The school year is winding down. Here are a few reminders about tasks that need attention for ELI, MTSS and FastBridge:
The spring window closes 5/31. You can find literacy status determinations for students in Panorama on the students pages. Make sure to share ideas with parents of students who are at risk for literacy problems so that they can keep their child’s reading skills active through the summer months.
Action needed: Changes to default assessment selection process
Based on feedback from the field, there will be two opportunities to review and update default assessments for the 2024-25 school year in CASA, as well as a change in who can submit the district level report. The window for the first collection of default assessment selections and assessment contacts is May 29th-June 17th. The same collection will open again August 1-23rd for any last minute changes and to allow districts to confirm their default assessment choices, assurances, etc. A response is required for each of the collection periods. The building level must be completed by either the building principal or the superintendent, and the district level can be completed by others with district-submit permission. We recommend working with your administrative team now to discuss your default assessments for the next year and to coordinate a plan for timely completion and assignment of this task and communication of the final decisions.
More information on how to complete the default assessment and assessment contact collection are available within the CASA collection itself. The FastBridge K-6 literacy assessment suite continues to be recommended by the Iowa DE and is available at no cost. Check out the list of approved literacy assessments if you wish to explore other options.
Action needed: Select your district’s FastBridge rollover date
FastBridge has posted their annual request for districts to select their rollover date to move to the 2024-25 school year setup in FastBridge. Please make your selection so that the process runs smoothly. Important note: As always, Iowa districts are strongly discouraged from selecting the late rollover date. Due to the timing of the Fall screening window and the time it takes for rosters to begin populating after rollover, selecting the late rollover likely means you will not have student rosters until early to mid-September.
New Panorama training videos are online!
Check out our expanding series of short “how to” videos within the Panorama resource library.
End of Year/Summer Rollover Checklist
Remember to take care of end of year tasks in FastBridge and Panorama Student Success, including saving reports that go away on rollover (s2i, for example). Make sure to review your interventions in Panorama, look at the intervention summary reports to understand more about intervention effectiveness, and evaluate whether students met their intervention goals or not. Also take time to reflect on overall progress this year. Does your screening data suggest a need to examine core instruction? Which interventions are most and least effective?
If you are changing student information systems over the summer please notify connor.hood@iowa.gov so we can update your data connections.
Holding summer school this year? Here’s a link to another detailed article about what you need to know about using FastBridge and Student Success over the summer: Summer School in Fastbridge and Student Success
Important Dates:
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May - June |
Mark all interventions in Panorama Student Success as Completed and delete any static or smart groups not needed for next school year. |
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May 29th-June 17th |
Select your district's default assessments for the next school year in CASA. |
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May 31st |
Deadline to select or edit selected FastBridge rollover date. To be completed by one FAST District Manager per district. |
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After last day of school year |
Export FastBridge reports not available after rollover, as needed.(optional) |
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June 14th |
Deadline to complete the form for purchase of FastBridge Math and Behavior for grades K-6 and/or Reading, Math and Behavior for 7-12th.To complete the FastBridge form for purchase CLICK HERE |
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June 28-30th |
Early FastBridge rollover date, if selected. |
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July 1st (or after) |
Set student information system (SIF agent) to send 24/25 school year data after all state SRI tasks have been completed. |
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July (TBD) -August (TBD) |
Reports become limited (frozen) in Panorama Student Success and will not resume updating until Student Success rollover is complete. This includes student progress monitoring reporting. Note: Year round schools will be completed around July (TBD). |
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July 26-28th |
Default FastBridge rollover date, unless early rollover was chosen. |
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August 1-23rd |
Opportunity to review and correct your district's default assessments for the school year in CASA. |
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August 15th |
myIGDIs rollover date. The recommended timeline for completing end-of-year activities is by the end of the current school year, to be ready for summer rollover |