State Reporting 21.11.2.0 Release Notes | PowerSchool SIS Compliance

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Release Note

PSSR-279102

Student Digital Resources - Updates to data entry fields and layout for the Admin page

For school and district staff, the Student Digital Resources data entry page has been updated to display the related Digital Equity survey questions as published by NYSED. In addition, fields that were previously tracking combined values have been broken out based on the related survey questions, and the option sets for each field has been updated to match the option sets published by NYSED.

All records created by a parent or by school staff members will be displayed on the Student Digital Resources home page.

UPDATED VALUES:

Q #	SURVEY QUESTION	OPTIONS	CORRESPONDING EXTRACT FIELD
1	Did the school district issue your child a dedicated school or district owned device for their use during the school year?	Yes No	SCHOOL PROVIDED DEVICE INDICATOR
2	What is the device your child uses most often to complete learning activities away from school? (This can be a school-provided device or another device, whichever the student is most often using to complete their schoolwork.)	DESKTOP LAPTOP TABLET CHROMEBOOK SMARTPHONE NO DEVICE	PRIMARY LEARNING DEVICE TYPE CODE
3	Who is the provider of the primary learning device identified in question 2? (This can be a school-provided device or another device, whichever the student is most often using to complete their schoolwork.)	SCHOOL PERSONAL NO DEVICE	PRIMARY LEARNING DEVICE PROVIDER CODE
4	Is the primary learning device (identified in question 2) shared with anyone else in the household	SHARED NOT SHARED NO DEVICE	PRIMARY LEARNING DEVICE ACCESS CODE
5	Is the primary learning device (identified in question 2) sufficient for your child to fully participate in all learning activities away from school?	YES NO	PRIMARY LEARNING DEVICE SUFFICIENCY INDICATOR
6	Is your child able to access the internet in their primary place of residence?	YES NO	INTERNET ACCESS IN RESIDENCE INDICATOR
7	What is the primary type of internet service used in your child’s primary place of residence?	RESIDENTIAL BROADBAND CELLULAR MOBILE HOTSPOT COMMUNITY WIFI SATELLITE DIALUP DSL OTHER NONE	INTERNET ACCESS TYPE CODE
8	In their primary residence, can your child complete the full range of learning activities, including video streaming and assignment upload, without interruptions caused by slow or poor internet performance?	YES NO	INTERNET PERFORMANCE CODE
9	What, if any, is the primary barrier to having sufficient and reliable internet access in your child’s primary place of residence?	AVAILABILITY COST OTHER NONE	INTERNET ACCESS BARRIER CODE
	SURVEY DATE	DATE PICKER (FOR NEW RECORDS, DEFAULTS TO THE CURRENT DATE)	SURVEY DATE

PSSR-279106

Student Digital Resources Extract - Updated logic to pull from new fields

The Student Digital Resources Extract (SFTP) is updated to pull all values directly from values stored in the database, including several newly added fields.

PSSR-278908

Student Digital Resources Survey - Updated Data Entry for Parents / Guardians

The data entry for creating a new Student Digital Resources record on the Parent portal has been updated to display the survey questions published by NYSED. In addition, fields that were previously tracking combined values have been broken out based on the related survey questions, and the option sets for each field has been updated to match the option sets published by NYSED.

This data, once stored, is also visible to school and district staff on the related student page.

Once one or more records have been created for a student, the Student Digital Resources home page will display a list of existing records for the selected. The related survey question for each column can be displayed by hovering over the desired field.

UPDATED VALUES:

Q #	SURVEY QUESTION	OPTIONS	CORRESPONDING COLUMN HEADER (HOME PAGE)
1	Did the school district issue your child a dedicated school or district owned device for their use during the school year?	Yes No	SCHOOL PROVIDED DEVICE INDICATOR
2	What is the device your child uses most often to complete learning activities away from school? (This can be a school-provided device or another device, whichever the student is most often using to complete their schoolwork.)	DESKTOP LAPTOP TABLET CHROMEBOOK SMARTPHONE NO DEVICE	PRIMARY LEARNING DEVICE TYPE CODE
3	Who is the provider of the primary learning device identified in question 2? (This can be a school-provided device or another device, whichever the student is most often using to complete their schoolwork.)	SCHOOL PERSONAL NO DEVICE	PRIMARY LEARNING DEVICE PROVIDER CODE
4	Is the primary learning device (identified in question 2) shared with anyone else in the household	SHARED NOT SHARED NO DEVICE	PRIMARY LEARNING DEVICE ACCESS CODE
5	Is the primary learning device (identified in question 2) sufficient for your child to fully participate in all learning activities away from school?	YES NO	PRIMARY LEARNING DEVICE SUFFICIENCY INDICATOR
6	Is your child able to access the internet in their primary place of residence?	YES NO	INTERNET ACCESS IN RESIDENCE INDICATOR
7	What is the primary type of internet service used in your child’s primary place of residence?	RESIDENTIAL BROADBAND CELLULAR MOBILEHOTSPOT COMMUNITYWIFI SATELLITE DIALUP DSL OTHER NONE	INTERNET ACCESS TYPE CODE
8	In their primary residence, can your child complete the full range of learning activities, including video streaming and assignment upload, without interruptions caused by slow or poor internet performance?	YES NO	INTERNET PERFORMANCE CODE
9	What, if any, is the primary barrier to having sufficient and reliable internet access in your child’s primary place of residence?	AVAILABILITY COST OTHER NONE	INTERNET ACCESS BARRIER CODE
	SURVEY DATE	DATE PICKER (FOR NEW RECORDS, DEFAULTS TO THE CURRENT DATE)	SURVEY DATE