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Release Date: 6/19/24 ASCENDER Update: 8.1010
Registration > Maintenance > Student Enrollment
Registration > Maintenance > Online Registration > New Student Enrollment
❏ Modified name, address, and email fields in order to prevent issues with TSDS reporting.
Prior Release Notes for ASCENDER 8.0
Release Date: 6/10/24 ASCENDER Update: 8.1005
Registration > Maintenance > Student Enrollment > Demo1
❏ Updated the program to clear the As of Status Last Friday October and As of Status Last Day Enrollment codes during the ASDR process.
Registration > Maintenance > Student Enrollment > Graduation
❏ Corrected the issue that caused some fields to be deleted when users saved on the page.
Release Date: 6/5/24 ASCENDER Update: 8.1000
Attendance > Reports > Attendance Reports > Audit
❏ Modified the SAT5000 - Flexible Attendance District Summary report as follows:
❏ Corrected the issue that caused the SAT3001 - ADSY Campus/District Summary Report to incorrectly calculate several values. The calculations have been corrected per TEA's Report Help documentation.
❏ Corrected the issue that caused the SAT0600 - Student Detail Report to incorrectly calculate CTE hours.
❏ Corrected the issue on the SAT0900 - Campus/District Summary Report that caused values for rows Q and W to not match when compared to values on the Tier 3 detail page.
❏ Corrected the issue on the SAT0900C - Campus/District Summary Report (COVID) that caused values for rows Q and W to not match when compared to values on the Tier 3 detail page.
❏ Corrected the issue on the SAT0920 - Campus/District Multi-Track Summary Report that caused values for rows Q and W to not match when compared to values on the Tier 3 detail page.
❏ Corrected the issue that caused the Q3 value on SAT0950 - District Attendance and Contact Hours to not match the same value on the Tier 3 detail page on the following reports:
❏ Corrected the issue on the SAT2100 - Six Weeks FTE Report that caused the Tier 3 detail page to not match the SAT0900 - Campus/District Summary Report Tier 3 detail page.
Registration > Maintenance > Non-Enrolled Student > Demo
❏ Modified the source table so Demo data will report in Student Identification and Demographics Domain.Student.
❏ Created a new trigger (SR_NON_ENROLLED_DEMO_DTS_UPDATE) for source table SR_NON_ENROLLED_DEMO.
Registration > Maintenance > Non-Enrolled Student > UIL Activity
❏ Modified the source table so UIL Activity data will report in Student Identification and Demographics Domain.Student.
❏ Create a new trigger (SR_NON_ENROLLED_UIL_ACTIVITY_DTS_UPDATE) for source table SR_NON_ENROLLED_UIL_ACTIVITY.
Release Date: 5/22/24 ASCENDER Update: 8.0900
Known Issues: https://help.ascendertx.com/releasenotes/doku.php/student/update_8_0900_known_issues
Registration > Maintenance > Online Registration > Pending Updates
❏ Corrected an issue that caused documents to not populate for returning student registration when documents are not required and also when the user uploads a document but does not save.
Release Date: 5/22/25
ASCENDER Update: 8.0900 ASCENDER ParentPortal Update: 8.0900
ParentPortal > Admin Site Setting > Site Statistics
❏ Corrected the issue that caused clients to receive invalid data in the Submitted Students data file when it was downloaded.
Release Date: 4/16/24 ASCENDER Update: 8.0800
Attendance > Reports > Attendance Reports > Audit
❏ Corrected the issue that was causing totals on the SAT0900-Campus/District Summary Report and the SAT0920-Campus/District Multi-Track Summary Report to not match when they should.
❏ Corrected the issue that was preventing the SAT3001-ADSY Campus/District Summary Report from generating data if ADP is not entered on State Reporting > Options > Local Program for Additional Days School Year.
Attendance > Reports > Attendance Reports > Rosters
❏ Corrected the issue that was causing the SAT1370-Class Attendance Verification report to pull incorrect course information for campuses with 4 semesters.
Attendance > Reports > Attendance Reports > All
❏ Modified H2 (Early Ed Lang Elig Days) and H3 (Early Ed Eco Dis & Lang Elig Days) logic on the following reports to consider Total Eligible Days instead of Bil/ESL days.
