Students Needing Pre-test (Temporary Report)

Use this report to identify students who need a pre-test before the upcoming NRS Program Year. It is available in May and June and can be found on the SiD Reports tab in the Data Clean-up Reports for Students, Classes section.

The report lists students who will not have a valid pre-test for the new NRS year, explains why, and suggests next steps for testing.

Why Students Appear on the Report

Students may appear for one or more of these reasons:

• They do not have a current test.
• Their current test will no longer be approved by MDE after July 1.
• Their current test will be too old to set an Entry Educational Functioning Level (EFL) for the 2026–27 NRS Program Year.
• Their current test is scored Comp(leted) ESL, which cannot be used as a pre-test.

Selected Report Filters

• Hours Since Date - Shows students with attendance hours on or after the date entered. Use a more recent date to focus on students who have attended recently.
• Current Class - Select All Classes for program-wide results or choose a specific class to view only students in that class who need testing.
• Show Only Currently Enrolled - Choose whether to display only students currently enrolled in a class, or all students, regardless of enrollment status
• Show All or Test will be Too Old - Select All to see all students who need a pre-test.
  Test Will Be Too Old shows only students whose current tests will be too old to use as a pre-test in the new NRS year.
• Show Contact Info - Choose Yes to display up to 2 email addresses and one phone number - helpful if you want to contact students for testing.

Selected Report Columns

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• Last Hours - the date the student last had hours recorded in SiD
• Attendance Hours Since (Date) - the number of contact, counseling/testing, or distance learning hours recorded since the date entered in the Hours Since Date filter
• Reason - explains why the student needs a pre-test
• Hours Since Last Test - number of NRS hours earned since the last test was given - also known as "hours between tests"
• Suggested Next Step - recommended action to ensure the student has a valid pre-test for the upcoming NRS year. Always review the student's testing history before proceeding.
• Some Current Classes - the name of one or two classes in which the student is enrolled. This can be helpful to alert teachers to test the student. To view all current classes, see the Student>Schedule tab.
• Email, Second Email, Phone - these columns appear only when the Show Contact Info filter is set to Yes