Cambium Test TIDE (Test Information Distribution Engine) and Student Data Management

Question 1

What is the primary purpose of TIDE (Test Information Distribution Engine) in the Cambium Assessment ecosystem?

Accepted Answer

To manage student enrollment, demographic data, and test eligibility before testing begins

Answer

TIDE is a pre-testing data management portal used by district and school test coordinators to upload student information, assign accommodations, set designated supports, and verify enrollment before any testing session opens.

Question 2

A student transfers to a new school two weeks before the summative testing window opens. Which TIDE action must the Test Coordinator take first?

Accepted Answer

Move the student's existing TIDE record to the correct school and verify the student's accommodations are still correctly listed

Answer

TIDE allows coordinators to update a student's school assignment while retaining their existing data and accommodation settings. Deleting and recreating the record is not necessary and risks losing accommodation history.

Question 3

Which of the following student attributes is managed directly in TIDE and directly affects how a test is delivered to that student?

Accepted Answer

Designated supports and accommodations such as text-to-speech or extended time

Answer

TIDE stores each student's accommodation and designated support settings, which the test delivery engine reads when the student logs in — ensuring eligible supports (e.g., text-to-speech, Spanish glossary) are automatically available during testing.

Question 4

A Test Coordinator discovers that 30 students were uploaded to TIDE with an incorrect grade level. What is the correct remediation step?

Accepted Answer

Upload a new file through TIDE's file-upload feature with the corrected grade level for those students

Answer

TIDE supports bulk file uploads that allow coordinators to overwrite specific fields — including grade level — for multiple students at once. This is the fastest and most reliable correction method without requiring state-level intervention.

Question 5

What is the consequence of a student NOT appearing in TIDE when the testing window opens?

Accepted Answer

The student will be unable to log in and begin the test through the Cambium testing platform

Answer

The Cambium testing platform authenticates students against the TIDE roster. If a student's record does not exist in TIDE, the system cannot verify their identity or load their accommodation settings, so they will be blocked from logging in.

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Cambium Test TIDE (Test Information Distribution Engine) and Student Data Management