Release 22.10.0.0 - October 2022

New District Configuration option

A new Behavior configuration option named “Behavior Groups” allows the mapping of behavior types to user-defined behavior groups.

Absences

Updated Attendance query logic

Restrictions were removed from the ATTENDANCE_PERIOD logic to display all Attendance Period characters in the following metrics:

• Essentials, Attendance Overview, “Period Attendance”
• Essentials, Classroom Absences, “What are the absence and tardy counts for classrooms this year?”
• Student Profile, Attendance Detail, “Period Attendance”

Academics

Academic data by trimester

Metrics on Academics dashboards now display academic data by trimester for customers that use only trimesters.

Academics

New Core Subjects Summary column

Upon drill-through of the following Core Subjects Summary metrics, the detail page features a new column named, “COURSE NAME”:

• How have ELA grades changed?
• How have math grades changed?
• How have science grades changed?
• How have Social Studies grades changed?

Application

Custom height configuration of Detail templates

Added support for Detail templates to have the height defined through configuration on all applicable drill-throughs so that users always see the metric headers at the top in both directions when scrolling horizontally and vertically.

Application

Updated School Type filter

The data filter values for the School Type filter are now sorted in alphabetical order.

Application

Updated sorting order on crosstabs

Crosstabs are now sorted by student NAME, then STUDENT ID, on the following dashboards and metrics:

• Classroom, Attendance, Absences, “Who are my students with absences or tardies?”
• Classroom, Assessments, Assessment Roster
• Risk Analysis, Individual Factors, Student Data Wall
• Risk Analysis, Validation, Predictive Factors, “Student Composite Risk with Predictive Inputs”
• Essentials, Academics, “Student Skill Progress”
• Classroom, Academic Progress, Student Standard Progress, “Are students mastering our defined academic standards?”

Classroom, Attendance

Updated Absences subtitle

The subtitle on metric “Who are my students trending towards chronic absenteeism for my class?” now reads “Students and their level of chronic absence.“           

Classroom, My Students

New metric blocks

The following metric blocks were added to the My Students Overview dashboard:

• % Chronic Absent
• Last 5 Days Attendance
• Last 30 Days Attendance
• Year-to-date Attendance
• ISS #
• OSS #

Demographics

Updated state-specific query (Alaska)

The following state-specific demographic data was updated for Alaska (AK):

• IEP Status

Demographics

Updated state-specific query (Minnesota)

The following state-specific demographic data was updated for Minnesota (MN):

• Migrant Student Status
• Homeless Student Status
• Unaccompanied Youth Student Status
• ELL Status
• Gifted Student Status
• Title 1 Student Status

Demographics

Updated state-specific query (Ohio)

The following state-specific demographic data was updated for Ohio (OH):

• ELL Status

Enrollment

District Config

Updated student enrollment status

The legend for metric “How has our enrollment and exit numbers changed year over year?” now displays values based on the Student Status mapping in the Enrollment District Configuration. Drill through to the Student Detail page to review detailed exit codes.

Enrollment, Admissions

New Admissions metric

A new metric called, “How has our student admissions patterns changed year over year?” was added to the Admissions sub-dashboard to display the breakdown of admissions codes year over year.

Enrollment, Programs

Updated Program end date logic

If there is no Program Membership end date provided by SIS, the Program Membership tables are now updated with an end date.

Enrollment, Withdrawals

New Withdrawals metric

A new metric called, “How has our student withdrawals patterns changed year over year?” was added to the Withdrawals sub-dashboard to display the breakdown of withdrawal codes year over year.

Enrollment, Withdrawals

Updated Withdrawals dashboard

The Withdrawals dashboard has been updated with a new condition in the query base: FTBL_ENROLLMENTS.WITHDRAW_DATE < DATE_RANGE.LAST_DAY.

Essentials

Updated Student query logic

The Active filter condition was removed from the query logic for metric “What grades are students receiving in core courses?” to ensure consistent totals on the following dashboards:

• Essentials, Overview, Performance Indicators
• Essentials, Academics, Achievement  

Essentials

Classroom

Updated Academics dashboard names

The word “Skill” in the dashboard title was replaced with “Standard” for the following dashboards:

• Essentials, Academics, School Standard Progress
• Essentials, Academics, Student Standard Progress
• Classroom, Academic Progress, Student Standard Progress

Essentials, Academics

New curriculum filters

The following data filters were added to the School Standard Progress and Student Standard Progress dashboards:

• Curriculum Group
• Curriculum Skill
• Curriculum Item

Essentials, Academics

Updated AP data

The AP dashboard now displays only 9^th, 10^th, 11^th, and 12^th Grade data.

Essentials, Academics

Updated Core Subjects Summary Detail pages

The School Year column is now included in the Core Subject Summary Detail page when drilling through on the following metrics:

• ELA D & F%
• Math D and F %
• Science D and F %
• Social Studies D and F %

Essentials, Academics

Classroom, Academic Progress

Updated Student Standard Progress metric

The headers and sub-headers in the Student Standard Progress table can no longer be selected for drill-through.

Essentials, Academics

Updated Year filter

The Year filter on the Standards By Grade dashboard now loads both the current and previous school year by default.

Essentials, Attendance

Updated Chronic Absences Detail pages

The following columns were added to all student drill-through on the Chronic Absences metrics:

• DAYS ENROLLED
• DAYS ABSENT

Essentials, Digital Learning

New Staff Activity drill-through functionality

Users can now drill through to Staff Activity Detail pages on the following metrics:

• Are Staff Accessing the LMS?
• % of Staff by Activity between (SchoolStartDate) and (PriorDay)
• Is Staff Logins Decreasing Week Over Week?
• % of Staff by Day of Week -Activity/No Activity

Student Profile

Updated Academic Detail metric

The following columns were added to metric “Student Academic Standards Progress” on the Academic Detail dashboard:

• CURRICULUM CODE (CURRICULUM_CODE)
• LEVEL 4 (CURRICULUM_CODE_4)
• LEVEL 5 (CURRICULUM_CODE_5)

Student Readiness

Drill-through to student data

Non-district admin users, except for Primary School admins, can now drill through to student detail data on all Student Readiness metrics, irrespective of the student’s active or inactive enrollment status.

Product Area

Summary

Release Note

Academics

Updated color coding

The colors used to signify GPA ranges were inconsistent between metrics and drill-through visuals. Now, they both use the same color coding.

Classroom, Assessments

Missing axes labels

On the Subject Analysis dashboard, the X-axis and Y-axis labels were missing on metrics “State Achievement: Reading Score Distribution” and “State Achievement: Science Score Distribution.” This issue was resolved.

Demographics

Updated state-specific query (Virginia)

The following state-specific demographic data was updated for Virginia (VA):

• ELL Status

Essentials, Assessments

Removed additional axis labels

The Y-axis displayed additional Primary Test Result labels on metrics on the State Gainers Stickers Sliders dashboard. This issue was resolved.

Essentials, Assessments

Updated TEST_PRODUCT

Updated the TEST_PRODUCT variable for STAR to capture new variants, allowing all added TEST_PRODUCT data to be displayed in metrics.

Groups

Unable to create custom groups

Corrected an issue where the user received a false error message when attempting to create a custom group, despite selecting at least one student from a dynamic crosstab table.