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Release Name: Guided Analysis Phase II

Wednesday, February 14, 2007
This is the eighth release of the nySTART application. 

New features:

  • nySTART
    - Update to Login Page with NYSAA announcement - Changed the text on the Login Page to include information about the NYSAA assessment
    - Update to the Site Lobby Page for Verification Reports - Added links to all the Verification Reports and the Certification Letters on the Site Lobby for District and School Admin users. Also added links to the Accountability Status Reports for Verification (ASRV). Enabled only the AVR and ASRV reports and associated links.
    - Update to the Site Lobby Page for NYSAA assessment - Added links to NYSAA assessment interactive reports, Summary Reports and ISRs.
  • Interactive Reports (Guided Analysis)
    - Subgroup reports
    - By child reports (here child refers to entity relationships - i.e. school v. district, not to individual student reports)
    - Filters (all but school filters)
  • Verification Reports
    - Verification Report Lobby currently for District and School Admin users only - Added links to all the Verification Reports and the Certification Letters on the Site Lobby for District and School Admin users. Also added links to the Accountability Status Reports for Verification (ASRV). Enabled only the AVR and ASRV reports and associated links.
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    Known issues:

    • When there is no data for a particular entity/assessment/grade combination, a report appears with an empty chart.
    • When using filters, students are only classified as disabled if they have both a challenge code and a level of integration.
    • When using filters, LEP students are only classified as LEP  if they have a LEP  duration of something other than null.
    • When two locations have the same name, their total number tested is summed on the guided analysis reports.
    • When filtering on ethnicity, Asian and Pacific Islander should be selected together.
    • When an account is first activated or reactivated, the first two attempts at accessing the AVRs will fail with an error message.
    • Bar chart for mean scale score is reflective of the maximum score for that entity/assessment
    • The Allow button to give BOCES access to individual student data does not appear on the first login for the district.
    • District superintendent can view the individual student data inside the schools of the district, but not out of the district, home instructed, or home bound.

    Fixes: 

    • Bulk ISR access for teachers
    • Performance of bulk ISR zip file generation
    • Districts 75 and 79 are now available in the Administration Module and Interactive Reports
    • Administration Module now allows display of multiple schools with the same name

    Notes:

    To contact us regarding the nySTART system, please send e-mail to STUDENTDATA@mail.nysed.gov

    This page was last updated on 02/15/2007

    URL: http://www.emsc.nysed.gov/irts/nystart/2006/documentation/R8/release-notes.shtml