DataManager Online Help

DataManager provides online tools and services for setting up classroom and online tests and producing reports for the following K-12 standardized  tests:

–      Cognitive Abilities Test™ (CogAT®) (Forms 7 and 8): Complete, Screening, or Post-Screener Forms

–      Iowa Assessments™ (Forms E, F, and G), Complete, Core, or Survey Battery

–      Iowa Assessments Single Subject (Reading, Math, and/or Science)

–      IowaFlex™ (K-8 only, Reading and/or Mathematics)

–      Logramos® Third Edition

You can also create and view reports for Gates-MacGinitie Reading Tests (GMRT), Georgia Milestones Assessment System (GMAS), and State of Texas Assessments of Academic Readiness (STAAR®).

You can use DataManager to:

–      Create rosters that include staff, students, and locations

–      Set up test events, assign tests to classrooms or other groups of students, and manage test sessions

–      Proctor online, online-remote, and paper-pencil tests.

–      Print and scan answer documents and submit results for scoring and reporting.

–      Design and run online reports using the options and filters available in the DataManager classic reporting application.

–      For IowaFlex and CogAT, view interactive dashboard reports that demonstrate how different scores and distributions among students might lead to more successful instructional approaches.

See the short glossary of technical terms used by Riverside Insights online help:

●     confirmation box: a small, pop-up box that asks you to confirm or cancel an action, or that informs you that an action has taken place

●     device: the tool used to access a platform or a digital product, for example, students may use Chromebook devices or iPads to take tests

●     dialog box: a bordered window that opens as a subtask of a procedure and requires you to enter information before returning to the main procedure

●     display: the visual monitor or screen on which users view platforms and applications; a display can be the size of a mobile phone or a large stand-alone monitor.

●     modal: a dialog box with back-lighting rather than a border

●     platform: the name of the software used to input data and run reports (for example, Riverside Score and DataManager)

●     product: the name of the assessment (for example, Bateria IV™ or Iowa Assessments™)

●     screen: see display

You can find links to documents that discuss the assessments in-depth on the Digital Resources page. Open Digital Resources by clicking Resources on the banner of any page or from the Site Map, accessible on the footer of every page. Digital Resources contain

–      Research and development papers

–      Preparation, implementation, and administration documents

–      Scoring and interpretation guides

–      Other ancillary materials

Available materials depend on your user role. You must be signed in to a user account to access these resources.

A test event typically occurs once per academic year and up to once per quarter. It is defined by the assessment program (for example, Logramos or CogAT), the testing period (usually a season or date range), student roster(s), and scores to be reported. Test events contain test assignments.

Test assignments specify grades/levels to be tested, test groups, and locations. Assignments are subsets of events. They narrow the content and grades/levels of the larger event, and they connect test events to test sessions.

Test sessions are set up within test assignments in DataManager. They are then accessed by the proctor of the session (the Proctor, Teacher, or Admin role) and used to administer the actual tests. Sessions include approving students for testing, helping students to log on for online testing, monitoring the progress of online testers, and concluding the tests.

Depending on your email application's security settings, email messages from Riverside Insights may be blocked. In this case, you may miss important communications regarding changes or updates to DataManager.

Check your trash, spam, and/or equivalent mailbox. If you find messages have been routed to one of these, move them to your Inbox and open them.

To prevent this from happening again, add Riverside Insights ([email protected]) to your email's "safe" or "trusted" senders list. If you are not sure how to do this, consult your local IT staff.

If you still cannot find an email you were expecting, consult your IT staff or call DataManager support.