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"Creating assessment networks for schools"

As you prepare for the 2010-2011 school year, please make sure your registration forms include the following:

1. State Student ID (SSID) Fields:

Student first name, last name, middle name, gender, and date of birth are required fields. Please use the student's birth certificate to enter all of these fields accurately as you enroll the student.

All five of these fields are used by the State Student ID (SSID) database to check for a match. Do not skip the middle name or enter a middle initial. A mismatch will create inaccurate student reports across the years. Schools will not receive progress scores for the UPASS report.

 

2. Ethnicity and Race Fields:

Federal regulations as of December 2007 require school districts and states to follow new standards in collecting individual-level ethnicity and race data by the 2010-2011 school year. (For more information, click here.)

A two-part question must be used to collect data about students’ or staff’s race and ethnicity, with the ethnicity part asked first.

Ethnicity (Choose one):

• Hispanic/Latino

• Not Hispanic/Latino

Race (Choose one or more, regardless of Ethnicity):

• American Indian or Alaskan Native
• Asian
• Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander
• Black or African American
• White