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State Reporting 20.8.2.0 Release Notes

A release announcement will be posted on PowerSchool Community when the installer is available for download. Refer to 2020 State Reporting Releases for release dates.

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Release Note

PSSR-239092

K-3 Assessment Record 141 Extract

K-3 Assessment Record 141: Version 1.5

This extract now includes data from the new Virtual setting field (Y/N), appearing at position 58 in the extract.

PSSR-227387

EdLink Calendars and Calendars_EXT Extract Work

LA EdLink Calendars Report: Version 1.0

The LA EdLink Calendars report now provides the ability to generate an output file for the calendars and calendars_ext extract. The resulting calendars.txt and calendars_ext.txt files can be uploaded by the user to the EdLink site.

PSSR-228315

LA EdLink Enrollments Extracts

LA EdLink Enrollments Extracts: Version 1.0

A new LA EdLink Enrollments report is available. Use this report to generate the Enrollments and Enrollments Ext extracts by selecting the appropriate value from the Output File Name field. When the report is run, the selected extract .csv file is generated according to LA EdLink specifications.

PSSR-228320

New LA EdLink Students Report

LA EdLink Students Report: Version 1.0

A new LA EdLink Students report is available. Students and Students Ext can be extracted in the report by selecting the appropriate value from the Output File Name field. When the report is run, the selected extract .csv file is generated according to LA EdLink specifications.

PSSR-230900

New LA EdLink Students Report

LA EdLink Students Report: Version 1.0

A new LA EdLink Students report is available in the Louisiana EdLink section of the Start Page > System Reports > State tab. This report generates the Students_EXT extract when the appropriate value is selected from the Output File Name field. When the report is run, the selected extract .csv file is generated according to LA EdLink specifications.

PSSR-230909

LA EdLink Discipline Report

LA EdLink Discipline Report: Version 1.0

A new LA EdLink Discipline report is now available. Select the appropriate value from the Output File Name field to generate one of the following extracts:

    • Discipline Actions
    • Discipline Actions Ext
    • Discipline Offenses
    • Discipline Offenses Ext
    • Discipline Persons
    • Discipline Incidents and Discipline Incidents Ext

When the report is run, the selected extract .csv file is generated according to LA EdLink specifications. 

PSSR-236717

Field Length Extended for State Student Unique ID Extract Report

Several fields have had their field length modified to align with the most recent specifications for the State Student Unique ID Extract Report:

    • Last Name VarChar(60)
    • First Name VarChar(60)
    • Middle Name VarChar(60)
    • Name Suffix VarChar(10)
    • Student Local ID Number VarChar(20)
    • City (Physical) VarChar(30)

PSSR-237502

Homeless Reason Code Update

When populating the Homeless Reason code for a student, the list of values will now include four additional values: 

    • 08 = Eviction
    • 09 = Unemployment/Loss Of Job
    • 10 = Domestic Violence
    • 11 = Illness

PSSR-237884

LA EdLink Courses - Course_Offerings and Course_Offerings_EXT 

Report: LA EdLink Courses: Version 1.0

The LA Edlink Courses report now provides the ability to generate an output file for the course_offerings and course_offerings_ext extracts. The resulting course_offerings.txt and course_offerings_ext.txt files can be uploaded to the EdLink site.

PSSR-237886

LA EdLink Student_Schedules Extract

Report: LA EdLink Courses: Version 1.0

The LA Edlink Courses report now provides the ability to generate an output file for the student_schedules extract. The resulting student_schedules.txt file can be uploaded to the EdLink site.

PSSR-237932

K3 Assessment Extract

LA EdLink K-3 Assessments: Version 1.0

The LA Edlink K-3 Assessments report now provides the ability to generate an output file for the k3_assessments extract. The resulting k3_assessments.txt file can be uploaded to the EdLink site.

PSSR-237941

Louisiana State Information - Homeless Page Changes

A new grid section for Services Provided to Student has been added to the Homeless page providing information about the services provided to a student during each month of the year. A new field for Type of Student has also been added to this page. This information will be included in the new Homeless Services extract for EdLink.

