nySTART will be taken offline to prepare for upcoming deployments of the 2008-09 Verification Reports, and in preparation for public release of 2008-09 ELA scores.

2007-08 NYS Report Cards and Statewide Report Card are available on the nySTART Public Web at https://www.nystart.gov/publicweb/.

nySTART will be brought back online upon next deployment.

nySTART will come online at 10 AM for deployment of 2008-09 NYSTP ELA "Guided Analysis" Interactive Reports (Assessments module) and redeployment of 2008-09 NYSTP ELA Tested/Not Tested reports (Verification Reports module.)

See important information in Release Notes, including data embargo details.

nySTART will not be taken offline for release of Statewide comparisons in Grade Level analyses of 2008-09 ELA "Guided Analysis" Interactive Reports (Assessments module.)

* Deployment and release should be transparent. Anyone experiencing unexpected behavior is encouraged to "Refresh and Retry" as outlined on our Tips page.

The data refresh cycle at the Level 2 data warehouse was delayed 24 hours. Data are still those received by Level 2 by 11:59 PM, 5/8/2009, but nySTART availability (of these data reflected in nySTART reports) has moved to 6 AM Wednesday, 5/13/2009.

Updated Report Card translation guides were posted to the nySTART Public Web.

nySTART should not be taken offline for 6 AM release of 2008-09 NYSTP ELA Summary Report PDFs (Assessments module.)

* Deployment and release should be transparent. Anyone experiencing unexpected behavior is encouraged to "Refresh and Retry" as outlined on our Tips page.

nySTART will be brought online at approximately 4 PM for deployment of 2008-09 NYSTP Math "Guided Analysis" Interactive Reports (Assessments module.)

See important information in Release Notes, including data embargo details. Due to embargo, math data will exclude Statewide cut points; all statewide comparisons will contain zeroes until math data are officially released.

Supplemental L2RPT tested/not tested reports will also not contain Statewide cut points.

* Deployment and release should be transparent. Anyone experiencing unexpected behavior is encouraged to "Refresh and Retry" as outlined on our Tips page.

** Tested/Not Tested Verification reports will remain offline; restoration is anticipated for 6/9/2009. Social Studies T/NT reports will remain online. Supplemental L2RPT tested/not tested reports will remain available, but without scores.

nySTART should not be taken offline for 4 PM deployment of the following 2008-09 verification reports:

NYSAA (all subjects), NYSTP Science grades 4 and 8, Reading First, and Grades 3-8 AVR; also High School AVR, HS Annual Assessments, Other Annual HS, HS Total Cohort.

* Deployment and release should be transparent. Anyone experiencing unexpected behavior is encouraged to "Refresh and Retry" as outlined on our Tips page.

** ELA and Math Tested/Not Tested Verification reports will remain offline; restoration is anticipated for 6/9/2009. Social Studies T/NT reports will remain online.

*** PDF downloads for all verification reports will be temporarily disabled to mitigate performance impact on initial release. PDF availability will be restored on 6/3/2009 at 4 PM.

Please NOTE: Links will be made active even if assessment data have not yet been submitted by test-scoring centers/districts, therefore reports may display enrollment but not scores; others may be completely blank until records are received at Level 2 data warehouse. Please consult with regional data centers for test result submittal details.

PDF availability on all verification reports will be restored at approximately 4 PM.

* Restoration should be transparent. Anyone experiencing unexpected behavior is encouraged to "Refresh and Retry" as outlined on our Tips page.

nySTART should not be taken offline for release of 2008-09 ELA and Math ISRs (Individual Student Reports) and Math Summary Reports, and deployment of 2008-09 NYSAA "Guided Analysis" Interactive Reports (all in the Assessments module.)

ELA and math Tested/Not Tested reports are to be restored at 4 PM and will remain available through the end of the verification period (through 7/31/2009).

* Deployment and release should be transparent. Anyone experiencing unexpected behavior is encouraged to "Refresh and Retry" as outlined on our Tips page.

nySTART will be offline on Saturday 6/20 and Sunday 6/21 for routine maintenance. Although this work is being done during off-hours (normal operations: 6AM to 9PM Monday through Friday) this notice is being provided as a courtesy.

nySTART will be offline beginning at noon, Friday 6/26, and will remain offline through part of the weekend, for a reporting software upgrade. nySTART may be returned to service as early as late Saturday afternoon, 6/27, and no later than normal operational hours (6AM to 9PM Monday through Friday).

nySTART should not be taken offline to deploy 2008-09 pre-AORs (previews of Accountability and Overview Report section of School Report Cards). These previews will be made available every Thursday at noon from 7/2 through 7/30/2009.

* Deployment and release should be transparent. Anyone experiencing unexpected behavior is encouraged to "Refresh and Retry" as outlined on our Tips page.

nySTART should not be taken offline to deploy 2008-09 pre-AORs (previews of Accountability and Overview Report section of School Report Cards). These previews will be made available every Thursday at noon from 7/2 through 7/30/2009.

* Deployment and release should be transparent. Anyone experiencing unexpected behavior is encouraged to "Refresh and Retry" as outlined on our Tips page.

nySTART should not be taken offline to deploy 2008-09 pre-AORs (previews of Accountability and Overview Report section of School Report Cards). These previews will be made available every Thursday at noon from 7/2 through 7/30/2009.

* Deployment and release should be transparent. Anyone experiencing unexpected behavior is encouraged to "Refresh and Retry" as outlined on our Tips page.

nySTART should not be taken offline for 4 PM deployment of 2008-09 NYSAA Summary Reports (Assessments module.)

When release date is firm, TBD designation will be removed.

*Deployment and release should be transparent. Anyone experiencing unexpected behavior is encouraged to "Refresh and Retry" as outlined on our Tips page.

nySTART should not be taken offline to deploy 2008-09 pre-AORs (previews of Accountability and Overview Report section of School Report Cards). These previews will be made available every Thursday at noon from 7/2 through 7/30/2009.

* Deployment and release should be transparent. Anyone experiencing unexpected behavior is encouraged to "Refresh and Retry" as outlined on our Tips page.

nySTART should not be taken offline for 4 PM deployment of 2008-09 NYSESLAT Interactive Reports ("Guided Analysis" portion of Assessments module.) NYSESLAT scores will be populated in both Guided Analysis and in the AVRs.

* Deployment and release should be transparent. Anyone experiencing unexpected behavior is encouraged to "Refresh and Retry" as outlined on our Tips page.

nySTART should not be taken offline to deploy 2008-09 pre-AORs (previews of Accountability and Overview Report section of School Report Cards). These previews will be made available every Thursday at noon from 7/2 through 7/30/2009.

* Deployment and release should be transparent. Anyone experiencing unexpected behavior is encouraged to "Refresh and Retry" as outlined on our Tips page.

Accountability Data to be frozen. Please see Accountability Timelines for details and implications, as well as dependent data refresh cycles.

(This is not a nySTART release, but is noted here for general reference.)

Finalized 2008-09 School Report Card components (AOR—Accountability and Overview Report; CIR—Comprehensive Information Report) to be released.

Details to follow.

* Deployment and release should be transparent. Anyone experiencing unexpected behavior is encouraged to "Refresh and Retry" as outlined on our Tips page.

2008-09 NYSAA ISRs (Individual Student Reports) reports to be scheduled:

* Deployment and release should be transparent. Anyone experiencing unexpected behavior is encouraged to "Refresh and Retry" as outlined on our Tips page.

2008-09 nySTART reports to be scheduled:

• Postponed: Upgrade to new version of Cognos ReportNet (for verification report delivery)
• 2008-09 School Report Cards