Uploading Student Interim Grades

You can set up interim grades for multiple students through file uploads. This task requires familiarity with composing comma-separated value (CSV) files or working with Microsoft Excel.

To upload interim grades through file uploads:

1.From the Students task menu on the TIDE dashboard, select Upload Interim Grades. The Upload Interim Grades page appears.

2.Following the instructions in the section Uploading Records and using Table 8 as a reference, fill out the Interim Grade template and upload it to TIDE.

Table 8 provides the guidelines for filling out the Interim Grades template that you can download from the Upload Interim Grades page.

Table 8: Columns in the Interim Grades Upload file
Field Name	Description	Valid Values
Student ID^a	Student's State Student Identifier number.	Ten digits.
Field^a	Label used for the interim grade attribute.	Interim Testing Grade
Subject^a	Subject of assessment.	One of the following: English Language Arts Mathematics
Interim Grade^a	Student’s interim grade.	One of the following: KG PS Two-character grade in the range 01–13. Add leading zero for single-digit numbers.
^aRequired field.

Note: About the Interim Grades Upload File

If the upload file includes two rows specifying different grades for the same student and subject, then both grades will be set up as interim grades for the student's subject.