NDE Bulletins
Contact
Dean Folkers
Data, Research, and Evaluation
Administrator
402-471-4740
dean.folkers@nebraska.gov
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NDE Bulletin
June 13, 2013
Due Dates and Data Changes
Contact: NDE Helpdesk (888-285-0556 or nde.helpdesk@nebraska.gov)
DUE DATE – JUNE 14: A date when data must be submitted.
CDC – Collections need to be Submitted
NSSRS – All required templates must be submitted during the “2012-2013 Year End Collection” window
AUDIT WINDOW CLOSE DATE – JUNE 30: The “2012-2013 Year End Audit” window allows District and NDE staff to review the submitted data and make necessary adjustments. Districts must ensure final approval occurs during the Audit Window.
CDC – Collections must be approved locally on or before the Audit Window Close Date
NSSRS – Collections must be approved locally on or before the Audit Window Close Date.
After the Audit Window closes, the data becomes available for official reports and calculations.
Need to make changes BEFORE the Audit Window Close Date and you have already approved?
Contact the NDE Helpdesk at 888-285-0556 or nde.helpdesk@nebraska.gov
Need to make changes AFTER the Audit Window Close Date?
Requests to change data, after the Audit Window Close Date, require submission of “Request to Submit Data Late or Make Data Changes” available within the Consolidated Data Collection.
PLEASE REFER TO THE NSSRS CALENDAR AND THE CDC CALENDAR FOR FURTHER INFORMATION ON COLLECTIONS DUE.
Excessive Absenteeism and Student Summary Attendance
Contact: NDE Helpdesk (888-285-0556 or nde.helpdesk@nebraska.gov)
Starting with the 2013-2014 school year, Excessive Absenteeism will no longer be collected on a monthly basis and the CDC collection Excessive Absenteeism Monthly Collection will be discontinued. Public school districts will instead provide the NSSRS Student Summary Attendance template four times during the school year. Non-public systems will no longer be required to provide this information. More information on the new quarterly submissions can be found in the “Excessive Absenteeism and Student Summary Attendance Template Collection Periods” document on the NSSRS Resources page. The Student Template Instruction Manual and the NSSRS Calendar have also been updated to reflect this new information. http://www.education.ne.gov/nssrs/Resources.html
REAP SRSA Eligibility for 2013-14
Contact: Roger Reikofski (402-471-2968 or roger.reikofski@nebraska.gov)
REAP Small Rural Schools Achievement (SRSA) eligibility list for FY 2013 (School Year 2013-2014) is posted at: http://www2.ed.gov/programs/reapsrsa/eligibility.html Districts that are highlighted in yellow must apply (or reapply) by June 30, 2013. Applications received after this date will be processed only to the extent that funds remain available. If your district does need to apply and has not yet done so, it is advisable to get this done as soon as possible to secure possible funding for this year and to be ensured of funding in future years. See contacts listed above if there are questions. PLEASE CHECK THIS LIST TO ENSURE YOUR DISTRICT IS ON THE LIST IF YOU BELIEVE YOUR DISTRICT IS ELIGIBLE FOR A REAP SRSA GRANT for this coming school year.
REVISED - Perkins Programs of Study (POS) – District Offered Courses Extracted from NSSRS
Contact: Matt Hastings (402-471-3104 or matt.hastings@nebraska.gov)
As noted last month, pursuant to the memo released on 05/02/2012, the Nebraska Department of Education has extracted district offered Program of Study course sequences from the Student Grades template of the Nebraska Student and Staff Records System (NSSRS). After receiving feedback from districts reviewing the reports for accuracy, the POS extract reports have been corrected and re-posted to reflect POS sequences containing year-long courses.
These revised and corrected listings of Programs of Study offered by school for the 2011-2012 school year are now available for review under the “Resources” section of the Secondary Perkins Accountability webpage. Specifically, two reports are available for review. The first report extracts from the 2011-2012 Student Grades template district offered Programs of Study using the initial (old) State Model Programs of Study (POS) course sequences found here: http://www.education.ne.gov/nce/Accountability/Secondary/PDFs
/Program%20Of%20Study%20By%20School%2020112012%20(Old%20POS).pdf. The second report extracts from the same data – the 2011-2012 Student Grades data – district offered Programs of Study (POS) using the revised (new) State Model Programs of Study (POS) course sequences and is found here: http://www.education.ne.gov/nce/Accountability/Secondary/PDFs
/Programs%20Of%20Study%20By%20School%2020112012%20(New%20POS).pdf.
