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Release Date: 1/5/23
ASCENDER Update: 7.0415 ASCENDER TeacherPortal Update: 7.0415
Grades > Assignment Grades
❏ Corrected the issue that caused ESNU grade types to not save for Core Courses (from Grade Reporting > Maintenance > Master Schedule > Campus Schedule > Course) set to this grading type.
Prior Release Notes for ASCENDER 7.0
Release Date: 12/15/22 ASCENDER Update: 7.0410
Release Date: 12/15/22
ASCENDER Update: 7.0410 ASCENDER TeacherPortal Update: 7.0410
Grades > Assignment Grades
❏ Corrected the issue in the program so the user will not receive an error message when multiple spaces exist between words in a course title when teachers posted grades.
Release Date: 12/14/22 ASCENDER Update: 7.0400
ASCENDER Homepage
❏ Added the ASCENDER News dashboard element to display important announcements or upcoming events. Each dashboard element tile has the drag-and-drop feature enabled along with column x row layout options to allow the logged-on user to customize the layout of their dashboard elements. The user's selected layout preferences are automatically saved upon logging out of the software.
Attendance > Reports > Attendance Reports > Audit > SAT0600 - Student Detail Report
❏ Corrected the issue that prevented signature pages from displaying for all campus levels when running this report.
Grade Reporting > Maintenance > Master Schedule > Campus Schedule > Instructors
❏ Updated the page to make the Texas Unique ID field a non-required field.
Grade Reporting > Maintenance > Master Schedule > District Schedule > Available Courses
Grade Reporting > Maintenance > Master Schedule > Campus Schedule > Course
❏ Modified the pages to update references of txGradebook to TeacherPortal.
Grade Reporting > Maintenance > Student > Individual Maintenance > Crs Assign
❏ Modified the program so that No Show students who are withdrawn on the same date as their entry date will be automatically withdrawn from courses when they are withdrawn on W/R Enroll.
Grade Reporting > Maintenance > TeacherPortal Options > Campus
❏ Changed LEP to EB in the Display Program Information group box.
Grade Reporting > Utilities > ParentPortal Report Cards > Create Report Cards
❏ Updated the utility when printing secondary report cards from ParentPortal Report Cards so the label Counselor is now Counselor/Homeroom Teacher.
Elementary report cards will keep the Counselor label.
Health > Maintenance > Student Health > Screening
❏ Corrected the issue that prevented the Help (?) icon from displaying on the following screens:
Scheduling > Maintenance > Master Schedule > Campus > Instructors
❏ Corrected an issue that caused users to receive an error message when updates were made to the Texas Unique ID field and Registration > Maintenance > District Profile > District Maintenance > Control Info - Student Application Staff ID is set to SSN.
Registration > Maintenance > Campus Profile > Campus Information Maintenance > Demographic Info
❏ Corrected the issue that prevented users from adding a new campus.
Registration > Maintenance > Student Enrollment > Demo1
❏ Corrected the issue that caused the mailing address on Demo1 to change when the user navigates to W/R Enroll, makes a change and then saves.
❏ Corrected the UI color for the Save button.
❏ Disabled the calendars for Economic Disadvantage, Foster Care, and Military Connected group boxes when users have Read-only access.
❏ Corrected the issue in the Foster Care Descriptor field that would not allow users to enter and save a 1 (Student is currently in the conservatorship of DFPS) for PK students.
Registration > Maintenance > Student Enrollment > Demo3
❏ Modified the program so the Truancy Indicators fields will clear when a student is re-enrolled through the Historical Re-enrollment process. Truancy Indicators (including campus and date) from the prior year will not transfer to the current year.
❏ Corrected the issue that prevented users from correctly updating the Early Reading Indicator descriptor code when a student has a grade level change from PK to KG.
Registration > Maintenance > Student Enrollment > Local Programs
❏ Added Code 1, Code 2, Code 3, Code 4 fields to the Local Programs for TEA section of the screen.
Registration > Maintenance > Student Enrollment > PK Enroll
❏ Corrected the issue that caused an error message that prevented users from updating the date when exiting a student and then re-enrolling the student.
Registration > Utilities > Reset Values
❏ Corrected the Cohort auto populate function on Registration > Maintenance > Student Enrollment > Demo2 and Registration > Utilities > Reset Values.
Registration > Utilities > TREx Export
❏ Updated the exported file with the following 2022-2023 TREx Data Standards:
❏ Added Industry Certification result code and Prior Year attendance tags in the GreenLight export.