Discipline > Maintenance > Student > Maintenance
❏ Modified the Reporting Period field to allow users to manually enter Indicator Codes 7, 8, or 9.
Discipline > Reports > Discipline Reports > SDS1300 - Discipline Audit Report (PEIMS Edits)
❏ Modified the report with the following to update and/or delete rules as needed:
Grade Reporting > Maintenance > Student > Individual Maint > Crs Assign
❏ Modified the program to allow the user to add an ADSY course section to the student's schedule in the prior year if ADSY is selected on Grade Reporting > Maintenance > Master Schedule > Campus Schedule > Section and if the student has the Local Program with TEA PEIMS Code 20, assigned to them.
❏ Modified District Administration > Utilities > Annual Student Data Rollover to truncate the table SR_GRDRPT_SCHED_AUDIT correctly before reloading it with new courses for new school year.
Grade Reporting > Reports > Grade Reporting Reports > Grades
❏ Modified the SGR2047 - AAR Multi-Year report, Associate Degree field, to show the degree type earned instead of Yes/No.
Grade Reporting > Reports > Grade Reporting Reports > Grades
Graduation Plan > Reports
❏ Added a column for Result under the Industry Credentials or Certification section on SGR2047 - AAR Multi-Year and SGP1000 - Student Personal Graduation Plan reports.
Health > Reports > Health Reports > Student
❏ Corrected the issue that was causing the SHS0835 - Communicable Diseases Report to not function properly when printing the main detail report and the summary report.
Registration > Maintenance > Student Enrollment
❏ Corrected an issue on the W/R Enroll tab and the Contact tab that caused some students to have duplicate rows.
Registration > Maintenance > Student Enrollment > Demo1
❏ Updated the code table used to populate the drop-down menu options for the As of Status Last Day Enrollment field to use the values from ET_C323_AS_OF_STAT_LST_DAY_ENROLL.
❏ Modified the page to not require a record for the following for school year 2025 and beyond:
Registration > Maintenance > Student Enrollment > Demo3
❏ Modified the page to not require a record for the following for school year 2025 and beyond:
Registration > Maintenance > Student Enrollment > W/R Enroll
❏ Modified the page to not require a record for Attribution Code for school year 2025 and beyond.
Registration > Maintenance > Student Enrollment > Special Ed
❏ Modified the page to display the correct error message for Prim Dis when the value is blank or 00 depending on whether or not 00 is valid for that school year.
Registration > Utilities > TREx Export
❏ Updated the utility to add new data elements and guidance for PERFORMANCE-ACKNOWLEDGMENT-COLLEGE-READINESS-ASSESSMENTS Data Element-TE113 (Code Table TC38) which indicates the student has earned a performance acknowledgment for outstanding performance on the PSAT®, the ACTPLAN®, the SAT®, or the ACT®.
Registration > Utilities > TREx Export
❏ Added data element and guidance for PERFORMANCE-ACKNOWLEDGMENT-APIB-EXAM in the GreenLight export.
Registration > Reports > Create Registration Report
❏ Updated the report with the following changes:
Test Scores > Utilities > Import Test Scores
❏ Modified the STAAR 3-8/STAAR 3-8 ALTERNATE Test data file import process with the following TEA changes required for school year 2024:
Release Date: 3/1/24 ASCENDER Update: 8.0800
Test Scores > Maintenance > Individual Maintenance > EOC
❏ Modified the program at the Progress Measure field for school years 2023 and 2024 per Cambium student data standards.
Test Scores > Utilities > Import Test Scores
❏ Updated the program to align with new Cambium student data standards so that SSN/PEIMS IDs will no longer be included in SDR requests and state assessment results files.
❏ Added fields for school year 2024 for TELPAS and TELPAS Alternate Test imports.
Release Date: 3/1/24
ASCENDER Update: 8.0700 ASCENDER StudentPortal Update: 8.0700
StudentPortal
❏ Corrected the issue that caused students with a Record Status of 3 on Registration > Maintenance > Student Enrollment > Demo1 to unsuccessfully login to StudentPortal for their current campus if the next year campus has Grad Plan closed in Scheduling.
