Correcting DEI Entries

If a student’s responses have been entered incorrectly and submitted in the DEI, the user will need to request to have the DEI for the test reopened or reset by submitting a STAIRS case. The LEA CAASPP coordinator or site CAASPP coordinator is responsible for entering incidents in STAIRS.

The STAIRS case must be completed in TOMS, and the testing issue, “The test examiner made a DEI error, or a student cheated or accessed an unauthorized electronic device (Data Entry Issue),” should be selected. The LEA CAASPP coordinator or the site CAASPP coordinator can then choose between the two following options, depending on the situation:

1. Reopen the assessment in the DEI if only one or a few of the student’s responses need to be corrected and resubmitted; or
2. Reset the assessment in the DEI if all of the student’s responses need to be reentered in the DEI. Note, however, that this option will remove all of the previously entered responses.

Once the test has been reopened or reset, the user can log on to the DEI and correct the responses that were entered incorrectly, or enter answers, and then submit the assessment.

For the complete instructions on submitting a case in STAIRS, please refer to the Security Incidents and Appeals Procedure Guide.