12/3/18 DAC EMAIL - ALL LEVELS

Good morning.  A few things to note.  Please share with your administrative team and whoever in your building will give the ACCESS test for ELL students.

ACCESS FOR ELLS/ALTERNATE ACCESS FOR ELLS ROSTERS TO OPEN IN SDRR

ACCESS for ELLs/Alternate ACCESS for ELLs rosters will open in the Student Data Review and Rosters (SDRR) application on Wednesday, December 5, 2018 and will close on March 1, 2019. There is a PowerPoint training to assist on the ACCESS for ELLs page. There are short videos on the I Need Help Button in SDRR.

2018 FINAL ACCOUNTABILITY DATA IN OPEN HOUSE

The final 2018 data is available in the Open House Supplemental Data. Staff in the Office of Standards, Assessment and Accountability (OSAA) have completed the data review process that follows public reporting, applied necessary changes to student level data and regenerated the data files.

If you have questions, please e-mail Jennifer Stafford or contact the Division of Assessment and Accountability Support by phone at (502) 564-4394 or by e-mail at KDE DAC Information.

SCHOOL REPORT CARD—DATA NOW AVAILABLE FOR VERIFICATION AND VALIDATION

The School Report Card (SRC) secure site validation tool is now open; two additional domains (School Accountability and Transition) are ready for school and district review. In total, three domains are open; the Safety data was reviewed in August, but the precautionary measures entered by schools are now viewable within the secure School Report Card site.

The Kentucky Department of Education (KDE) and BrightBytes will cohost a webcast 3:30 p.m. ET, Tuesday, December 4, to provide an overview of the platform and process; a walkthrough of how to access, view and approve/flag data; and provide an overview of timelines.

Schools and districts can begin reviewing data; the review period ends on December 21. Active confirmation of validation is required this year. Each school and district must review data and approve each domain to indicate the data review process is complete. BrightBytes has provided a KY SRC Data Approval Support Guide to help schools and districts navigate the new School Report Card to complete approvals. In addition, two short videos are available that provide a high-level overview of the process for approving data.   

School Report Card Contacts (SRCC) and DACs will be notified as the other domains are opened for school and district review. They are expected later this week. 

As a reminder, the timeframe for completion of the collection items (Community, Safety Precautionary Measures, Technology and School Profile Programs) has been extended to December 7. BrightBytes has informed KDE that the School Profile Report (SPR) issue that was impacting printing of some school reports has been resolved. All schools should be able to complete the School Profile Report, get signatures and maintain a copy on file at the district board office. BrightBytes will include a link to the unsigned SPR in the SRC.   

The new School Report Card includes data to meet new Every Student Succeeds Act (ESSA) requirements. Reporting goes beyond what has been historically reported. The SRC Quality Assurance Worksheet summarizes all data included within the card by domain. It also includes quality assurance tools that can be used to help validate data and for which relevant schools – elementary (ES), middle (MS) and high (HS) – data is applicable. KDE points of contact are included to help with questions related to data within the card.   

Link to KDE Media Portal for Webcast - https://mediaportal.education.ky.gov/  

Questions can be submitted prior to or during the webcast for discussion at GoSoapBox, Access Code = KDE Data 

School Report Card Collection Item Contacts: 

Bright Bytes support contacts are: 

E-mail BrightBytes Support at support@brightbytes.net 

Call BrightBytes Support at (877) 433-4036  

For general School Report Card questions – Contact KDE by e-mail.