Registration > Utilities > Set Student At Risk Indicators
❏ Modified the utility to use STAAR 3-8 Reading scores, passing at 110% and taken in school year 2022 or later, to unflag students for Criteria 3 who failed STAAR 3-8 Writing.
STAAR 3-8 Writing is no longer administered starting school year 2022.
Registration > Reports > Registration Reports > SRG1700- Leaver Tracking Report
❏ Modified the SRG1700- Leaver Tracking Report so it will display PEIMS Code 08 for Withdrawal Code 08 and PEIMS Code 20 for Withdrawal Code 20.
Scheduling > Maintenance > Master Schedule > Campus > Instructors
❏ Updated the program to ensure the Section field only accepts numeric 2-digit values.
Test Scores > Maintenance > Individual Maintenance > AP
❏ Added the following new codes for school year 2022 and 2023:
Award Type
Code: 13 Description: AP Capstone Diploma
Code: 14 Description: AP Seminar and Research Certificate
Irregularity Code
Code: 10 Description: Score Delayed - will be reported as soon as possible
Release Date: 12/14/22
ASCENDER Update: 7.0400 ASCENDER ParentPortal Update: 7.0400
ParentPortal > Navigation > Summary
❏ Modified the program so the Skills Based Report Card button will display for students in EE and PK.
ParentPortal > Charter School Application Form > Apply
❏ Modified the Charter School Waitlist Application form to exclude campuses that have not been set to participate in the Charter School Waitlist option.
The application form will only display campuses that are coded as Participating Charter Admission Waitlist.
ParentPortal Homescreen > Apply
❏ Modified the Charter School Application Form to default to the correct school year.
Release Date: 12/14/22
ASCENDER Update: 7.0400 ASCENDER TeacherPortal Update: 7.0400
❏ Modified the program to enable batch processing and importing of assignment grades from a file.
❏ Updated the program to correctly point to the following Help pages for Skills Based campuses:
Attendance > Post/View Attendance
❏ Corrected an issue when the Combine Courses in Attendance checkbox is checked on Settings > Update Profile that caused attendance to be unposted after teacher has already successfully posted.
Reports > Student Group Reports > Attendance Summary
❏ Corrected the issue that caused the Attendance Summary Report to show an incorrect period for absences if the number of periods for the campus is greater than 10.
Admin > Reports > User Log Report
❏ Corrected the issue that prevented the report from generating when the user chooses any options under User Log Report Selection.
Grades > Elementary Report Cards > Print Elementary Report Cards
❏ Corrected the issue that prevented the district logo from printing on Skills-based report cards when the report card is printed by the teacher, or when an admin prints the report card impersonating a teacher.
Grades > Assignment Grades
❏ Modified the program to add an Error column to the Step 3 - Review Data section on the Assignments Grades Import screen when there are problems with the data.
❏ Corrected an issue with the .csv import that was causing information to not map correctly.
❏ Corrected the issue that caused assignment grades for one course section to be replaced by grades from a different course section if the instructor has not clicked Retrieve before saving.
❏ Added an error message to remind instructors to click Retrieve before making changes.
❏ Updated the program to add validations for numeric and pass/fail grade-types to prevent entering invalid grades of E,S,N,U or A,B,C,D,F. The only valid values for numeric and pass/fail grade-types should be numbers, M, I, and X.
Grades > Cycle Grades
❏ Corrected the issue that prevented exam grades from being accepted when Rpt Card Grd Typ is set to A,B,C,D,F, E,S,N,U, or Pass/Fail in the Options group box on Grade Reporting > Maintenance > Master Schedule > Campus Schedule > Course.
❏ Corrected the issue that caused averages entered on Grades > Assignment Grades for a future cycle to update incorrectly on Cycle Grades.
Reports > Attendance Verification
❏ Corrected the issue that caused a student to not appear on the report when they withdraw from a course in one cycle and re-enroll in that same course in the next cycle.
When the Include Withdrawn Students check-box is selected, students withdrawn during a specific period should still show on the Attendance Verification Report.
Reports > Student Group Reports > Attendance Summary
❏ Corrected the issue that caused the Attendance Summary Report to show an incorrect period for absences if the number of periods for the campus is greater than 10.
Settings > Manage Seating Charts
❏ Corrected the issue that prevented seating chart designations entered on a blank seating chart from saving when the user selects PIN and Save Seating Chart.
❏ Added validation to the page to prevent users from saving successfully when the Rows and Columns fields are left blank.
❏ Corrected the issue that caused an Invalid PIN error message to appear when Columns is left blank for an existing seating chart.
