Overview of Teacher Hand Scoring System

The Teacher Hand Scoring System (THSS) allows Scorers to score item responses that require human scoring. When students in a test session submit an assessment, the hand-scored items are sent to THSS, where Scorers can view students’ responses to each item and enter scores, mark them with condition codes, or reassign them for scoring.

THSS User Roles

The following users can access THSS:

• Scorers: Scorers can use THSS to score the hand-scored items for any student whose items they are assigned. Items are assigned by default to the Test Administrator for that student’s test session. School-level Scorers can reassign items to other Scorers in their school, and district-level Scorers can reassign items to other Scorers in their district.
• Score Managers: These users can view a list of items completed by any student associated with their school (if a school-level user) or district (if a district-level user) and reassign them to any Scorers or other Score Managers in their school or district (depending on their user level). Score Managers can also view and score item responses that have been reassigned to them.
• State-Level Users: These users can view the status and assigned scorer for item responses. They cannot enter scores or reassign responses. For more information, see About State-Level Users.