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<p><span style="font-family: calibri">EMIS Message to <font face="Calibri">LEA EMIS Staff</font>, ITCs<font face="Calibri"> and
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<p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="text-align:center"><b><span style="font-size:20.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">EMIS Newsflash – January 10, 2016<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify"><b><span style="font-size:16.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif"><o:p> </o:p></span></b></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify"><b><span style="font-size:16.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Contents:</span></b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<![if !supportLists]><span style="font-size:14.0pt;font-family:Symbol"><span style="mso-list:Ignore">·<span style="font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"">
</span></span></span><![endif]><b><span style="font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">SDC Now Open<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
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</span></span></span><![endif]><b><span style="font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">SDC Release Notes<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">SDC Now Open</span></b>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">The SDC is now open and is updated with data submitted through Friday, January 8, 2016 at 11:59 pm.
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">The SDC will close on Tuesday, January 12 at 8:00 am in preparation of the January release of the FY15 Local Report Card. The SDC will not re-open until after the January release of the Report
Card, which is scheduled for Thursday, January 14, 2016 at 11:00 am. We will send an EMIS Newsflash announcing the SDC re-open on Thursday, January 14, 2016; please note that because of the volume of individuals accessing Local Report Card, the SDC may experience
some slowness on that day.<span style="color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">SDC Release Notes</span></b><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">Known Issues:<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">There are instances where students that were 3<sup>rd</sup> grade students in the 2013-2014 school year and were retained in 3<sup>rd</sup> grade in the 2014-2015 school year are
being included in the Third Grade Reading Guarantee promotion calculations; they should not be included in the calculations.
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">The AP and IB exams used for Accountability in place of the End of Course Exams are not currently being included in the percent proficient calculations for the appropriate standards.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">The Gifted ID status is being determined as of the end of the school year; starting with the FY15 report card, the status will be determined as of March 31st.
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">District and School Achievement – The Indicators percentage and grade are not being displayed. Also, 12<sup>th</sup> grade subjects are showing as indicators but should not be.
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">Students that are accelerated (on a Written Acceleration Plan) and took an End of Course exam in an ELA or Math subject area are not getting the performance bonus in the Performance
Index. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">Corrected Issues:<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">There were several instances where students that were 3<sup>rd</sup> grade students in the 2013-2014 school year and were retained in 3<sup>rd</sup> grade in the 2014-2015 school
year were being included in the K-3 Literacy calculations; they should not have been included in the calculations.</span><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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