1. Teacher Hand Scoring System Copyright © 2014 American Institutes for Research. All rights reserved. For the Interim ELA and Mathematics Smarter Balanced Assessments Revised 3/3/15

2. Teacher Hand Scoring System (THSS) Overview 2  The THSS allows local scoring of responses requiring human scoring  Two types of user roles in THSS Scorer Score Manager

3. Scorer View and reassign items assigned to them Can score items Score Manager View and reassign any items Can score items Teacher Hand Scoring Roles 3

4. Logging In to THSS through the WCAP portal 4

5. Home Page 5

6. 66 Response List Explained ColumnDescription NameName of the student. ItemName of the hand-scored item. SessionID of the session in which the student completed the test containing this response. 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. ScoreClick the 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.

7. THSS Response List: Filtering and Sorting 7

8. THSS Response List: Scoring Responses 8

9. THSS Response List: Scoring Responses cont. 9

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11. THSS Response List: Completing Item Responses 11

12. Assigning Responses from Response List Page 12

13.  For questions regarding THSS, please contact the Washington Help Desk: Washington Help Desk American Institutes for Research Tel 1.844.560.7366 wahelpdesk@air.org  For questions regarding state policy decisions and protocol, please contact OSPI at assessment@k12.wa.usassessment@k12.wa.us Thank You!