Again, all districts are encouraged to review this information for accuracy. In the coming days, this information will be displayed on the 2011-2012 State of the Schools Report (SOSR) website.
Consolidated Data Collection (CDC) collections- Due Date June 14
Contact: NDE Helpdesk (888-285-0556 or nde.helpdesk@nebraska.gov)
Substitue Teachers
For the reporting of substitute teachers. Due Date 6/14/2013
Collection completed by Public, Nonpublic, State Operated, ESU, and Interim Programs.
For more information, contact NDE Helpdesk – nde.helpdesk@nebraska.gov, (888-285-0556)
State Of The Schools Report
District/school descriptions that appear on the State of the Schools Report website; grades for reporting NRT (elementary, middle and high school); Graduation requirements; District contact for assessment data. Was open on April 1, 2013; Due Date 6/14/2013
Collection completed by Public
For more information, contact John Moon - john.moon@nebraska.gov, (402) 471-1685
Teacher and Principal Evaluation Survey
NDE Principal Performance Survey and NDE Teacher Performance Survey (State Fiscal Stabilization Fund Assurances). Was open on April 15, 2013; Due Date 6/14/2013
Collection completed by Public
For more information, contact Diane Stuehmer – diane.stuehmer@nebraska.gov (402) 471-1740
Report of Suspensions/Expulsions
Suspension/Expulsions (Including Firearm Expulsions). Due Date 6/14/2013
Collection completed by Public, Nonpublic, State Operated
For more information, contact Jill Aurand – jill.aurand@nebraska.gov (402) 471-3321
Days In Session/Instructional Program Hours
Days in session by grade.
Instructional program Hours –KG, Elem & Sec. Also included in this collection are Pre-K instructional hours for public district/system operated early childhood education programs by attendance site. Due Date 6/14/2013
Collection completed by Public, Nonpublic, State Operated
For more information on Days In Session, contact Bryce Wilson bryce.wilson@nebraska.gov
(402) 471-3570.
For more information on Pre-Kindergarten, Tammi Hicken – tammi.hicken@nebraska.gov
(402) 471-3184.
For more information on Instructional Program Hours, Freida Lange – freida.lange@nebraska.gov
(402) 471-2444
ESU/District/System/School Information Report
Collects demographic data for ESUs, Districts, Systems and Schools for the next school year. Due Date 6/14/2013
Collection completed by Public, Nonpublic, State Operated, ESU, Interim Programs
For more information, contact Kathy Heskett – Kathy.heskett@nebraska.gov (402) 471-4738
Nonpublic High School Completer Report
The Nonpublic Completer Report is for each nonpublic system that has the potential of serving students in grade 12. Due date 6/14/2013
Collection completed by Nonpublic
For more information, contact Kathy Heskett – Kathy.heskett@nebraska.gov (402) 471-4738
Annual Participation Repport
Title I Part A School-wide Projects and/or Targeted Assistance Schools; Title I Part A Funded Staff; Neglected/Delinquent; Homeless – Unaccompanied. Due Date 6/14/2013
Collection completed by Public
For more information, contact Diane Stuehmer – diane.stuehmer@nebraska.gov
(402) 471-1740 or Beth Zillig – beth.zillig@nebraska gov (402) 471-2452
Pupil Transportation Report
Transportation/Bus Information. Due Date 6/14/2013
Collection completed by Public, Nonpublic, State Operated, ESU
For more information, contact Janice Eret – Janice.eret@nebraska.gov (402) 471-2248
Postsecondary Terms
Collects postsecondary term-specific information applicable to the 2013 academic school year. This data supports the Nebraska P16 Initiative and Nebraska P-20 SLDS. Due Date 6/14/2013
Collection completed by Postsecondary Schools
For more information, contact Jill Aurand – jill.aurand@nebraska.gov (402) 471-3321
GMS IDEA Consolidated Service Provider Downtime
Contact: Shane Rhian (402-471-4313 or shane.rhian@nebraska.gov)
The Special Education Service Provider database will be down for annual maintenance from June 28 through
July 3, reopening July 5. During this time, Grants Management System reimbursement requests submitted for the IDEA Consolidated grant should not include expenditures for Service Providers (Object Code 300) that would need to be recorded on the Service Provider tab of the request.