Release Date: 10/21/22 ASCENDER Update: 7.0205
Graduation Plan > Maintenance > Student > Individual Maintenance > PGP
❏ Corrected the issue that was causing data saved in the Industry Based Certification group box to clear when making changes to the page.
Release Date: 10/18/22 ASCENDER Update: 7.0200
Discipline > Maintenance > Student > Maintenance > Restraint Information
❏ Corrected the issue that caused a program error when selecting Seclusion as the Restraint Type.
Grade Reporting > Maintenance > Tables > TSDS Crosswalks
❏ Modified the 044 PE Responsibilities - Campus/Crs/Sec Crosswalk to extract valid Service IDs for 2023.
Registration > Maintenance > Student Enrollment
❏ Corrected the issue that caused the date entered in the Financial Aid Application Met Date field on Graduation Plan > Maintenance > Student > Individual Maintenance > Student > PGP to be transposed on Graduation.
Registration > Maintenance > Student Enrollment > Graduation
❏ Modified the program to allow editing on the page for one prior year.
Registration > Utilities > Set Student At Risk Indicator
❏ Updated the utility with new values for the 2022-2023 school year for At Risk assessments. The new values will determine if a student passed a an assessment by at least 110% in order to not be classified as at risk for previously failing the this subject.
Registration > Reports > Registration Reports > Student
❏ Removed the SRG6000 - Pandemic Electronic Benefit Transfer (P-EBT) Report.
❏ Updated SRG6010 - Pandemic Electronic Benefit Transfer (P-EBT) report and file export per TEA requirements.
❏ Updated the parameters for SRG6010 - Pandemic Electronic Benefit Transfer (P-EBT) with the following:
Release Date: 9/30/22 ASCENDER Update: 7.0100
ASCENDER > Homepage
❏ Added a 60-minute session timer to the homepage (Main Menu). This timer redirects the user to the ASCENDER Login page and requires them to log on again if they attempt to launch an application after being inactive on the homepage for more than 60 minutes.
Note: This timer is separate from the individual application session timers that are set up in District Administration.
Attendance > Maintenance > Student > Student Inquiry > Attendance Audit
❏ Modified SAT1200 with the following changes:
Attendance > Reports > Attendance Reports > All > SAT0500 - Campus Attendance Summary
❏ Modified the report to allow historical data to be retrieved.
Attendance > Reports > Attendance Reports > All > SAT1200 - Excessive Absence Report
❏ Modified the report to allow historical data to be retrieved.
Attendance > Reports > Attendance Reports > All > SAT1800 - Attendance Audit Report
❏ Modified the report to allow historical data to be retrieved.
Grade Reporting
❏ Modified the application to correct a flashing issue users experienced when navigating from tab to tab when the user elects to have the left navigation menu collapsed.
Grade Reporting > Maintenance > Master Schedule > Campus Schedule > Instructor
❏ Modified the program to add the following:
Grade Reporting > Maintenance > Tables > TSDS Crosswalks
❏ Added this screen to create the TSDS Crosswalks page.
Grade Reporting > Maintenance > Student > Individual Maintenance
❏ Corrected an issue that was preventing clients from being able to post Cycle 2 Standards-Based grades from TeacherPortal, to the Grd Update tab using the Grade Posting From ASCENDER TeacherPortal utility.
Grade Reporting > Utilities > Online STAAR/TAKS EOC Extract
❏ Modified the utility to remove the Algebra 2 and English 3 options from the Course(s) To Extract: box when all subjects are selected.
Grade Reporting > Utilities > STAAR/TAKS Precoding Extract
❏ Updated the program with the new file layout from Cambium.
❏ Enabled the buttons for the following:
❏ Enabled the buttons for the following:
Graduation Plan > Maintenance > Student > Individual Maintenance
❏ Modified the PGP tab to add an Industry Based Certification group box with the following fields:
Graduation Plan > Reports > SGP1000 - Student Personal Graduation Plan
❏ Modified the parameter description Current Grade Level (Blank for All) to be Current Grade Level (Select Grade Level or Student ID).
❏ Corrected an issue in program logic when a student is enrolled in a course in the current year that does not exist in the prior year. The report will use the correct school year for course lookup.
Health > Maintenance > Student Health > Emergency
❏ Modified the Contact Information pop-up window to allow up to 60 characters in the Street Name field.
Health > Maintenance > Student Health > Contacts
❏ Modified the page to allow up to 60 characters in the Address field(s).
Registration > Maintenance > District Profile > District Maintenance > Demographic Info
❏ Modified the program to make the District Name and ESC County District Number field titles bold.
