Chapter 12: Kansas Assessment Program (KAP) Appendix

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Chapter 12: Kansas Assessment Program
(KAP) Appendix
This Appendix contains information specific to the Kansas Assessment Program (KAP). This
information may not apply to you if you are a member of a different organization.
Chapter Contents
Chapter 12: Kansas Assessment Program (KAP) Appendix .................................................. 12.1 Entering a Special Circumstance.......................................................................................... 12.2 Releasing Additional Stages in a Summative Test............................................................... 12.5 KIDS Files or Webservice Upload ....................................................................................... 12.7 Changes to the Chapter ........................................................................................................ 12.8 KITE™ | Educator Portal User Manual
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Entering a Special Circumstance
In the event that a student cannot take or complete a high-stakes, summative assessment
(administered on the Test Coordination tab), you will need to enter the special circumstance. To
enter the special circumstance for a student, perform the following steps.
1. Log in to Educator Portal.
2. Click the Test Management menu.
3. On the Test Coordination tab, make the necessary selections from the drop-down menus.
Note: If the testing window has closed, click the Show expired checkbox.
4. Click Search.
5. Locate the session that needs to be updated.
6. In the Test Session Name column, click the name of the test.
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7. Select the appropriate student.
8. In the Special Circumstance column, select the applicable circumstance.
Hint: You may need to scroll to the right in the list to locate the column.
9. Click the icon in the Save column.
Note: Some special circumstances require additional state-level approval. Those
circumstances will display the following dialog box when you save them.
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10. At the top of the window, click Back to return to the Test Coordination page.
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Releasing Additional Stages in a Summative Test
In most cases, the second stage of a summative test will be automatically released to the student
after that student has completed the first stage using KITE Client. If this does not occur
automatically, District and Building Test Coordinators can release the second stage by ending the
test session for the previous stage.
To end a test session, perform the following steps:
1. Log in to Educator Portal.
2. Click the Test Management menu.
3. Click the Test Coordination tab.
4. In the Test Session Name column, click the name of the test you need to end.
5. Click the Monitor tab.
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6. Click the box next to the student’s name whose test needs to be ended.
7. Click End Test Session.
Note: Have the student check to see if they have access to the next stage of the test.
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KIDS Files or Webservice Upload
The webservice upload link is used to upload information from the KIDS system into Educator
Portal. Depending upon your level of access to EP, you may not have access to the webservice
upload. To upload a KIDS file, perform the following steps.
1. Log in to Educator Portal.
2. Click the Site Map menu.
3. Under Data Upload, click Webservice Upload.
4. Click Upload.
Note: When the upload completes, you will receive an email with the results of the
upload. Any errors will be detailed in an attached spreadsheet.
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Changes to the Chapter
The following table lists the changes made to this chapter since the last major release of the
documentation.
Note: The Page column indicates the page number of the current manual where the
change appears.
Change
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Description of Change
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