Guide to Accessing the Ohio Testing Portal for Teachers and Administrators

Learn how to navigate the Ohio Testing Portal, including setting up tests and managing student information through the TIDE system.

10 Apr 2025 By Keith Tacey

In this guide, we'll learn how to navigate the Ohio State Test Portal to prepare for administering tests. The process involves accessing the Test Information Distribution Engine (TIDE) to manage student information. We'll cover how to log in, select the appropriate user role, and upload necessary files to ensure students are ready for testing.

Let's get started

I'm opening Google and typing in "Ohio Testing Portal." There's a link that says "Ohio's State Test Portal." I'm going to click on that.

Go to ohio testing portal - Google Search

Step #2: Click on "Ohio's State Tests Portal" — Click on "Ohio's State Tests Portal"

In the top menu, click on "Teachers and Administrators."

Step #3: Click on "Teachers and Test Administrators" — Click on "Teachers and Test Administrators"

There are three sections: Preparing for Testing, Administering Tests, and After Testing. Under Administering Tests, there's a TA Interface for teachers. To set up testing, go to Preparing for Testing and select the Test Information Distribution Engine (TIDE). Click on that link.

Step #4: Click on "Test Information Distribution Engine (TIDE)" — Click on "Test Information Distribution Engine (TIDE)"

Go to Ohio Login

After logging in, select your user role as District Test Coordinator.

Step #7: Select your User Role: "District Test Coordinator" — Select your User Role: "District Test Coordinator"

Step #8: Under the "Test Administration" dropdown choose "Ohio State Testing". — Under the "Test Administration" dropdown choose "Ohio State Testing".

Everything else will fill in automatically. Click Submit.

You are looking at the TIDE system, which has three columns: orange, green, and blue. In the orange column, titled "Preparing for Testing," click the dropdown menu labeled "Student Information."

Click on "Upload Pre-ID File."

If you cannot find your old file, download a template. If you have your old file, upload it here. In the file, make sure each test section has the letter 'o' in the column. This gives them access to the specified test. Once the file is uploaded, students can take the tests.