Prepare Your Data

• Teacher and student data will be imported. To start importing data, please ensure that your data is in a .csv file format.  Each column should contain header information to identify the data. 
  • For Teachers, you will need: First Name, Last Name, Email, Sex (M/F), Proctor (Y/N)
  • For Students, you will need: First Name, Last Name, Date of Birth, Gender, Grade, Catholic (Y/N), Gaps in Catholic Education (Y/N), English as a Second Language (Y/N), Accommodation (Y/N). You may optionally add a unique, school-based Student Email address and the respective ARK-generated ARK Class ID

NOTE: You MUST Include a School Student ID starting in 2025. This can be obtained from your Student information system along with the other student data. Please include a "Y" for Gaps and an "N" as default for ESL and Accommodations if not otherwise known.


Note! Please use one file for Teachers and a separate file for Students.

• Schools with many classes/sections per grade can export the ARK-generated class ID for those class listings in ARK. This can be added to the Student import to automatically assign students to those classes. Data must match exactly.
• Setup of Proctors, Classes, and Testing sections will be done using the ARK interface (it will not be imported).
• For Classes: Please ensure you have the Textbook Publisher, Textbook Name and Edition for each class you will roster in ARK. ARK utilizes a simple drop-down selection featuring the USCCB approved textbook list.