PSSR-238130

Homeless Extract Report

LA EdLink Homeless Report: Version 1.0

This report extracts Homeless Services data in the format required to be submitted to the EdLink warehouse. The resulting homeless_services.txt file can be uploaded to the EdLink site.

PSSR-238517

New Staff Data Element Classification Level to be Added to Staff Setup

Schools can now identify the Classification Level for staff members through a new field on the Staff information page. This field provides the following list of values for the user to choose from:

    • (BLANK) - Value Not Set
    • 01 – School Board Employee
    • 02 – Post Secondary Employee
    • 03 – Contracted Professional Services Person
    • 04 – Third Party Contract Employee
    • 05 – State Employee (Classified)
    • 06 – State Employee (Unclassified)

This field is used by the new eScholar Staff ID extract, which districts can use to get a unique ID assigned for each staff member. Only staff with the classification level populated will be extracted for the Staff ID assignment.

PSSR-238518

New eScholar StaffID Extract Report

A new eScholar StaffID Extract (report version 1.0) has been created under Louisana State Reports. 

Districts can use this extract to submit a file of all qualify staff members to eScholar to get a unique staff ID assigned. Instructions for uploading the eScholar result file can be found in the online help for this extract.

PSSR-239086

K-3 Assessment Data 

A new Virtual Setting for Assessment field appears on the K-3 Assessment Data page, below the K Entry Assessment Exception Code field. When selected, it indicates that the student was accessed virtually. This information is now included in the K-3 Assessments extract.

PSSR-239087

Dropdown Values Added/Modified for K-3 Assessment Page

The following dropdowns have had values added or modified on the K-3 Assessment page:

    • For Literacy Screener Test Type field, the description for 1 - Dibels Next has been changed to 1 - Acadience Reading (formerly DIBELS Next).
    • For Literacy Screener Exception Code field two new values have been added to the dropdown:
      • code 06, description 06 - COVID19
      • code 07, description 07 - School Closure (no distanced learning occurring)

PSSR-239094

New Value for the English Proficiency Dropdown

As outlined in the LDOE Technical specifications for the 2020-2021 school year, a new code of 04 - SIFE English Learner is available for the English Proficiency field.

PSSR-239112

New Dropdown Values Added/Modified for Louisiana State Information tabs

As outlined in the LDOE technical specifications for the 2020-2021 school year, new values are available for the Biliteracy Endorsement and Homeless Reason fields. The Biliteracy Endorsement field now has a value of OE - approved equivalent summative test. 

The Homeless Reason field now has four additional values:

    • 08 - Eviction
    • 09 - Unemployment/Loss of Employment
    • 10 - Domestic Violence
    • 11 - Illness

PSSR-239685

New Codeset added for Calendar Date Type 

Under District Info/Codesets, LA districts will find a new codeset option allowing for the maintenance of the valid values for Calendar Date Type. The codeset has been prepopulated with the acceptable values for EdLink reporting. 

PSSR-239687

District Calendar Events UI Changes

A new field Calendar Date Type appears on LA Sponsor Site Calendar Event page. This field is used to identify the Date Type from a defined list of values. Districts can maintain this list of values in the District Info/Code Sets page. Currently, the code set has been populated based on EdLinks list of accepted values.

PSSR-239825

Program Membership Extract

LA EdLink Students Report: Version 1.0

The LA Edlink Students report now provides the ability to generate an output file for the program_membership extract. The resulting program_memberships.txt file can be uploaded to the EdLink site.

PSSR-240224

New Field Added in the Program Info Page for Two New Programs

New fields have been added to the Louisiana State Information - Program Info Page, to collect information on the Dropout Recovery and World Language Dual Immersion Learning/Spanish program. This information will be reported through the new EdLink extract reports.

Field details are:

    • Entry Date for Dropout Recovery Program (DRP001)
    • Exit Date for Dropout Recovery Program (DRP001)
    • Site Code Override for Dropout Recovery Program (DRP001)
    • Entry Date for World Language Dual Immersion Learning/ Spanish (WLI004)
    • Exit Date for World Language Dual Immersion Learning/ Spanish (WLI004)
    • Site Code Override for World Language Dual Immersion Learning/ Spanish (WLI004)
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