Description of TIDE
The Test Information Distribution Engine (TIDE) is used for registering students for assessments, managing users for Florida Statewide Assessments systems, ordering testing materials, and tracking student participation.
TIDE performs the following functions:
- Registering students for assessments
- Establishing test settings and accommodations
- Associating students with districts, schools, and rosters
- Managing orders for testing materials
- Managing user accounts
- Managing testing participation, progress, and completion rates
- Printing test tickets and PreID labels
- Cleaning up discrepancies with student tests
Figure 1 illustrates TIDE’s operational functions and their role in the assessment process. At its core, TIDE contains a list of students enrolled in your schools. TIDE receives the vast majority of this student information through PreID uploads; however, TIDE also has features for adding students manually. TIDE then distributes this information to the appropriate target system. The Test Delivery System (TDS) receives students’ eligibilities, settings, and accommodations; this enables TDS to deliver the appropriate test to any given student in the required format. The district, school, and student associations in TIDE are used to generate reports in the Florida Reporting System and the PearsonAccess Next Reporting System.
Figure 1: TIDE
