1. AERIS

2. ※Approvals should be completed by the Director. ※If someone is designated to do approvals, they should NOT be entering the data as well.  Most mistakes are made due to a lack of fresh eyes looking at the data.  Must have a check and balance. ※Each program should have an approval and data quality process in place.

3.  Approvals Pending as of 10/29/14: ※NRS Registrations: 1,532 ※Profile Changes: 59 ※Attendance Hours: 29,202.25 ※Test Scores: 1,164

4.  If data is not approved by the deadline (September 1), then programs will not get credit.  This impacts your outcomes as well as funding for the program.

5. ApproveDon’t Approve Student should be in a class and have a test entered before approval. The Red box means the demographics aren’t completed.

6.  Many use the Approval all box when doing approvals. However, it’s important you spot check the approvals to check for invalid data.  EX: The below post test looks to be entered incorrectly. ◦ Only 5 hours in between test. This looks more accurate:

7.  Rollover students will not appear on your current Table 4.1 until a new test is entered for the fiscal year.  Enrollment hours for the fiscal year starts over, but testing hours do not.

8.  John Smith Enrolled 13/14 Tested 6/1/13 at ASE Level Continued classes & gained 10 more hours for 13/14 2014-2015 Year begins and John rolls over  Now John Smith is Enrolled in14/15 ◦ In order to show on Table 4.1 He will need 12 attendance hours in the new fiscal year He will need 20 Hours before testing (30 post-testing hours for ASE). All data must be approved.  Hours between tests DO NOT reset back to 0

9.  Computer Literacy classes are not NRS approved. Why? ◦ Educational Gains cannot be measured.  Computer Literacy should be incorporated into NRS approved classes only.  Classes names should not include GED ®, which is the assessment.