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State Reporting 21.3.2.0 Release Notes

A release announcement will be posted on PowerSchool Community when the installer is available for download. Refer to 2021 State Reporting Releases for release dates.

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Release Note

PSSR-247607All States/Provinces: Learning Preferences Functionality Updates

The following updates have been made to the Learning Preferences functionality:

  • Learning Preferences Code creation link is moved to District Setup page under the Code Sets link.
  • The Code Start Date & Code End Date are now editable.
  • The Learning Preferences link at Student-Level is renamed Digital Equity & Learning Preferences.
  • When creating a new record, field values from the last record with the greatest Effective Date carry forward if present.
    • Fields that copy to a new record:
      • Internet In Residence
      • Internet Access
      • Internet Performance
      • Device Access
      • Device Type
      • Device Serial number
      • Paper Learning Packets
PSSR-247944All States/Provinces: Security Groups Update for Digital Equity and Learning Preferences Functionality

Access to the Digital Equity & Learning Preferences link, at the student level, is now governed by a check box in the "Edit Security Group" page (path below).
Path:
Start page> System> Groups> [select group]
Upon receiving the update, administrators must go into security groups and give the appropriate groups access to this page.

Note: This security group setting is suppressed for ND and TX.

PSSR-258077Common Snapshot Report Failure

The Snapshot reports are fixed now and the reports are running and showing the completed successfully status as expected.

PSSR-254078Contact Tracing Report - Busing Data Update

Contact Tracing Report: Version 1.4

The Busing Data option, for the Contact Tracing report, has been updated and will now report student transportation records that have no end date.

PSSR-258722Digital Equity & Learning Preferences Functionality Updates

The following updates have been made to the Learning Preferences functionality:

  • Learning Preferences Code creation link is moved to District Setup page under the Code Sets link.
    • If a state has code sets disabled then the Learning Preferences Code creation link can be found at the last section under the Code Setup Header
  • The Code Start Date & Code End Date are now editable.
  • The Learning Preferences link at Student-Level is renamed to Digital Equity & Learning Preferences.
  • When creating a new record, field values from the last record with the greatest Effective Date carry forward if present.
    • Fields that copy to a new record:
      • Internet In Residence
      • Internet Access
      • Internet Performance
      • Device Access
      • Device Type
      • Device Serial number
      • Paper Learning Packets
  • Access to the Digital Equity & Learning Preferences link, at the student level, is now governed by a check box in the "Edit Security Group" page (path below).
    Path: Start page> System> Groups>[ select group ]
    Upon receiving the update, administrators must go into security groups and give the appropriate groups access to this page.
    Note: This security group setting is suppressed for ND and TX.
PSSR-254670Ed Fi Framework: Dashboard Counts Updated

It was found that the Ed-Fi Dashboard at times would show inconsistent counts with the data compared to what is in the database. This has been corrected so that the counts are accurate when refreshed.

PSSR-195084Ed-Fi Framework: Update to "Reset Publish Records" Special Operation

Updated "Reset Publish Records" special operation to handle "Error" records published to the state's operational data store (ODS). This operation clears the erroneous records from the dashboard which has been already published successfully.

The operation now includes three new parameters:

  • Param 1: Profile Name - indicates the Ed-Fi profile to process. Enter the exact profile name as shown on the dashboard or type "ALL" for all profiles.
  • Param 2: School Year - indicates the school year to process. Enter the school year or type "ALL" for all school years.
  • Param 3: Resource Name - indicates the resource to process. Enter resource name or type "ALL" for all resources.
PSSR-258051Health Report Update - Vision and Hearing Pulling the Incorrect Value

Health Report: Version 1.1
The Report has been updated and will now pull the Display Value (rather than the State Name) when outputting Vision & Hearing screening results.

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