Help

Welcome to the Help area of the ASAM Reporting System (ARS). For assistance using the ARS or for assistance collecting and reporting your data, the following (resource) documents are provided below. Please review these documents prior to preparing data and submitting it to WestEd.

If you have additional questions, please contact the ASAM Call Center at WestEd at (866) 665-3627 or via e-mail at asam@wested.org.

Using the ARS

Alternative Schools Accountability User Guide for Reporting 2008-09 Data (PDF)
A step-by-step (indicator reporting) guide to logging in and using the ARS

Helpful Documents

ASAM Pre-Post Assessment Regulations (2 documents)

• State Board of Education approved regulations (PDF) for the use of the pre-post assessments (7/21/03)
• Update of the State Board of Education approved regulations (PDF) and revised data submission due date for the use of the pre-post assessment indicators (6/24/06)

Approved Pre-Post Assessments (PDF)
List of the eight approved assessments for use by ASAM schools and publisher contact information

Preparing and Submitting Pre-Post Data

• Pre-Post Indicator Selection Guide (PDF)
  Specific details about how to choose a pre-post indicator, and track, collect, and report pre-post assessment data.
• ASAM Pre-Post Data Template Instructions (PDF)
• ASAM Pre-Post Data Template (MS Excel file)
• Pre-Post Secure File Transfer Server Instructions (PDF)
  Instructions for submitting completed data templates using WestEd's Secure File Transfer Server (SFTS). **PLEASE NOTE: For the security of confidential data, please do NOT email completed data templates to WestEd. Please use the SFTS to transfer your completed data templates.

Report pre-post test data and student demographic information, either manually or by importing from the school’s student information system, using this file. WestEd will upload this data into the ARS.