Using the Teacher Hand Scoring System

This section explains how to use THSS to enter scores for responses, mark responses as complete, and reassign responses to other Scorers.

Overview of the Response List Page

After you log in, the Response List page appears. The table on this page populates with the responses assigned to you to score. You can use the navigation links in the bottom-right corner to view all the responses in the list.

Note: If you are a Score Manager, this table displays the hand-scored responses for all the students in your associated school or district/LEA, depending on your user level.

Figure 1: Response List Page for the Interim Assessment

Note: Initial ELPAC items in the response list will follow have a different display e.g. 1. Grade 6–8 Write About an Experience – Prompt (3435)

Table 1 describes the columns in the Response List table.

Table 1: Response List Table Columns
Column Description
Name Name of the student.
Item Name of the hand-scored item.
Session ID of the session in which the student completed the test containing this response.
Date Received Time and date (based on your time zone) on which the item response was added to the system.
Status “Not Scored” indicates the response still needs to be scored. “Tentatively Scored” indicates the response was scored but still needs to be marked as complete.
Assigned To* The Scorer to whom the response is currently assigned.
Score Click the Score button in this column to enter a score for the response. If you are a Score Manager, you can only enter scores for responses that are assigned to you. For more information, see the section Scoring Responses.
*This column only appears in the Response List table for Score Managers.

Filtering the Response List Table

You can use the drop-down lists on the Response List page to filter the responses that appear in the table. Scorers can filter the table by test, session, and items. Score Managers can filter the table by test, session, grade, subject, assigned Scorer, and item.

To filter the list of items:

  1. Open a drop-down list above the Response List table.

    Figure 2: Test Filter

  2. If you see the option you wish to select, click it. Otherwise, enter the desired option in the search bar. The table updates to show only responses associated with the selected option.
  3. To apply additional filters, repeat steps 1–2 with a different drop-down list.

  4. The Select Test option will provide you with the default view.

Sorting the Response List Table

You can sort the Response List table by student name, item, session ID, or response status.

Note: Score Managers can also sort the Response List table by the assigned Scorer.

To sort the table by one of these columns:

  1. Click a column header. The table lists the responses by that column in ascending order.
    1. To sort the responses in descending order, click the column header again.