How to identify students taking NWEA Paper-Pencil assessments in your Class Roster File

If your district is administering NWEA Paper-Pencil tests, please pay close attention to the Class Subject Name field (Column O) in the Class Roster File (CRF). This field serves two purposes:

• It identifies the subject in which the student will take a paper-pencil test.
• It associates the student to the teacher or individual that will administer the test.

It is important to include only one teacher for each subject per student. There are unique Paper-Pencil subject codes that need to be used to identify the test subjects that will be administered to a student; these codes are found in the Class Roster File template.

After your CRF has been processed, pre-printed answer sheets will be sent to the district along with summary information to facilitate the routing of sheets to the appropriate teachers.

Please note: correct printing, distribution, organization, and scoring of answer sheets depends on the proper association of Class Subject Name to the teacher that will administer the test. Failure to associate a test subject to the correct teacher can delay CRF processing, student testing, and acquisition of online and ordered reports.