Alternative Learning Program (ALP) Data Collection

Contents

Introduction

North Carolina law requires that schools provide assistance to those students who are at risk of academic failure or of engaging in disruptive or disorderly behavior. This data is collected once a year, after EOY (End of Year) and is collected for the previous school year. There are two types of alternative learning programs described in the General Statutes as defined by the General Assembly and the Administrative Policies as defined by the State Board of Education:

• An Alternative Learning Program (ALP) is established in affiliation with a traditionally accredited school. The information generated by participants of the program becomes a part of the history and documentation of a traditional school. A program may be housed within a school, on the same site, or a different location within the LEA.
• Alternative Learning Setting (ALS) is an alternative school. An alternative school has a separate, independent, official school number. An official school number is the primary factor distinguishing an alternative school from and alternative program.

Note: Some students may have multiple ALP entry/exit dates within a year as students leave and return to the ALP during the school year. A record must be reported for every instance of ALP assignment.

Report Input

Run Data Collection

This data collection is run at the LEA and School level. Use the following steps to generate the Alternative Learning Program Report collection.

1. On the Start Page, click State Reports. The State Reporting Dashboard page appears and displays a list of data collections for the school.
2. Next to the Alternative Learning Program Report, click Run.
3. The system validates the data against the business rules set up for the collection and completes the process.
4. Users have 24 hours to approve their data collection. If approval is not done within the 24 hours, the users must re-run the collection.

Review Data Collection

1. Next to the Alternative Learning Program Report, click Review.

2. Select one of the following ALP data collection views from the Data View drop-down menu. The Results section displays the data collection results specific for the selected data view.

   Data Collection View	Description
   School View	Displays individual students enrolled in an alternative learning program.
   LEA View	Displays individuals students for each school within an LEA enrolled in an alternative learning program.

3. To narrow your search, select one or more filters, if available.
4. Click Refresh. The Results section displays the filtered data collection results specific for the selected data view.

Note: Click Export to export the data collection results to an Excel spreadsheet.

Review Exceptions

Use the following steps to review exceptions for a data collection.

1. From the Dashboard, click Review. The Review page appears.
2. Select Exceptions from the Reviews drop-down menu. Exceptions associated with a report collection display.
3. Select the exception type from the Choose exception drop-down menu. The Business Rule and Steps to Correct for the selected exception type appear on the page.
   The Results section displays detailed information associated with the selected exception.
4. To narrow your search, select one or more filters, if available.
5. Click Refresh.

The Results section displays the filtered exception results specific for the selected data view.

Note: Click Export to export the data collection results to an Excel spreadsheet.

PowerSchool provides data validation to promote data integrity by preventing invalid data from being entered or imported into PowerSchool. Refer to the Validation Reports section for detailed list of ALP data and user interface validation checks that provide additional information and the necessary steps to correct exceptions, if applicable.

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Report Output

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

ALP Detail (School View)

Report Output Format: Excel spreadsheet, CSV

ALP Detail (LEA View)

Report Output Format: Excel spreadsheet, CSV

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