❏ Modified the page to allow up to 60 characters in the Street Name field.
Registration > Maintenance > District Profile > District Maintenance > State Reporting
❏ Modified the page to add a State Reporting tab.
Registration > Maintenance > District Profile
❏ Modified the program to disable Annual Student Data Rollover until updated functionality has been deployed to production for the current year process.
Registration > Maintenance > District Profile > Attendance Zones > CY Attendance Zones
Registration > Maintenance > District Profile > Attendance Zones > NY Attendance Zones
❏ Modified the screen to change the Transportation Eligibility dropdown value of from J to I in order to match to the import utility.
❏ Modified the page to allow up to 60 characters in the Street Name field.
Registration > Maintenance > District Profile > Local Programs
❏ Modified the page to add the Local Program to TEA PEIMS Codes field for student related programs.
❏ Added a Local Program to TEA PEIMS Codes column to the report.
Registration > Maintenance > Campus Profile > Campus Information Maintenance > Demographic Info
❏ Modified the program with the following:
❏ Modified the page to allow up to 60 characters in the Street Name field.
Registration > Maintenance > Campus Profile > Campus Information Maintenance > Control Info
❏ Modified the program with the following:
Registration > Maintenance > Campus Profile > Campus Programs
❏ Modified the Expanded Learning (ELO) tab with the following:
Registration > Maintenance > Student Enrollment > Demo1
❏ Modified the program with the following:
❏ Updated the page layout.
❏ Modified the page to create the following group boxes:
❏ Modified the page to allow up to 60 characters in the Mailing and Physical address fields.
Registration > Maintenance > Student Enrollment > Demo3
❏ Modified the program to reconfigure the Dyslexia Services group box.
❏ Modified the program to remove the following fields from the Status Indicators group box:
❏ Modified the program to create the following individual group boxes:
❏ Modified the Truancy Indicators group box to match other group boxes on the page.
❏ Moved the following group boxes from the Demo3 tab to the Graduation tab:
❏ Modified the program to add a Graduation (read-only) check box to Security Administration > Manage Roles > Manage Permissions.
Registration > Maintenance > Student Enrollment > At Risk
❏ Modified the page to add the Begin Date field to indicate the date on which the district determined that the student is at risk.
Registration > Maintenance > Student Enrollment > Contact
❏ Modified the page to allow up to 60 characters in the Street Name field.
Registration > Maintenance > Student Enrollment > Bil/ESL
❏ Modified the page to remove Home Language and Student Language fields.
❏ Modified the page to create the following group boxes:
Registration > Maintenance > Student Enrollment > Local Programs
❏ Modified the page to add the Local Program for TEA group box for student related programs.
❏ Modified the page to label the Other Local Programs group box.
Registration > Maintenance > Student Enrollment > PK Enroll
❏ Added PK Program title to the PK Program group box.
❏ Modified the PK Program group box with the following:
❏ Added a PK Funding Source group box with the following:
Registration > Maintenance > Prior Year Leaver Tracking
Modified the program with the following:
❏ Disabled the Save button and the ability to add/delete documents for users with Read-Only access.
❏ Bolded the following fields to identify that these data elements are used in State Reporting:
- First Name
- Middle Name
- Last Name
- Generation
- SSN
- Texas Unique Student ID
- Sex
- DOB
- Attribution Cd
- Hispanic/Latino
- Grade Level
- Military Enlistment
- Asylee/Ref
- Eco Disadvan
- Migrant
- Withdrawal Code
- Graduation Type
- Graduation Date
- IGC
❏ Added the following labels, drop-down menus and/or checkboxes:
- Associate Degree
- Adult Prev Attend
- Last Friday of October Status
- Homeless Status
- Unaccompanied Youth
- Parental Permission
- Achievement Category
Registration > Maintenance > Online Registration > New Student Enrollment > Register Student
❏ Modified the page to allow up to 60 characters in the Street Name field.
Registration > Maintenance > Core Collections > Child Find: SPPI-11
Registration > Maintenance > Core Collections > Child Find: SPPI-12
❏ Modified the program to allow special characters to be used for First, Middle and Last name.
Registration > Maintenance > Core Collections > State Performance Plan 14 > Demographics
❏ Modified the page to allow up to 60 characters in the Street Name field.
Registration > Maintenance > Core Collections > State Performance Plan 14 > Contact
❏ Modified the details Add Contact window to allow up to 60 characters in the Street Name field.
Registration > Maintenance > Core Collections > Charter School Waitlist
❏ Corrected an issue with the Texas Unique Stu ID field so that it will auto-complete.
