Student Information Systems Flashcards
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A school registers a new student mid-year. In PowerSchool, which enrollment 'entry code' would most accurately reflect this situation?
Answer: T1 – Transfer from Another School
A mid-year transfer from another school is correctly coded with a Transfer entry code (T1), which distinguishes the student from new beginners or re-enrollees.
Which PowerSchool tool allows district administrators to push a global setting change — such as an updated grading scale — to all schools simultaneously?
Answer: District Office (DO) configuration
Settings configured at the District Office (DO) level in PowerSchool automatically propagate to all member schools, enabling centralized policy management.
What does the PowerSchool 'Log Entries' feature allow school staff to record for individual students?
Answer: Anecdotal notes, behavior incidents, and communications
Log Entries serve as a running narrative record where staff can document behavioral incidents, counselor meetings, parent contacts, and other student-specific notes.
In PowerSchool, which field on the student record is most commonly used as the key for matching records during a data import from an external system?
Answer: Student Number
Student Number is typically used as the match key in PowerSchool data imports because it is human-readable, unique within a school, and widely referenced in external systems.
What is the purpose of PowerSchool's 'Cumulative GPA' calculation compared to the 'Current GPA'?
Answer: Cumulative GPA spans all graded terms over a student's academic career; Current GPA reflects only the active term
Cumulative GPA aggregates grades across all completed terms of a student's enrollment, while Current GPA reflects performance only in the active grading period.
A PowerSchool administrator needs to give a school counselor access to student records but restrict them from changing enrollment status. What is the best approach?
Answer: Create a custom security role with read permissions only on enrollment fields
Creating a custom security role with granular field-level permissions is the best practice, allowing read access to relevant data while restricting enrollment modifications.
Which PowerSchool graduation requirement type tracks completion of a specific sequence of courses (e.g., Algebra I → Geometry → Algebra II)?
Answer: Course Sequence Requirement
Course Sequence Requirements in PowerSchool's graduation planner enforce that students complete courses in a defined order to satisfy a particular academic pathway.