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Teacher Hand Scoring System

For the Interim ELA and Mathematics Smarter Balanced Assessments

Revised 3/3/15

Teacher Hand Scoring System (THSS) Overview

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The THSS allows local scoring of responses requiring human scoring

Two types of user roles in THSS• Scorer• Score Manager

• Scorer• View and reassign items assigned to them• Can score items

• Score Manager• View and reassign any items• Can score items

Teacher Hand Scoring Roles

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Logging In to THSS through the WCAP portal

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Home Page

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Response List ExplainedColumn Description

Name Name of the student.

Item Name of the hand-scored item.

Session ID of the session in which the student completed the test containing this response.

Status “Not Scored” indicates the response still needs to be scored.

“Tentatively Scored” indicates the response was scored but still needs to be marked as complete.

Assigned To*

The Scorer to whom the response is currently assigned.

Score Click the button in this column to enter a score for the response .If you are a Score Manager, you can only enter scores for responses that are assigned to you.

THSS Response List: Filtering and Sorting

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THSS Response List: Scoring Responses

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THSS Response List: Scoring Responses cont.

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THSS Response List: Scoring Responses cont.

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THSS Response List: Completing Item Responses

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Assigning Responses from Response List Page

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For questions regarding THSS, please contact the Washington Help Desk:

Washington Help Desk

American Institutes for Research

Tel 1.844.560.7366

wahelpdesk@air.org

For questions regarding state policy decisions and protocol, please contact OSPI at assessment@k12.wa.us

Thank You!