1. Presentation Template for Building Training David Rand, Director DERA
SPRING 2017 ELL student English Proficiency Exam (K-ELPA) KITE Educator Portal
Presentation Template for Building Training
David Rand, Director DERA

2. Welcome to KITE Educator Portal
The KITE Educator Portal ( can be accessed from any supported web browser and will be available to K-ELPA building test coordinators. This will allow the coordinator access to:
Data entry of hand scored student results
Student enrollment, student log-in information and Daily Access Codes
Student testing and completion status
All staff user names will be your district address
All staff passwords are set-up when you first activate your account
You should receive an from KITE when your account is initially set-up
Follow prompts from to set-up and activate your account
***NOTE – DERA cannot access or reset your password, please follow ‘Forgot Password’ link on log-in page and if that doesn’t work, contact the KITE Help Desk
KITE Help Desk Support
Phone:

3. KITE Educator Portal Log-in to KITE Educator Portal Open web browser
Go to
Enter address into USERNAME field and enter password
Click on ‘Forgot Password’ link to reset your password

4. KITE Educator Portal – Home Page
Your permissions are defined the your ‘role’ in the top right hand corner
You can navigate KITE using the blue tabs near the top of the screen or ‘Quick Links’ on the right hand side

5. KITE Educator Portal – User Roles and Permissions
Most staff will have more than one role in KITE
Make sure you have selected the appropriate role, building and assessment program
K-ELPA building test coordinators will have the roles of both ‘Building Test Coordinator’ and ‘Scorer’
Use the drop-box menu to navigate between roles

6. KITE Educator Portal – Navigation Menu
Depending on your permissions, you will see blue tabs across the top of your screen that allow you to navigate KITE
Home – House icon that returns you to home page of portal
Settings – Used to manage students, rosters and roles (not used)
Manage Tests – Where you can access Daily Access Codes and access test sessions
Reports – Provides access to most available reports, including downloads for student log-in information, student testing status, current enrollments and more

7. KITE Educator Portal – Testing and Student Log-ins
Students will always log-in to KITE using the same user name and password and will enter a ‘Daily Access Code’ to test
DERA will provide student log-in information to schools in the form of both a .PDF file (6 or 8 student log-ins per page that can be printed on labels or cut up for distribution) and an Excel file roster
Daily Access Codes are specific to each grade level and domain tested and change each day
Students will be prompted for the code after they log-in to the KITE testing client and choose the assessment
Schools will receive a list of all codes daily in advance of testing, but the building test coordinator can also access them in the portal

8. KITE Educator Portal – Accessing Student Log-ins
An Excel file of student log-ins can be accessed through the ‘Reports’ menu and ‘Downloads’ section under ‘Data Extracts

9. KITE Educator Portal – Accessing Student Log-ins
Locate the extract for ‘Student Login Usernames/Passwords’ and click on the link for ‘New File’, when the file is ready, you will see ‘CSV’ in blue letters under the column for ‘File’. The ‘Requested’ column will let you know the date the most recent file was generated. Click on the ‘CSV’ link and follow the prompts to download the file.

10. KITE Educator Portal –Daily Access Codes
Daily Access Codes are available by going to the ‘Manage Tests’ tab and clicking the ‘Test Coordination tab. Select the appropriate assessment program and test day and a list of available codes will populate the table below.
You can access the code for an individual test by clicking the PDF or CSV icon.
You can access codes for multiple tests by clicking some or all of the boxes on the left hand side.

11. KITE Educator Portal – Monitoring Tests
Test monitoring is available by going to the ‘Manage Tests’ tab and clicking the ‘Test Coordination tab. Select the appropriate assessment using the drop down filters and click ‘Search’.
You can access the test session by clicking on the session name.
Click on ‘Monitor’ and you will see the student progress screen.

12. KITE Educator Portal - Manually End Student Test
In the event that a student test freezes or gets disconnected, in some cases you will have to manually end the test before the student can get back in.
Follow the same directions as the previous slide to access the test session and student roster with status.
Check box next to student and click ‘End Test Session’ to manually end.
Students should be able to log back in if within 90 minutes, otherwise the test will need to a re-activation (next 2 slides)

13. KITE Educator Portal - Student Test Re-Activation
Each K-ELPA test domain is designed to be administered in one sitting and should not be broken up into multiple sessions
All test sessions should be scheduled to allow plenty of time for all students to finish testing and should not be scheduled in a way that could potentially conflict with specials, lunch or the end of the day
There may be isolated instances, however, where it is necessary to pause and re-start a student test by re-activation
Student IEP allows for testing over multiple test sessions/days
Student is still testing at the conclusion of the school day
All student test re-activations must be logged at the school with the student name, student number, grade level, test, and reason for re- activation

14. KITE Educator Portal - Student Test Re-Activation
If a student is logged out of the test for 90 minutes or more, the test will need a re-activation before the student can access
Follow the same directions for monitoring test sessions and manually ending student tests (slide 12).
Check box next to student and click ‘Reactivate’.
Students will now be able to log back into the ‘In Progress’ test

15. This is the end of the Presentation