May

Title I Monthly Budget Report 

• • Add to Title I Budget Reports Google Folder.

  • Print and upload on the first business day of the month.

  • Upload as a PDF as 2025-2026 School Name Title I May Budget

  • This is your LINQ budget report pulled by your bookkeeper for Title I (050) funds only for the year 2026

  • Complete by May 3

Return on Investment/Effectiveness Table (NEW 2023-2024)-Required

• • Return on Investment Planning Tool (Updated 6.19.2024)

  • Caldwell County Schools Return on Investment Guidance Document

  • Interventions and Intended Outcomes Examples

  • Upload as one PDF document in the Title I Documentation folder as 2025-2026 School Name Return on Investment & Effectiveness

  • Complete by June 30.  

  • Share and present during summer planning with SIT to determine adjustments/reductions/changes to spending to improve school performance and overall student growth.  Document in the SIT Agenda and Minutes of the presentation and discussion. 

Tutor Effectiveness - Required if using Tutors

• • Tutor Names, Certifications, Schedule

  • Curriculum/Instructional Strategies Used (for each group)

  • Student Groups (Name, Special Population), Student Attendance for each session, other data/documentation

  • Pre-Assessment Data, Post-Assessment Data, other data/documentation

  • Tutor Effectiveness Spreadsheet NEW IN 2024-2025

  • Upload as one PDF document in the Title I Documentation folder as 2025-2026 School Name Tutor Effectiveness

  • Complete by June 30.  

  • Remember, Tutors can be available during the day or after school (if current teachers cannot serve their students after school during tutoring and get paid)

  • Tutors are year-to-year employees.  The earliest tutors can begin is November 1 due to funding sources.  Tutor positions must be posted through HR after approval of the budget and plan from the Federal Programs Director, and hiring procedures must meet the FLSA.  Tutors are an extension of classroom learning and should be highly qualified paraprofessionals to provide the best instruction for students.  The last day tutors can work is the last student day of the school year.  It is strongly discouraged to use tutors for remediation and retesting of EOG/EOC testing. 

  • Share and present during summer planning with SIT to determine adjustments/reductions/changes to spending to improve school performance and overall student growth.  Document in the SIT Agenda and Minutes of the presentation and discussion.  Make sure not to share specific student names and data to protect student privacy. 

NC Star Comprehensive Needs Assessment

Complete Needs Assessment in NC Star with school improvement team by May 31.

mCLASS Student Achievement Level and Growth (K-5 Students)- Required

Each parent is provided information on the level of achievement and academic growth of their student on each of the state academic assessments.  Parents are given information on how to interpret academic levels and academic growth.  (Element3,6)

 EOY

• • Schools compose a letter on school letterhead explaining the mCLASS assessments, achievement levels, and growth.  Please include information on how to read the reports that will be sent home with students in a letter format called Home Connect.

  • Schools provide individual student reports to each parent in Home Connect.  Individual reports are released on the timeline required by the state or under local decisions.  For mCLASS, the reports are released/sent to parents in the Home Connect format following the three benchmark assessments.

  • On letterhead, explain in detail when the individual test information for your students was made available. How you disseminated the information when you disseminated the information, and what languages you provided the information in for your parents. 

  • Documentation needed: 

    • mCLASS Assessment Attestation Form (will force you to make a copy of the form for your school use).

    • The description in the form of how the student achievement level information/report was distributed and the date(s) distributed.

    • Copy of letter, flyer, or material provided to parents.  Include a copy of an alternative language/format for a letter, flyer, or materials as appropriate for parents with limited English proficiency and/or parents with disabilities.

      • Include a copy of a Home Connect letter with the student's information redacted.  

    • Upload as one PDF document in the Title I Documentation folder as 2025-2026 School Name Star Achievement Level Attestation

    • Complete by May 30.  

(Elementary Schools) Share Star Reading, Math, and Star Early Literacy Student Achievement Growth- Required

Each parent is provided information on the level of achievement and academic growth of their student on each of the state academic assessments.  Parents are given information on how to interpret academic levels and academic growth.  (Element 6)

EOY

• • Share Star Reading and Star Early Literacy student achievement and growth data reports with kindergarten to third-grade parents.

  • Schools compose a letter on school letterhead explaining the mCLASS assessments, achievement levels, and growth.  Please include information on how to read the reports that will be sent home with students in a letter format called Home Connect.

  • Schools provide individual student reports to each parent in Home Connect.  Individual reports are released on the timeline required by the state or under local decisions.  For mCLASS, the reports are released/sent to parents in the Home Connect format following the three benchmark assessments.

  • On letterhead, explain in detail when the individual test information for your students was made available. How you disseminated the information when you disseminated the information, and what languages you provided the information in for your parents. 

  • Documentation needed: 

    • STAR/SEL Assessment Attestation Form (will force you to make a copy of the form for your school use).

    • The description in the form of how the student achievement level information/report was distributed and the date(s) distributed.

    • Copy of letter, flyer, or material provided to parents.  Include a copy of an alternative language/format for a letter, flyer, or materials as appropriate for parents with limited English proficiency and/or parents with disabilities.

      • Include a copy of a Home Connect letter with the student's information redacted.  

    • Upload as one PDF document in the Title I Documentation folder as 2025-2026 School Name STAR EOY Achievement Level Attestation

    • Upload documentation due May 30 (Element 6)

(Elementary & Middle Schools) End of Grade (EOG) Student Achievement Level and Growth and Read to Achieve (RtA) Assessment for Grade 3- Required

Each parent is provided information on the level of achievement and academic growth of their student on each of the state academic assessments.  Parents are given information on how to interpret academic levels and academic growth.  (Element 3, 6)   

• • Schools should notify parents that the student's testing information is available in the parent portal.  Individual reports are released on the timeline required by the state or under local decisions and made viewable in the parent portal.  If parents are not able to navigate the parent portal, it is the school's responsibility to help the parent find and interpret their child's test information.

  • On letterhead, explain in detail when the individual test information for your students was available in the parent portal and how you notified parents that the information was in the portal.  What plan did you offer for parents of students who did not have access to the parent portal or understand how to use the portal?  Did you have a station set up during a parent night to help parents access the parent portal?  Did the staff help explain the test information from the parent portal to the parents?  

  • Documentation needed: 

    • EOG Assessment Attestation Form (will force you to make a copy of the form for your school use).

    • The description in the form of how the student achievement level information/report was distributed and the date(s) distributed.

    • Copy of letter, flyer, or material provided to parents.  Include a copy of an alternative language/format for the letter, flyer, or materials as appropriate for parents with limited English proficiency and/or parents with disabilities.

    • Copy of redacted student report provided to parents.

    • Upload as one PDF document in the Title I Documentation folder as 2025-2026 School Name EOG  Achievement Level Attestation

    • Complete by May 30.

    • RtA notifications are due by June 2.  Upload English and any translated versions as one PDF document in the Title I Documentation folder as 2025-2026  School Name RtA Achievement Parent Notification