Changing Reporting Time Period

Changing the reporting time period allows you to view test results from a previous point in time. There are two time period settings:

When you set a school year for which to access tests, the reports show data for test opportunities completed in the selected school year.
When you set a date for which to access students, the reports show data only for the students who were in your jurisdiction on the selected date and only for tests taken as of that same date. Students’ enrollment and demographic information is all provided as of the selected date as well. You can use this setting to access students who have left or recently joined your rosters, school, or complex. You can even access students who have left the state.

If you don't change the reporting time period, or if you reset it to the default, all the reports in Centralized Reporting System display test opportunities only for the current school year (except Longitudinal Reports and Student Portfolio Reports, which always retain the ability to access previous years), with current student and test data.

Some examples of how you can use this feature:

You may want to access the past performance of your current students, including new transfer students. In that case, set the school year for which you want to view test results and keep the date set to today. Note that if no current students have been added in TIDE as of today’s date, no data are available.
You may want to access the past performance of your former students in order to compare them with that of your current students. In that case, set the date to a time when your former students belonged to you and had tested, and set the school year to the same time. Then switch back to the present to compare.

To change the reporting time period and view a record of past data:

1.From the Features & Tools menu, choose Change Reporting Time Period. The Change Reporting Time Period window appears.

2.From the school year dropdown list, select a year. This is the year for which you will view test results.

3.In the View results for students who belonged to me and had tested on field, use the calendar tool to select a date, or enter it in the format mm/dd/yyyy. You will have access to all the students who belonged to you and had tested on that date, and only those students.

To access your current students’ past performance, keep the date set to today.
To access the past performance of your former students, set the date to a day when they were in your jurisdiction and had tested.

4.Select Save. All reports are now filtered to display data only for the selected school year and date. All other filters are cleared. The header of each report displays school year and date.

5.Optional: To go back to viewing the latest data, open the Change Reporting Time Period window again, select Reset to Today in the lower-right corner, and then select Save. The settings return to their defaults and all filters are cleared. The reporting time period also resets when you log out, but persists when you switch roles.