Grades > Assignments
❏ Corrected the issue that prevented students from viewing their assignments.
Release Date: 2/7/24 ASCENDER Update: 8.0600
ASCENDER Homepage & Quick View Dashboard
❏ Modified the program to save and display data based on the user's Profile Name instead of User ID.
Attendance > Maintenance > Addtnl Days Program > ADSY Attendance
❏ Corrected the program so ADSY Attendance will use the Local Program Code on Registration > Maintenance > District Profile > Local Program Codes instead of State Reporting > Options.
Discipline > Maintenance > Student > Maintenance
❏ Modified the program to save DISCIPLINARY-ACTION-CODE 27 or 28 with Offense Code 0062, 0063, or 0064 and to require the location of 01, 02, or 03 for Offense Code 0062, 0063, or 0064.
Grade Reporting > Reports > Grade Reporting Reports > Report Cards
Grade Reporting > Utilities > ParentPortal Report Cards
❏ Modified the following reports to show a Direction column for the student mailing address direction (N,S,E,W) when S is selected for the Address parameter:
❏ Modified Grade Reporting > Utilities > ParentPortal Report Cards to show a Direction column for the student mailing address direction (N,S,E,W) when S is selected for the Address parameter on ParentPortal Report Card Options.
Registration > Maintenance > District Profile > Local Program Codes
❏ Corrected the issue that caused the Local Program to TEA PEIMS Codes dropdown menu to malfunction.
Registration > Maintenance > Campus Profile > Campus Information Maintenance > Control Info
❏ Modified the program to allow a user to select the Additional Days Program checkbox in the prior year, after they have run ASDR.
Registration > Utilities > Title 1 Code Conversion
❏ Corrected an error in the utility that was preventing the Title I Code indicator from being set.
Registration > Reports > Registration Reports > Student Report Group > SRG5010 Child Find SPPI-11 Student Roster Report
❏ Modified the report for 2024 school year and beyond:
Registration > Reports > Registration Reports > Student Report Group > SRG5020 Child Find SPPI-12 Student Roster Report
❏ Modified the report for 2024 school year and beyond:
Scheduling > Maintenance > Master Schedule Generator > Generate Campus Schedule > Create Mstr Sched
❏ Modified the program to add code that will copy Child Care Partnership records from Master Schedule Generator back to Scheduling > Maintenance > Master Schedule > Campus > Sections when the Accept Schedule button is selected on Scheduling > Maintenance > Master Schedule Generator > Generate Campus Schedule > Create Mstr Sched.
Test Scores > Utilities > Import Test Scores
❏ Updated the program to align with new Cambium student data standards so that SSN/PEIMS IDs will no longer be included in SDR requests and state assessment results files.
❏ Added fields for school year 2024 for STAAR EOC regular and EOC Historical Cumulative imports.
❏ Corrected the issue that caused some test scores to not load from the new import PSAT file when Test Scores > Utilities > Import Test Scores > PSAT Test was selected.
Release Date: 1/11/24 ASCENDER Update: 8.0500
OCR > Maintenance > School Part 2
❏ Updated the program with required OCR File Layout changes.
OCR > Utilities > Create OCR File
❏ Updated the program to re-enable the Create OCR File menu option.
Release Date: 12/15/23 ASCENDER Update: 8.0400
OCR > Maintenance > School Part 1 > DIND
❏ Updated DIND: COVID-related Directional Indicators for the 2021-2022 OCR Civil Rights Data Collection.
For a list of extract information, click OCR Extract Information - Part 1: Fall Snapshot Data.
OCR > Maintenance > School Part 1 > SCHR
❏ Updated SCHR: School Characteristics for the 2021-2022 OCR Civil Rights Data Collection.
For a list of extract information, click OCR Extract Information - Part 1: Fall Snapshot Data.
OCR > Maintenance > School Part 1 > PSCH
❏ Updated PSCH: Preschool Enrollment for the 2021-2022 OCR Civil Rights Data Collection.
For a list of extract information, click OCR Extract Information - Part 1: Fall Snapshot Data.
OCR > Maintenance > School Part 1 > ENRL
❏ Updated ENRL: Enrollment for the 2021-2022 OCR Civil Rights Data Collection.
