Portal Options - A new section to define "Open Grading Snapshot Windows for Teacher" has been added to the Grades tab. Please see Grading Snapshots
Grading Snapshots By Class - A new page to display all grading snapshots by class. This page is only available to teachers with appropriate permissions, Read to view and Update to update the Comment field. Please see Grading Snapshots
Grading Snapshots By Teacher - A new page under Teacher Emulation section to display all Grading Snapshots by Teacher. This page requires Read to view and Mass Update to update the Comment field. Please see Grading Snapshots
Report Cards - The Report Card options page have been updated to support Grading Snapshots. Please see Grading Snapshots
Gradebook - A new feature to "Add Recurring Assignments" has been added to the Add/Edit Assignment window. This feature allows teachers to add recurring assignments with the same configurations as the current edit assignment or add new assignment to the current gradebook, linked gradebooks, or "Push To Other Gradebooks" gradebooks. Please see Add Gradebook Assignments
Student Emergency Card - This report now supports schools using flex scheduling, section staff and primary teacher tracking.
Print Supplemental Attendance Report - Added option to allow page breaking on student. When this option is selected, the "Page Break on Reason" option will be disabled. Please see Supplemental Attendance Reports
Ed-Fi 2.x and 3.x - Course Entity Identification Code list now includes both School Course Code and State Course Code (when available) for Ed-Fi 2.x and 3.x.
Security - The User Type column has been added when searching or listing users on the Security pages. Also, when viewing lists of users, columns can now be sorted and filtered on. Please see Aeries Security - Users
Import Test Results - The i-Ready import has been updated to handle the import without the need of a layout since the results file can differ from the layout definition. The new Relative Placement values are being now imported and saved in the CST.RPL field. Also, the Lexile and Quantile values are now being saved in their own (new) fields in TST (TST.LX and TST,QT). Please see Test Specific Information - i-Ready
Test Scores - The page has been updated to display the new Lexile (LX) and Quantile (QT) fields from the TST table. Please see Test Specific Information - i-Ready
Content Standards Scores - The page has been updated to display the new Placement (PL) and Relative Placement (RPL) from the CST table. Please see Test Specific Information - i-Ready
UIL Eligibility Manager (Texas Only) - This page has been enhanced to support running against Grading Snapshots prior to Grade Reports being run. There are now three "Lowest Grade" columns separating out: Gradebook, Snapshot, and Report Card. The "Student Group" option is now available to limit students being evaluated.
Issues Resolved
Recompute Cumulative GPAs and Class Rank - The "Last Ran Date" that was stored in the system was not always reflecting the actual date, fixed. Also, the District GPA Config Short name was not being copied to the Student GPA record, fixed.
Scheduler - The logic to balance sections based on gender was not working in many cases, fixed.
UIL Eligibility Manager (Texas Only) - The Ineligibility Effective Date and Eligibility Reevaluation Date fields were not being saved properly, fixed.
Home Page - The Attendance Summary was not displaying correct data for Flex scheduling schools, fixed.
Student Emergency Card - The Double Side Printing option was not working properly, fixed.
Database Changes
Grade Report Mark Headings (GRP) - Added new Grading Period (GP1, GP2, GP3 to GP12) fields.
Report Card History (RCH) - Added new Grading Period (GP) field.
Grading Periods (GPD) - Added new Heading 1 (H) and Heading 2 (S) fields.
Test Scores (TST) - Added new Lexile (LX) and Quantile (QT) fields.
Content Standards Scores (CST) - Added new Placement (PL) and Relative Placement fields (RPL) fields.
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New Features
Portal Options - A new section to define "Open Grading Snapshot Windows for Teacher" has been added to the Grades tab. Please see Grading Snapshots
Grading Snapshots By Class - A new page to display all grading snapshots by class. This page is only available to teachers with appropriate permissions, Read to view and Update to update the Comment field. Please see Grading Snapshots
Grading Snapshots By Teacher - A new page under Teacher Emulation section to display all Grading Snapshots by Teacher. This page requires Read to view and Mass Update to update the Comment field. Please see Grading Snapshots
Grades and Student Grades - These pages now display Grading Snapshots. Users with permission can edit the comments for Grading Snapshots on these pages. Please see Grading Snapshots - Overview and Configuration and Grade Reporting - Display and Update Student Grades
Report Cards - The Report Card options page have been updated to support Grading Snapshots. Please see Grading Snapshots
Gradebook - A new feature to "Add Recurring Assignments" has been added to the Add/Edit Assignment window. This feature allows teachers to add recurring assignments with the same configurations as the current edit assignment or add new assignment to the current gradebook, linked gradebooks, or "Push To Other Gradebooks" gradebooks. Please see Add Gradebook Assignments
Student Emergency Card - This report now supports schools using flex scheduling, section staff and primary teacher tracking.
Print Supplemental Attendance Report - Added option to allow page breaking on student. When this option is selected, the "Page Break on Reason" option will be disabled. Please see Supplemental Attendance Reports
Ed-Fi 2.x and 3.x - Course Entity Identification Code list now includes both School Course Code and State Course Code (when available) for Ed-Fi 2.x and 3.x.
Security - The User Type column has been added when searching or listing users on the Security pages. Also, when viewing lists of users, columns can now be sorted and filtered on. Please see Aeries Security - Users
Import Test Results - The i-Ready import has been updated to handle the import without the need of a layout since the results file can differ from the layout definition. The new Relative Placement values are being now imported and saved in the CST.RPL field. Also, the Lexile and Quantile values are now being saved in their own (new) fields in TST (TST.LX and TST,QT). Please see Test Specific Information - i-Ready
Test Scores - The page has been updated to display the new Lexile (LX) and Quantile (QT) fields from the TST table. Please see Test Specific Information - i-Ready
Test Details - The page has been updated to include the i-Ready test results. Please see Test Specific Information - i-Ready
Content Standards Scores - The page has been updated to display the new Placement (PL) and Relative Placement (RPL) from the CST table. Please see Test Specific Information - i-Ready
UIL Eligibility Manager (Texas Only) - This page has been enhanced to support running against Grading Snapshots prior to Grade Reports being run. There are now three "Lowest Grade" columns separating out: Gradebook, Snapshot, and Report Card. The "Student Group" option is now available to limit students being evaluated.
Issues Resolved
Recompute Cumulative GPAs and Class Rank - The "Last Ran Date" that was stored in the system was not always reflecting the actual date, fixed. Also, the District GPA Config Short name was not being copied to the Student GPA record, fixed.
Scheduler - The logic to balance sections based on gender was not working in many cases, fixed.
UIL Eligibility Manager (Texas Only) - The Ineligibility Effective Date and Eligibility Reevaluation Date fields were not being saved properly, fixed.
Home Page - The Attendance Summary was not displaying correct data for Flex scheduling schools, fixed.
Student Emergency Card - The Double Side Printing option was not working properly, fixed.
Database Changes
Grade Report Mark Headings (GRP) - Added new Grading Period (GP1, GP2, GP3 to GP12) fields.
Report Card History (RCH) - Added new Grading Period (GP) field.
Grading Periods (GPD) - Added new Heading 1 (H) and Heading 2 (S) fields.
Test Scores (TST) - Added new Lexile (LX) and Quantile (QT) fields.
Content Standards Scores (CST) - Added new Placement (PL) and Relative Placement fields (RPL) fields.