IL Seal of Biliteracy

Contents

Introduction

The report outputs data on students who have earned or are projected to earn the State Seal of Biliteracy. The report can be run for either projected current-year graduates or prior-year graduates.

Selection Criteria

Selection criteria determine which database records are used in the report. Refer to selection criteria for analysis when the report does not return the correct records

Student Selection

The report selects which student records to use based on the following criteria:

The student must not be excluded from state reporting.
The student must be graduated or in grade 12.
The student's Seal or Commendation record must not be blank.
If the student is a prior-year graduate, the Status of the student's Seal or Commendation must be Awarded. If the student is in grade 12, the Status must be Applied.

Report Input

For help with navigation and running the report, see How to Find and Generate a Report.

Field	Description
Schools to Include	Indicate which schools to include in the report by selecting one of the following options: Select Multiple Schools – Includes all student records associated with the selected schools. All Schools – Includes all student records on the PowerSchool server that meet the selection criteria.
Current Selection Students	Indicate which students to include in the report by selecting one of the following options: The Selected [Number] Students Only – Run the report for students in the current selection. All Students – Run the report for all students in the current school or district that meet the selection criteria. Note: If running the report for a single student, or group of students, select the students prior to running the report.
Students to include?	Indicate which Seal of Biliteracy students to include in the report by choosing one of the following potions: Prior Year Grads – Run the report for students who graduated in the previous school year. Current Year Grads – Run the report for students who are expected to graduate at the end of the current school year. Both – Run the report for both prior year graduates and current year graduates.
Run Now	Select this option to run the report immediately.
Schedule	Select this option to run this report on a scheduled basis. Once this option is selected, the following choices are: Run Once Start Date and Start Time to run the report. Repeat Select Daily, Weekly, Monthly or Yearly for the appropriate re-occurrence for running the report. If Daily is selected, check the Weekdays only box to limit to weekdays. If Weekly is selected, check which weekday to run the report. If Monthly is selected, check the month to run the report. If Yearly is selected, select either the date or the weekday to run the report. Date Range – Select No End Date or a date that the re-occurrence should end.

Report Output

Each of the fields displayed in the output of the report are described below. See Understanding the Report Output Table for a definition of each column in the table.

Item #	Data Element	Description	[Table]FieldName	Field Length
1	State Student ID	The student's state-assigned identification number.	[Students]State_StudentNumber	9
2	Local SAS ID	The student's locally assigned identification number.	[Students]Student_Number	50
3	Last Name	The student's legal last name. If the student's legal name is not populated, the student's preferred name is reported.	[S_IL_STU_Demographics_X]Legal_Last_Name [Students]Last_Name	30
4	First Name	The student's legal first name. If the student's legal name is not populated, the student's preferred name is reported.	[S_IL_STU_Demographics_X]Legal_First_Name [Students]First_Name	30
5	Birth Date	The students date of birth.	[Students]DOB	10
6	RCDTS Home School	The RCDTS number that identifies the student’s home school. Note: If the RCDTS Home School is blank for a student, the RCDTS Home School defined in the Edit School page is extracted.	[S_IL_STU_X]RCDTS_Home_School [S_IL_SCH_X]RCDTS_Home_School	15
7	School Year	The ending year of the student's most recent enrollment record. If the student is currently enrolled, the ending year of the current school year is reported. Ex: If the student graduated in the 2018-19 school year, 2019 is reported.	N/A	4
8	Seal or Commendation	Indicates of the student was or is currently working towards a Seal or Commendation for biliteracy.	[S_STU_Seal_Biliteracy_C]Seal	2
9	Language of Award	The language other than English the student is or was working towards to earn the Seal or Commendation. If no value is chosen in the Language Of Award field, this field reports as 000 - English.	[S_STU_Seal_Biliteracy_C]LanguageOfAward	3
10	Method of Demonstrating English Proficiency	The method by which the student demonstrated or will demonstrate proficiency in English.	[S_STU_Seal_Biliteracy_C]MethodDemoEngProf	2
11	Method of Demonstrating Proficiency in a Language Other Than English	The method by which the student demonstrated or will demonstrate proficiency in a language other than English.	[S_STU_Seal_Biliteracy_C] MethodDemoProfLangOther	2