For a list of extract information, click OCR Extract Information - Part 1: Fall Snapshot Data.
OCR > Maintenance > School Part 1 > PENR
❏ Updated PENR: Gifted & Talented, Dual Enrollment, and Credit Recovery Programs for the 2021-2022 OCR Civil Rights Data Collection.
For a list of extract information, click OCR Extract Information - Part 1: Fall Snapshot Data.
OCR > Maintenance > School Part 1 > COUR
❏ Updated COUR: Courses & Classes for the 2021-2022 OCR Civil Rights Data Collection.
For a list of extract information, click OCR Extract Information - Part 1: Fall Snapshot Data.
OCR > Maintenance > School Part 1 > APIB
❏ Updated APIB: International Baccalaureate Diploma Programme for the 2021-2022 OCR Civil Rights Data Collection.
For a list of extract information, click OCR Extract Information - Part 1: Fall Snapshot Data.
OCR > Maintenance > School Part 2 > EXAM
❏ Updated EXAM: SAT/ACT & Advance Placement (AP) Exams for the 2021-2022 OCR Civil Rights Data Collection.
For a list of extract information, click OCR Extract Information - Part 2: Exam, Staff, and Retention.
OCR > Maintenance > School Part 2 > STAF
❏ Updated STAF: School & School Support Staff for the 2021-2022 OCR Civil Rights Data Collection.
For a list of extract information, click OCR Extract Information - Part 2: Exam, Staff, and Retention.
OCR > Maintenance > School Part 2 > RETN
❏ Updated RETN: Retention for the 2021-2022 OCR Civil Rights Data Collection.
For a list of extract information, click OCR Extract Information - Part 2: Exam, Staff, and Retention.
OCR > Maintenance > School Part 2 > ATHL
❏ Updated ATHL: Single-Sex Interscholastic Athletics for the 2021-2022 OCR Civil Rights Data Collection.
For a list of extract information, click OCR Extract Information - Part 2: Exam, Staff, and Retention.
OCR > Maintenance > School Part 2 > DISC
❏ Updated DISC: Student Discipline for the 2021-2022 OCR Civil Rights Data Collection.
For a list of extract information, click OCR Extract Information - Part 2: Discipline (Suspension, Expulsion, Corporal Punishment).
OCR > Maintenance > School Part 2 > ARRS
❏ Updated ARRS: Student Discipline (Referrals to Law Enforcement & School-Related Arrests) for the 2021-2022 OCR Civil Rights Data Collection.
For a list of extract information, click OCR Extract Information - Part 2: Discipline (Suspension, Expulsion, Corporal Punishment).
OCR > Maintenance > School Part 2 > OFFN
❏ Updated OFFN: Offenses for the 2021-2022 OCR Civil Rights Data Collection.
For a list of extract information, click OCR Extract Information - Part 2: Discipline (Suspension, Expulsion, Corporal Punishment).
OCR > Maintenance > School Part 2 > HIBS
❏ Updated HIBS: Harassment or Bullying for the 2021-2022 OCR Civil Rights Data Collection.
For a list of extract information, click OCR Extract Information - Part 2: Discipline (Suspension, Expulsion, Corporal Punishment).
OCR > Maintenance > School Part 2 > RSTR
❏ Updated RSTR: Restraint and Seclusion for the 2021-2022 OCR Civil Rights Data Collection.
For a list of extract information, click OCR Extract Information - Part 2: Discipline (Suspension, Expulsion, Corporal Punishment).
OCR > Maintenance > School Part 2 > INET
❏ Updated INET: Internet Access and Devices for the 2021-2022 OCR Civil Rights Data Collection.
For a list of extract information, click OCR Extract Information - Part 2: Discipline (Suspension, Expulsion, Corporal Punishment).
OCR > Extracts > School Part 2
❏ Updated the extract for the 2021-2022 OCR Civil Rights Data Collection.
OCR > Utilities > Create OCR File
❏ Updated the program to hide the Create OCR File menu option. The updated file layout will be released in January 2024.
OCR > Reports > School Part 1
❏ Updated the report file to comply with the 2021-2022 OCR Civil Rights Data Collection.
