August 8, Student Transcript and Academic Record Repository (STARR) Collection Review

 Issues Found During 2014 STARR Collection  Session Designator  UIC Resolution  Proposed 2015 STARR Changes  College Transfer Report 2

Business Rule Validations Residency Status Code Cumulative GPA greater than 0.00, Term GPA must be greater than 0.00 Cumulative GPA 0.00, Course Academic Grade Scale Code must equal Entry Date Entry Date greater than Session Designator Entry Date changed from a previous year’s STARR submission CTE Concentrator High School Student Postsecondary Enrollment Type 3

4 Student being reported for a given academic session multiple times Students reported with 2 Cumulative GPAs for a non- unique session CEPI will not be able to resolve this on a case by case basis How to address the situation for future

5 Amount of UICs Requiring Resolution in STARR Add a file level duplicate UIC validation Having to resolve UICs in both the IHE Request for UIC and STARR Collections

6 Data Elements Remedial Course Economically Disadvantaged Course CIP Code Veteran Flag STARR Collection Back button efficiency Show previous last name on UIC Resolution Screen Quality review functionality Online entry to make changes to STARR data

7 College Transfer report released last year Fulfill legislation of 4-year informing 2-year of the academic status of students Looking back Did not capture mid-year transfers Did not reflect the student’s entire postsecondary enrollment history (only looked back 1 year) Did not distinguish between undergraduate/graduate Only counted transfer students that transferred out of a 2-year into a 4-year Student could only count as a transfer once

8 Defining a Transfer Student Include students who have enrollment in the same school year as the report year Include Fall and Winter/Spring Student must retain their student level between schools Reported as a TransferIn through the STARR Collection If the student Adding new dimensions Include transfer to multiple schools