Managing Reason Not Tested Codes

All students who are entered in TIDE and did not take an ELPA21 summative test must have a code assigned for each summative test explaining why they did not take the test. Reason Not Tested Codes do not need to be entered for screener tests. Table 23 lists the reason not tested codes. Non-participation codes do not apply to the ELPA21 Screener.

Table 23: Special Codes

Reason Not Tested Number	Field in TIDE	Description
01	Absent all days of testing/Student refused to test	Absent on all days of the test administration, including the make-up test administration/Expelled/Suspended/Student refused to test.
02	Hospitalized/Medical Emergency - requires doctor's statement	Extended hospitalization/Medical Emergency - requires doctor's statement in ACE.
03	Residential treatment - requires doctor's statement	Residential treatment - requires doctor's statement in ACE
04	Incarcerated/deceased	Incarcerated/Juvenile Detention/Deceased
05	No longer enrolled	Withdrew/was withdrawn from school; dropped out of/was dropped by school; moved to a different state/out-of-country
06	Enrolled in home/private school	Enrolled in home/private school
07	Homeschooled except for extracurricular	Homeschooled except for extracurricular
08	Services for home/private school	Special education services for home/private school
09	Youth Challenge/Tuition Agreement	Youth Challenge/Tuition Agreement
10	Student incorrectly identified as an English Learner	Coded incorrectly in eSchool
11	Student exempt due to disability - Requires ADE Special Accommodations Form	Disability that precludes participation in a domain (e.g. profoundly deaf student not participating in the listening domain), then the district may request an exemption.

Once you apply a reason not tested code, that reason not tested code persists until it is changed.