OCR > Reports > School Part 2a: Exam, Staff, and Retention
❏ Updated the report file to comply with the 2021-2022 OCR Civil Rights Data Collection.
OCR > Reports > School Part 2b: Discipline
❏ Updated the report file to comply with the 2021-2022 OCR Civil Rights Data Collection.
Registration > Maintenance > Student Enrollment
❏ Added the TSDS Unique ID button. This functionality works in conjunction with the Texas Student Data System (TSDS). TSDS uses web services for Unique ID and for the Data Transmission Utility (DTU) allowing ASCENDER to interact directly with their Unique ID application to assign Unique IDs.
Before the TSDS Unique ID button can be used in ASCENDER, the LEA's designated TEAL user must obtain web service access.
Registration > Utilities > Set Student At Risk Indicators
❏ Added logic to dbAssistant for the 2023-2024 school year to update the table st_atrisk_assmt_110pct with new 110% passing scores.
New values were loaded for At Risk assessments that will determine if a student passed an assessment by at least 110% in order to not be classified as at risk for previously failing the this subject.
Release Date: 11/15/23 ASCENDER Update: 8.0305
Registration, Grade Reporting and Attendance
❏ Modified the Student Information button on Registration, Grade Reporting, and Attendance to pre-check if the campus and grade level information entered for student is correct before running a report.
Registration > Maintenance > Student Enrollment > WR Enroll
❏ Corrected the 6:00pm extract calculation for As of Status Last Friday October code.
Release Date: 11/6/23 ASCENDER Update: 8.0300
❏ Modified the following pages to calculate AsOfStatusLastFridayOctober data during the nightly 6:00pm extract:
Grade Reporting > Maintenance > Master Schedule > Campus Schedule > Section
❏ Updated the page to remove leftover edits when the PK Prog Eval Type field was removed.
Graduation Plan > Maintenance > Student > Individual Maintenance > PGP
❏ Removed the following error messages for school year 2024 and beyond:
Registration > Maintenance > Student Enrollment > Demo1 (PY Leaver)
❏ Modified the page to allow the following data elements to be editable for the prior year (1 year only) if the student is listed in SR_STU_LEAVER and NO_SHOW=0.
Registration > Maintenance > Student Enrollment > Graduation
❏ Removed the following error message for school year 2024 and beyond:
Registration> Maintenance > Student Enrollment > Contact (PY Leaver)
❏ Modified the page to allow the following data elements to be editable for the prior year (1 year only) if the student is listed in SR_STU_LEAVER and NO_SHOW=0.
For contacts who are: Priority=1 and Guardian=1
Registration > Maintenance > Student Enrollment > W/R Enroll (PY Leaver)
❏ Modified the page to allow the Reason Cd to be editable for the prior year (1 year only) if the student is listed in SR_STU_LEAVER and NO_SHOW=0.
Release Date: 10/10/23 ASCENDER Update: 8.0200
Discipline > Reports > Discipline > SDS1700 - Discipline Suspension Attendance Verification
❏ Corrected the issue that resulted in data not displaying for student discipline incidents.
Grade Reporting > Maintenance > Tables > TSDS Crosswalks
❏ Updated the page to add an edit that will prevent duplicate values in the From field.
Release Date: 9/11/23 ASCENDER Update: 8.0100
ASCENDER Homepage
❏ Added the LEA News element to the Quick View dashboard. This feature allows LEA personnel to add and manage important news, announcements, or upcoming events, and display them on the ASCENDER Homepage Quick View dashboard. Each news entry includes a start and end date, a summary (topic), and a description. Additionally, if needed, entries can be limited to a specific audience based on their permission to an application and breadcrumb (menu item). This functionality is managed on the new District Administration > Tables > LEA News page.
❏ Added the Daily Attendance by Campus element on the ASCENDER Homepage Quick View dashboard. This feature allows LEA personnel to quickly and conveniently view in a pie chart, the attendance totals for an authorized campus or the sum of all authorized campuses for the day. This listing will be updated each day at noon.
Grade Reporting > Maintenance > Master Schedule > Campus Schedule > Copy Course Section
❏ Modified the page to add Child Care Operation Number(s) to the page logic.
