Enhancements and STARS Reports news
State assessment names
This fall, the SD-STARS team worked to update some reports to reflect the new state assessment names. Before, there were references to Smarter Balanced, MSAA, and ACCESS. Now those references are replaced by a reference to a subject (ex: Mathematics/Math Alt) or a reference to the state test name, like SD English Language Proficiency (SD-ELP). Due to these changes, users may notice that report prompts or column labels changed.
Reports with these changes include
AC.025.00-A – English Learner Targets – Projected
AS.001.01-A – Achievement Cut Score
AS.003.02-A – Assessment Detail Results
AS.005.01-A – Student Longitudinal Achievement
AS.008.00-A – EL Proficiency Test Takers (formally ACCESS Test Takers)
SP.004.00-A – SPED Accountability Student List
SP.005.00-X – SPED Participation Rate
SP.006.00-X – SPED Proficiency Rate
SP.007.00-X – SPED Performance Plan
SO.002.00-A – Proactive Admission and Remedial Coursework
Work on the following reports will be released later this winter.
- AS.006.01-A – Student Achievement Report
- AS.007.01-A – Assessment Feedback Report
- EN.003.01-A – Student Profile
- EN.008.02-A – McKinney-Vento Student Count
ACCESS Test Takers report renamed EL Proficiency Test Takers
South Dakota has renamed the ACCESS and ACCESS Alt tests to the South Dakota English Language Proficiency and South Dakota English Language Proficiency Alternate assessments. Because of the new assessment names, we changed the name of the STARS report from AS.008.00-A – ACCESS Test Takers report to AS.008.00-A – EL Proficiency Test Takers. It is the same report, just a new name.
General enhancements
While updating the reports for state assessment names, we also enhanced the reports to have a common look and feel for users. These general enhancements include things like coloring every other line in a light gray color or removing cell borders. Many reports have already undergone these changes, and all reports will eventually be updated, but you can now see these enhancements in:
- AS.001.01-A – Achievement Cut Score
- AS.003.02-A – Assessment Detail Results
- AS.005.01-A – Student Longitudinal Achievement
- AS.008.00-A – EL Proficiency Test Takers
- SP.004.00-A – SPED Accountability Student List
- SP.005.00-X – SPED Participation Rate
- SP.006.00-X – SPED Proficiency Rate
Student FAY List - Projected delayed
The Student FAY List – Projected report is currently not available to users. Each year, this report is turned off after the end of the school year and is typically turned back on in October. However, this year, we are experiencing a delay in being able to release this report. The report should be available to users in January, after the Accountability report card is finalized with science, finance, and ELP data.
The report is turned on and off because it looks at currently enrolled students and whether they are meeting full academic year (FAY). The report will not work until the current FAY period has begun, which is Oct. 1 of each year. The report is found under the Reports tab in the Accountability Reports section.