The April 16th Monthly TSDS Upgrade Project Zoom has been CANCELLED.
Instead, we will cover timely information regarding Summer PEIMS and the remaining Core Collections at the Summer PEIMS Review Training next Tuesday, April 22nd. Click here for information regarding that training.
RECENT and Upcoming ASCENDER SOFTWARE UPDATES
ASCENDER 9.0800 (Installed on Friday, April 4)
Release 9.0800 addresses multiple updates across TSDS extract processes, including UID delete routines for various student program staging tables. Enhancements to the AsOfStatus nightly jobs and UI components improve data accuracy and operational transparency. Additionally, issues with Residential Facility data syncing and course completion records for KG students in TXVSN were resolved.
Summer PEIMS Fatal Errors addressed: 40100-0052, 40100-000H, 40100-0056
Release 9.0805 (Installed on Friday, April 11)
Addresses several extraction logic corrections and enhancements to student-related data submissions for TSDS reporting. Multiple issues impacting student academic record accuracy, dyslexia service extraction, and reporting period end dates were resolved to improve data integrity and TEA compliance.
Adjustments to TSDS extract processes corrected attendance miscalculations across programs such as Bilingual/ESL, SPED, Flex, and CTE.
Updates were made to Dyslexia Services extraction and Reset Values in Registration. (More information regarding these changes will be covered in the Summer PEIMS Review Training next Tuesday, April 22nd)
Graduation pathways, Parent Electronic Email formatting, and StaffSectionAssociation EndDate updates were also implemented.
Fatal Errors Addressed:
- 40100-0232, 42400-0012, 42400-0036, 42400-0069, 42401-0005, 42401-0010, 42401-0020, 42401-0032, 42401-0035, 42401-0046, 42505-0002, 42505-0016, 42505-0023, 42510-0001, 42510-0018, 48011-0006, 48011-0007, 48011-0008, 48011-0015, 48011-0016, DyslexiaRisk, DyslexiaServices
- 10200-0022, 10200-0023, 10200-0024, 10200-0025, 10200-0026
ACTION BY DISTRICT:
We understand that each of you are at a different point in the process of working on Summer PEIMS and the remaining Core Collections.
For those of you that have extracted/sent and promoted/validated for Summer PEIMS we encourage you to complete the process again so that you can evaluate/review your validation errors to determine if the ASCENDER updates helped correct some or all of the fatals mentioned above.
We do ask, at this time, that no ASCENDER tickets are entered since we are still focusing our efforts on providing TCC/ASCENDER programming with feedback from Sanford ISD (ESC 16's ASCENDER Summer PEIMS Champion Initiative district). We will announce at the Summer PEIMS Review Training next Tuesday, April 22nd when we want everyone to start submitting tickets regarding Summer PEIMS and the remaining Core Collections.
We believe that the state-wide sampling size of districts included in this initiative has and will continue to benefit all of our districts when it comes to having a successful Summer PEIMS submission.
We are expecting an additional ASCENDER release to be installed (tentatively) this Friday April 14th that includes more fixes for Summer PEIMS.
ASCENDER 2024-2025 Summer PEIMS Submission Guide has been Updated
Click here to view/download the updated ASCENDER Summer PEIMS Guide.