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Data Management

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FY '08 Connecting Activities Reporting Schedule

ReportTime PeriodDue
First Quarter July 1, 2007 - September 30, 2007 Monday, October 15, 2007
Second Quarter October 1, 2007 - December 31, 2007 Tuesday, January 15, 2008
Third Quarter January 1, 2008 - March 31, 2008 Tuesday, April 15, 2008
Fourth Quarter April 1, 2008 - June 30, 2008 Tuesday, July 15, 2008
FINAL Fiscal  Thursday, July 31, 2008

Fiscal Year 2008 Connecting Activities Reporting Requirements

Connecting Activities Quarterly Reports should include:

  1. The Narrative (not more than ten pages) to address:

    • Work-based learning experiences not accounted for in the Student/Employer Work and Learning Performance Report (WBL Levels A, B, C) i.e., job shadows, field trips, rotations, worksite supervisor trainings, teacher externships, etc.

    • A description of how your Connecting Activities and school-to-career professional development plans have been integrated and support each other.

    • A Connecting Activities anecdotal "highlight" for the quarter.

    • Challenges you have overcome and challenges you continue to face this quarter.

  2. The Student/Employer Work and Learning Performance Report generated through the STC Database.

  3. The Fiscal Reporting Form

Annual Reporting on the Attainment of a Competency Determination:

In FY '06, a new report was added to the Reports Menu in the STC database called Connecting Activities Participants by MCAS Level 1 and Attainment of CD. This report selects students who scored in MCAS Level 1 (Warning/Failing) and provides a count of how many of those students have retest information in the database, and, if so, how many have subsequently attained a Competency Determination (CD).

In FY '08, regions will be required to provide this report at the end of the fiscal year, due July 15, 2008, with the fourth quarter/final report. During FY '08, please collect information on MCAS retests for students who scored in MCAS Level 1 (Warning/Failing) and enter this information into the database on the Placement Form in the MCAS scores worksheet at the bottom of the screen. This can be accomplished by entering:

  • Subsequent scores
  • OR subsequent performance level if scores aren't readily available
  • OR - if the student graduates with a competency determination - you can simply enter that they passed the MCAS.

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