TIDE Alternate Tester Flag

To ensure that the Test Information Distribution Engine (TIDE) reflects the correct Alternate Tester demographic flag, public corporations and non-public schools may select the “Alternate Tester” 'accommodation’ for I AM in their student information system (SIS). This ‘accommodation’ is only required when a student with a finalized IEP or Service Plan does not require any assessment accommodations for I AM or only has universal features and designated features for I AM. Corporations and non-public schools do not need to input the “Alternate Tester” 'accommodation' in their SIS if TIDE is reporting the Alternate Tester flag correctly. Once indicated in a schools’ SIS and lands in Data Exchange as an "Accommodation", TIDE will reflect the Alternate Tester flag within 48 hours or less. 

If your SIS vendor has not implemented the “Alternate Tester” ‘accommodation’ and you need to identify a student's Alternate Tester status in TIDE, template 014 may be utilized to upload the ‘accommodation’ to Data Exchange, which will then be reflected in TIDE within 48 hours or less.