Standard Student Demographic Information File Layout and Business Requirements Business Requirements # Title Description Importance Notes Origin A file of students for each If a file is not subject/content area, who will provided, the be participating in the Student students can assessment, will be provided by 1 Demographic Must have be added in the state for each administration File the prior to the administration to administration Questar Assessments via site. secure file transfer. The student demographic 2 File Type information file type will be a tab Must have delimited text or .csv file format. The Update Student page will disable editing of a student's identification number, middle and last names, date of Disable birth, gender and ethnicity when Student 3 the student was loaded via the Must have Editing in student demographic Admin information file. All of the other fields on the page will be able to be updated including accommodations. The Update Student page will not allow editing of certain fields for student New students can be added via records which Add New the admin by a State Level are added 4 Students in User, District Level User or a Must have manually Admin Questar Super User (if using the approved by the state). administration web site, once the student begins taking the test.
Standard Student Demographic Information File Layout and Business Requirements Business Requirements # Title Description Importance Notes Origin 1 Student Demographic File A file of students for each subject/content area, who will be participating in the assessment, will be provided by the state for each administration prior to the administration to Questar Assessments via secure file transfer. Must have If a file is not provided, the students can be added in the administration site. 2 File Type The student demographic information file type will be a tab delimited text or .csv file format. Must have 3 Disable Student Editing in Admin The Update Student page will disable editing of a student's identification number, middle and last names, date of birth, gender and ethnicity when the student was loaded via the student demographic information file. All of the other fields on the page will be able to be updated including accommodations. Must have 4 Add New Students in Admin New students can be added via the admin by a State Level User, District Level User or a Questar Super User (if approved by the state). Must have The Update Student page will not allow editing of certain fields for student records which are added manually using the administration web site, once the student begins taking the test.
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