I'm not sure the student described below would necessarily be marked
a #3. This is confusing and the IA DE attempted sorting it out with
the attached "Decision Matrix."

Wish us all luck!

Ross

On Sep 26, 2005, at 1:02 PM, Doug A. wrote:

> Good afternoon all,
> On the Iowa state/province page in powerschool, one of the first
> fields
> is "exclude from state reporting". What is your interpretation of
> this? See A or B below....
> A - Exclude all data from the state including attendance, grades, and
> state testing data
> or
> B - Exclude state testing data only
> Another field toward the bottom is full academic year. The choices
> are:
> 1 - Both district and building
> 2 - Not full academic year in building or district
> 3 - Full academic year in district but not building
> Let's say you have a student who just started recently in your
> district. Of course you would mark him as a 3 in the full academic
> year field, do you automatically exclude him from state reporting?
> Your input would be greatly appreciated.
> Thanks,
> Doug A.