the test), or allows the data entry operator to restart the data entry process.
Revert a test Appeal
An appeal created in TIDE that reverses a test reset, restoring the student responses that were on the test when the reset was processed.
Review Group
A group of users within the Authoring system that is able to review and approve items submitted to a shared items library.
Rigor
The term rigor is widely used by educators to describe instruction, schoolwork, learning experiences, and educational expectations that are academically, intellectually, and personally challenging.
Roster
A group of students associated with an educator. Rosters typically represent classes, but may also represent other groups, such as students who have taken honors courses.
Rubric
A set of criteria explaining how an item should be scored and what precisely merits a full- or partial-credit response. The rubric may also include an exemplar of a valid response.
S
Scaffolding Item
An item type typically used in alternative assessments that requires students to respond by selecting an answer card from a list of options.
School Data Security Officer
A CAI system user role representing an official for an individual school who specializes in data security.
School Internal Retrieval Number
A state-assigned unique school identifier.
School Report Viewer
A CAI system user role that may view student reports for their school.
School Test Coordinator
A CAI system user role representing a test coordinator for an individual school.
School Year
The academic year, given as a range (for example, 2020 to 2021).
Score Assigned to Wrong Student Appeal
An appeal created in TIDE that sends a request to CAI to investigate the possibility that test scores were swapped between students.
Score Input
An item type that is used for tests in which teachers or proctors enter a student's score directly into a test form.
Scoring Rubric
A set of criteria explaining how an item should be scored and what precisely merits a full- or partial-credit response. The rubric may also include an exemplar of a valid response.
Scratchpad
An item type that requires students to respond by using drawing tools in a canvas area.
Screen Magnifier Technology
A type of assistive technology that enlarges the content displayed on the computer screen in order to assist students with visual impairments.
Screen Reader
An application that transforms the text displayed on a computer screen into synthesized speech for vision-impaired users.
Screensaver Mode
A feature in the TA Site that allows test administrators to temporarily hide any sensitive student data that appears on screen.
Secure Browser
The CAI browser through which all operational tests are administered. The Secure Browser provides a secure and user-friendly environment for students to complete tests while preventing access to any prohibited tools or applications.
Secure Inbox
The secure inbox shared across multiple CAI systems. It stores files that were exported from those systems.
Secure Item Response Viewing Environment
A CAI system that allows authorized users to view a student's responses in their completed test opportunities.
Secure Student Identifier
A unique number or alphanumeric code assigned to a student for identification purposes.
Shared Items Library
A library of pre-made items in the Authoring system that is available for all users to add to their tests.
Shared Tests Library
A library of pre-made tests in the Authoring system that is available for all users to administer to their students.
Short Answer
An item type that requires students to respond by typing a short response in a text box.
Short Constructed Response
An item type that requires students to respond by typing a short response in a text box.
Short Response
An item type that requires students to respond by typing a short response in a text box.
Short Text Item
An item type that requires students to respond by typing a short response in a text box.
Simple Text Entry
An item type that requires students to respond by typing a short response in a text box.
Single Sign-On
An item type that requires students to set the parameters of an interactive animation and extrapolate data in a table.
Single Sign-On
A shared component in CAI systems that allows users to use a single set of login credentials to access every CAI system.
Skill Area
A reporting category or topic by which items are organized in a test based on related standards measured.
Smarter Assessments
The assessment system that Delaware Department of Education is using to administer the end-of-year summative assessments in ELA/Mathematics contents.
Speaking Response
An item type that requires students to respond by speaking into a microphone.
Speech-to-Text
An embedded support available in the Student Testing Site that transcribes a student's speech and enters it into a text box.
Standard
The specific skill or area of knowledge that a test item is intended to measure.
State Administrator
A CAI system user role that may have access to any special administrative features available in a system.
State Assessment Coordinator
A CAI system user role representing a test coordinator for an entire state.
Stem
The question or prompt in a test item to which the students must respond.
Stimulus
A reading passage or multimedia resource in a test that students must review in order to respond to a set of associated items.
Student Data File
A spreadsheet file that lists comprehensive test result data for a custom combination of tests and students, which users can generate and export in the Reporting system.
Student Not Found Discrepancy
A type of test discrepancy resolved in TIDE that occurs when the identifying information on a paper answer document is not found in TIDE.
Student Portfolio Report
A report available in the Reporting system that lists all the assessments completed by a particular student.
Student Report Viewer
A CAI system user role for educators who can view student reports.
Student Testing Site
The component of the Test Delivery System (TDS) where students can take tests. Both practice and operational Student Testing Sites are available. The operational site is also known as the Secure Browser.
