Assessments - COS Teacher Data Entry

Child Outcome Summary

Required Timelines
Entry to Preschool Special Education: The Child Outcomes Summary process must be
completed no later than 30 days following a child’s eligibility determination using information
collected during the evaluation period for a newly referred or transitioning child. (Note: This
change is effective February 1, 2016.)
Annual Progress Summary: The Child Outcomes Summary process must be completed at
least annually for every child receiving preschool special education services. It is recommended
that the Child Outcomes Summary process be completed in conjunction with each annual IEP
review meeting.
Exit from Preschool Special Education: The Child Outcomes Summary process must be
completed within 30 calendar days of the child exiting from preschool special education. Exit
events include a reevaluation (i.e., reevaluation team report, RETR) resulting in termination of
preschool special education eligibility, a reevaluation (RETR) resulting in eligibility for school
age services, last day of preschool special education services prior to kindergarten transition, or
withdrawal from preschool special education at parent request.
When the Child Outcomes Summary process is required twice during the same year: For
any child who enters and exits preschool special education services in the same school year
with 6 months or more between entry and exit dates, the Child Outcomes Summary process
must be completed and reported twice (once at entry and once at exit).

Office of Early Learning and School Readiness
Policy Update: December 2015

Directions to enter the COS scores in Infinite Campus

Select current school year
Select your school
Under Search, select Student
Leave the Search Student box blank
Click Advanced Search

After you click Advanced Search, the Campus Search screen comes up.

Select PS for Grade, then click Search

Now you should only see preschool students at your school. Select the student to start entering assessment data.

Click the Child Outcome Summary tab then select New Status

Every field in red must be completed. In the score fields, select the score for that test area.

If the student did not test, select Did not test, then complete the Reason Not Tested fields.

If the student did test after entering the score, select Student Took the Test in the Reason Not Tested fields.

Finally, don’t forget to enter the Teacher name or the person entering the information.

Click Save

You can check to see the entries you have made or if you have missed a student by running the COS Assessment Review report found in Infinite Campus > Student Information > Reports > COS Assessment Review.

When the report opens, select the teacher then click the “Generate Report” to see a list of your students.