Registration > Maintenance > Core Collections > Charter School Waitlist > Demographics
❏ Modified the page to allow up to 60 characters in the Street Name field.
Registration > Maintenance > Core Collections > Spec Ed Lang Acq
❏ Corrected an issue that was preventing some students from appearing in the Directory when their record has a status change on Registration > Maintenance > Student Enrollment > Spec Ed.
Registration > Utilities > Reset Values
❏ Disabled the following Item to Reset drop-down menu options:
Registration > Utilities > Cafeteria Import
❏ Modified the utility to add a Begin Date field that will be used to update the Economically Disadvantaged Begin and End dates on Demo1.
Registration > Utilities > Set Student At Risk Indicators
❏ Added a Begin Date column to the Set Student At Risk Indicator and Criteria report that will update the At Risk Begin Date if it is blank.
Registration > Utilities > Attendance Zones Address Change
❏ Modified the page to allow up to 60 characters in the Street Name field.
Registration > Utilities > Import Campuses Attendance Zones
❏ Modified the page to allow up to 60 characters to be imported into the Street Name field.
Registration > Reports > Registration Reports > All > SRG5010 - Child Find SPPI-11 Student Roster Report
Registration > Reports > Registration Reports > All > SRG5020 - Child Find SPPI-12 Student Roster Report
❏ Modified the report to add a new data element to the report.
ELIGIBILITY-DELAY-REASON (E1731) (Code Table DC164) refers to the reason why the eligibility determination was completed beyond the required timeframe.
- For SPPI-11, the required timeframe is 30-calendar days from the date of the completed full individual and initial evaluation (FIIE).
- For SPPI-12, the required timeframe is by the third birthday for a child receiving early childhood intervention (ECI) services.
❏ Corrected an issue to prevent duplicates from appearing when students have been scheduled to another campus.
Scheduling > Maintenance > Master Schedule > District > District Control
❏ Modified the page to allow up to 60 characters in the Address field.
Scheduling > Maintenance > Master Schedule > Campus > Campus Control
❏ Modified the page to allow up to 60 characters in the Address field.
Scheduling > Maintenance > Master Schedule > Campus > Instructors
❏ Added a Texas Unique ID field that will be available to Student-only clients using the social security number.
❏ Added an ESC/SSA option with drop-down menu that will be available to Student-only clients using the social security number.
Security Administration > Manage Roles
❏ Modified the program to create a State Reporting (read-only) security setting option for Registration > Maintenance > District Profile > District Maintenance.
Special Education > Maintenance > Student Sp Ed Data > Current Year > Program Information
❏ Modified the program to create an IEP Continuer group box with the following fields:
Special Education > Maintenance > Student Sp Ed Data > Current Year > Child Restraint
❏ Modified the Child Restraint pop-up box to save the Instructional Setting code and the non-membership code as of the Restraint Date.
Special Education > Maintenance > Student Sp Ed Data > Next Year > Program Information
❏ Modified the program to create an IEP Continuer group box with the following fields:
Test Scores > Maintenance > Individual Maintenance
❏ Modified the program to add the TEA Unique Access Code field to the page when the test selected is EOC, STAAR 3-8, or TELPAS.
Test Scores > Reports > Test Scores > STS2100-Student TEA Unique Access Code
❏ Added the STS2100-Student TEA Unique Access Code report to print a list of students who have or who do not have TEA Unique Access Codes.
Test Scores > Reports > Create Test Scores
❏ Modified the program to add a Unique Access Code check box to the following sections:
• EOC
• STAAR 3-8
• TELPAS
Release Date: 9/30/22
ASCENDER Update: 7.0100 ASCENDER ParentPortal Update: 7.0100
ParentPortal > Summary
❏ Modified the program to add a Texas Assessment button to ParentPortal so students and parents are able to access the TEA's Texas Assessments Results Student Portal using a single sign-on when the student's TEA Unique Access Code is entered in Test Scores.
ParentPortal > New Student Enrollment > Step 3, Address & Contact
❏ Modified the program to allow up to 60 characters in the Street Name (Physical) and Street Name (Mailing) fields.
Release Date: 9/30/22
ASCENDER Update: 7.0100 ASCENDER StudentPortal Update: 7.0100
StudentPortal > Grades
❏ Modified the program to add a Texas Assessment button to StudentPortal so students and parents are able to access the TEA's Texas Assessments Results Student Portal using a single sign-on when the student's TEA Unique Access Code is entered in Test Scores.
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