Grade Reporting > Maintenance > Student > Individual Maint > Sched Inquiry
❏ Modified the page to allow up to 60 characters in the street address field when printing the schedule inquiry.
Grade Reporting > Maintenance > Student > Individual Maint > Cumulative Courses
❏ Modified the printed inquiry to allow up to 60 characters in the street address field when selecting Print AAR or AAR/Test Scr.
Grade Reporting > Maintenance > TeacherPortal Options > Campus > Categories
❏ Corrected the issue that prevented clients from deleting categories after successfully running ASDR.
Grade Reporting > Utilities > Online STAAR/TAKS EOC Extract
❏ Modified the utility with the new Cambium file format for school year 2023-2024.
❏ Updated the Cambium file layout and added a telpas_sife value to TELPAS and TELPAS Alternate for school year 2024.
❏ Modified the utility to remove the STAAR Interim option from extracting with Cumulative.
Grade Reporting > Reports > Grade Reporting Reports > Grades Report Group > SGR2047-AAR Multi-Year
❏ Modified the report to allow up to 60 characters in the street address field.
Grade Reporting > Reports > Grade Reporting Reports > Master Schedules
SGR0110 - Master Schedule PEIMS (Grd Rpting)
SGR0120 - Master Schedule Sched Info (Grd Rpting)
SGR0130 - Master Sched Section and Grd Rpting Info
❏ Updated the following reports with the following changes:
❏ Removed the PK Prog Eval Code column from the reports.
❏ Added a column for Child-Care Oprn Nbrs to reports.
Grade Reporting > Reports > Grade Reporting Reports > Report Cards Report Group > SGR1160-Interim Progress Report
❏ Modified the report to allow up to 60 characters in the street address field.
Grade Reporting > Utilities > Online STAAR/TAKS EOC Extract
❏ Modified the utility with the new Cambium file format for school year 2023-2024.
Registration > Maintenance > Student Enrollment > Demo3
❏ Modified the page with the following:
Registration > Maintenance > Student Enrollment > Graduation
❏ Modified the program to allow duplicate entries in the Industry Based Certification group box.
Registration > Maintenance > Core Collections > Child Find: SPPI-11 > Child Find Data
❏ Removed the Parental Consent Date field from the Child Find Initial Evaluation group box and replaced it with the Consent to Evaluation Received Date field starting in 2023-2024.
NOTE: The Parental Consent Date field is still available for SY 2023 and prior.
❏ Deleted the following rules for SY 2023-2024 and beyond:
Registration > Maintenance > Core Collections > Child Find: SPPI-12 > Child Find Data
❏ Removed the Parental Consent Date field from the Child Find Initial Evaluation group box and replaced it with the Consent to Evaluation Received Date field starting in 2023-2024.
NOTE: The Parental Consent Date field is still available for SY 2023 and prior.
❏ Deleted the following rules for SY 2023-2024 and beyond:
Registration > Maintenance > Core Collections > Charter School Waitlist
❏ Modified the page to make the following required field changes:
❏ Modified the School District of Residence field to allow up to 300 characters.
Registration > Utilities > Charter School Waitlist Import
❏ Updated the program to add the following fields to the import for school year 2023.
Scheduling > Maintenance > Master Schedule > Campus > Copy Course Section
❏ Added a code to the page logic to copy Child Care Operation Number(s) when a course section is copied.
Scheduling > Utilities > Create NY Master Schedule > Campus
❏ Added a code to the page logic to copy Child-Care Operation Number(s) when a campus section is copied.
Scheduling > Utilities > Delete NY Master Schedule > Campus
❏ Modified the utility to add a Child Care Operation Numbers table to the delete Campus Sections logic.
When the user selects Campus Sections, rows from the CR_SEC_CHLD_CARE_PRTNR_NYR table (Child Care Operation Numbers) are successfully deleted.
Release Date: 9/8/23
ASCENDER Update: 8.0100 ASCENDER TeacherPortal Update: 8.0100
Grades > Elementary Report Cards > Elementary Letter Skills
Grades > Elementary Report Cards > Elementary Numbers Skills
Grades > Elementary Report Cards > Elementary Word Skills
❏ Corrected an issue with the Retrieve button so users are able to retrieve more than one student.
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