Students with Disabilities
Students in the state of Delaware who are identified and have a supporting Instructional Education Plan (IEP).
Summative
End-of-year assessments to measure students' proficiency in ELA and Math. Composed of a Computer Adaptive Test and a Performance Task.
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Table Input
An item type that requires students to respond by entering information in a table.
Table Match
An item type that requires students to respond by clicking checkboxes in the cells of a table to match together terms that appear in the column and row headers.
Take a Test
A Microsoft application that allows students to take a test securely in Windows. The Take a Test app may be used as an alternative to the CAI Secure Browser.
Teacher
A CAI system user role, typically one that is associated with one or more rosters.
Teacher Hand Scoring System
A CAI system that allows users to manually enter scores for students' responses to test items that cannot be scored automatically.
Technology-Enhanced Items
Test items that take advantage of the computer-based environment to present interactions and elicit responses in ways that may not be possible on a paper-based test.
Temporary ID
A feature in the TA Site that allows test administrators to create a temporary student ID to allow students without an ID to sign in to their test session.
Test
An online or paper form consisting of one or more items that assess a student's skills or area of knowledge. Also known as an assessment.
Test Administration Certification Course
A certification course offered to potential test administrators in order to prepare them for use of CAI's Test Delivery System.
Test Administration Site
A component of CAI's Test Delivery System used by test administrators to proctor online test sessions. Both practice and operational TA Sites exist. Also known as the TA Interface.
Test Administrator
A CAI system user role for an educator who may administer test sessions in TDS.
Test Completion Rate Report
A report available in TIDE that summarizes the number and percentage of students who have started or completed a test.
Test Delivery System
A set of CAI systems used by educators to proctor online test sessions and by students to complete online assessments. TDS includes the TA Site, the Student Testing Site, the Assessment Viewing Application, and the Data Entry Interface.
Test Form
A compilation of one or more test items and/or tasks that comprise the full test.
Test Impropriety
Any action or violation, whether deliberate or accidental, that would invalidate a test. Also known as a testing incident.
Test Information and Distribution Engine
A CAI system that allows educators to manage user and student information. It is responsible for student registration, gathering of demographic data, and materials ordering.
Test Label
The name of an assessment as displayed in CAI systems.
Test Opportunity
An individual chance for a student to attempt a test. A test may allow for one or more opportunities per eligible student.
Test Presentation
The language in which a test is displayed to the student.
Test Reason
A category assigned to a test opportunity, which is used to categorize the test for reporting purposes. Test reasons can be assigned to test opportunities in TDS or the Reporting system.
Test Reason Manager
A feature in the Reporting system that allows users to set and modify the test reasons assigned to test opportunities.
Test Segment
A section of a test. Tests may be divided into multiple segments based on the skills measured, types of tasks, and/or tools available in that section.
Test Session
An event created by test administrators in the TA Site in which they select one or more tests and approve students to take those tests in the Student Testing Site.
Test Status Code Report
A report available in TIDE that displays all the non-participation codes for a test administration.
Test Technician
A CAI system user role for an educator who may administer test sessions in TDS.
Test Ticket
A piece of paper that includes a student’s username for logging in to a test in TDS.
Test Timeout
When a student's test pauses automatically after a certain period of inactivity.
Test Window
The date range in which a particular test is available for administration to eligible students.
Text Drag and Drop
An item type that requires students to respond by dragging text elements into the blank spaces within a sentence or paragraph.
Text-to-Speech
An embedded support available in the Student Testing Site that reads aloud text content within a test.
Tiger Max Embosser
Accessibility software used to emboss PRN test items in a Braille test.
Translations - Dual Language
A test where both spanish and english text are displayed with Spanish being displayed first.
Tutorial
A tool within the Student Testing Site that plays a video demonstrating how students interact with a particular item type.
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Ubuntu
A Linux distribution supported by CAI's Linux Secure Browser.
Uncontracted Braille
A version of Braille that uses cells of dots to represent individual letters, numbers, and symbols.
User Role
In CAI systems, a role associated with a user's email address that determines which systems they may access and which permissions they have within that system.
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Voice Pack
A software tool for emulating speech. Voice packs must be present in testing devices for any students who will use text-to-speech (TTS).
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Weighted Grades
Weighted grades are number or letter grades that are assigned a numerical advantage when calculating a grade point average, or GPA.
Word builder
An item type that requires students to respond by typing with an on-screen keyboard.
Workgroup
A custom set of users in Authoring who regularly share item and test content with each other.
Writing Constructed Response
An item type that requires students to respond by typing an answer in a text box.
Writing Extended Response
An item type that requires students to respond by typing a long answer in a text box.
Writing Short Response
An item type that requires students to respond by typing a short answer in a text box.