NCLB Non Qualified Report in NSSRS Validation for 2012-2013
Contact: Pat Madsen (402-471-4863 or pat.madsen@nebraska.gov)
The NCLB Non-Qualified Report will be available to your district/system via the Portal after your student grades template data is uploaded. The student grades data, plus teacher certification, the EECIA assessment, and/or HOUSSE approval are used to determine if a teacher teaching a course is NCLB Qualified in the required areas: English, Reading and Language Arts, Mathematics, Science, Foreign Languages, Civics and Government, Economics, Art, Music, History, and Geography, Elementary, and Special Education PAC 1161 and 1162. The report will be updated nightly.
The No Child Left Behind (NCLB) Act set forth the goal that general education and special education public school teachers would be 100% NCLB Qualified in core academic areas. New-to-the-profession elementary and special education teachers at the elementary level of instruction (or new-to-the-profession teachers at the elementary level of instruction) must pass the EECIA (Elementary Education: Curriculum and Instruction Assessment) in order to be considered NCLB Qualified in Nebraska.
The HOUSSE form, instructions, and contact information can be found at: http://www.education.ne.gov/federalprograms/Title%20II.html#NCLBTEacherForms
HOUSSE applications received by June 14, 2013 will be reflected in the 2012-13 SOSR school data. Any requests for changes after June 30, 2013 will have to submit the Request to Submit Data Late or Make Data Changes in the CDC (Consolidated Data Collection) process.
State of the Schools Report (SOSR) Calendar for 2013
Contact: NDE Helpdesk (888-285-0556 or nde.helpdesk@nebraska.gov)
The following provides the dates when data and decisions will be available for review in the 2013
SOSR Preview prior to public release. Once the Report Card is released to the public, the data will not be changed so it is important for districts to review their data. The 2013 SOSR Preview will be available through the NDE Portal. Note, the Nebraska Performance Accountability System (NePAS) will be released to the public in August without graduation component. Graduation rates and ranking will not be added until November in order to include students who graduate over the summer.
Date |
Activity |
July 10, 2013 |
NeSA Reading, Math and Science results released to districts in eDirect |
July 12, 2013 |
2013 SOSR Preview Opens with data from End-of-Year NSSRS reports |
August 13, 2013 |
NeSA Reading, Math and Science results released to public (district and school level data only ) |
August 13, 2013 |
Preliminary AYP results on the 2013 SOSR Preview for 30 day review |
August 13, 2013 |
NeSA Reading, Math and Science results (disaggregated) on 2013 SOSR Preview |
August 27, 2013 |
NePAS in 2013 SOSR Preview without graduation data or ranking |
Sept. 13, 2013 |
AYP results final on 2013 SOSR Preview |
Sept. 18, 2013 |
PLAS review begins on 2013 SOSR Preview |
Sept. 27, 2013 |
SOSR 2013 released to the public |
October 4, 2013 |
PLAS list added to the SOSR 2013 Report Card |
Nov. 15, 2013 |
NePAS released with Graduation data and ranking, Drop-out data added to SOSR |
NeSA-RMS Key Dates
Contact: Valorie Foy (402-471-2495 or valorie.foy@nebraska.gov)
Assessment data are being prepared for release to school districts and to the public. Schedule below.
Additional information on NeSA testing is available at the Statewide Assessment Website http://www.education.ne.gov/Assessment/Index.html
NeSA-Reading, Math, Science |
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NeSA WebEx on Reporting R, M, S |
July 1, 2 and 9 |
NeSA-R, M, S reports available to districts on eDIRECT |
July 10 |
NeSA Reading, Math, and Science School and District Results released to public. Subgroup information remains embargoed until the release of the State of the Schools Report |
August 13 |
NDE Bulletin now available in RSS Feed
Contact: NDE Helpdesk (888-285-0556 or nde.helpdesk@nebraska.gov)
We have added an RSS feed that users can subscribe to. Don’t forget that the current and past NDE Bulletins can always be found at http://www.education.ne.gov/ndebulletins/index.html. The RSS feature can be found at the above webpage in the upper right hand corner (orange icon). RSS feeds can be used with Outlook and a number of web-based feed readers. At this time we will also continue to send the bulletin out via e-mail.
How to contact the NDE Helpdesk
There are three ways to contact the NDE Helpdesk with questions. All three ways get to the same place, so please only use one of these options.
- Submit a “Helpdesk Request” from your portal account. After logging into the NDE Portal, it is available in the upper right corner of the Collection Announcement page. This will be the fastest way to get your request to the NDE Helpdesk.
- Email: nde.helpdesk@nebraska.gov
- Call Toll Free: 888-285-0556 Please leave your full name, organization, call back number and a brief description of your question.