As part of the state’s data verification process for the College and Career Readiness component of state accountability, we have been asked to submit 2024-2025 school year ASVAB scores for the district. We receive ASVAB files regularly at the district level. However, occasionally, a school will have an ASVAB score report that we have not received at the district level. 

During the current data verification window, we have been asked to submit all ASVAB scores from the 2024-2025 school year. The file posted on SharePoint here lists students who scored a 31 or higher on the ASVAB during the 2024-2025 school year based on our records. If there is a student who is not on the list who scored a 31 or higher on the ASVAB during the 2024-2025 school year, please send a score report for that student to assessment@scsk12.org no later than Thursday, August 7, so that we can include that record in the file we send to the state. 

At this point in the process, we are only able to send ASVAB scores obtained during the 2024-2025 school year. Also, please only send score reports for students who scored a 31 or higher. 

Schools have 5 business days (from the date of the request) to transfer a student’s record to the requesting school. This includes discipline, behavioral, and special education records. Records secretaries must monitor the ScribTransfer application daily to ensure records requests are processed within 5 business days.

Beginning with the 2025-2026 school year, grade changes for the current school year (Ex. 2025-2026 Q1-Q4, S1, S2, Y1, etc.) do not require submission and approval in Ivanti. Completed and signed Historical Change of Data forms must remain on site at the school. The forms should be available and accessible for district personnel upon request. 

Changes to grades from a previous school year must be submitted in Ivanti. Once approved, schools can proceed with making the appropriate changes in PowerSchool. Corrections to credits earned do not require approval.

The following documents can be found here.

• 2025-2026 Change of Data for Report Cards and Historical Transcripts
• Submitting the Online Historical Transcript Change of Data Form in Ivanti
• MSCS Historical Grade Change Process Map

A collection of documentation related to Start of School functions in PowerSchool is available on SharePoint. 

• Transferring No Shows: Students who do NOT show up at your school on the first day of school should be marked absent and withdrawn from your school’s database.
• Create Class and Homeroom Rosters: How to format a class roster and generate a roster report
• Assigning Demographic Homerooms: Students should be assigned a demographic homeroom for the current school year.
• Successful Logon Attempts: This document will assist users with the Single Sign On error message.
• Required Staff & Teacher Information:  Annual information required for all staff and teachers.
• Updating Student Grade Level: This document will outline the steps in correcting a student or group of students’ grade levels in PowerSchool.
• Managing PowerSchool Contact Accounts: Describes how to assist contacts with accessing their accounts in PowerSchool.

Our rollover process for the start of the 25-26 school year will be completed this week. Dashboards in the MSCS Compass will be available for the start of school. However, some dashboards may not be fully updated until the August 8th.

Be aware that with the start of school, some reports (like those in Student Attendance) may show “No Data” for some fields. This will resolve once that data is available in PowerSchool.

Any employees who do not get access to Power BI by default based on their role and have been added either by their Principal or DAIM staff will need to be re-added using the MSCS Compass Access App.

For more information on who gets access to Power BI by default and who would need to be added with the access app, see this guide.

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Sign up for Virtual Office Hours!

Virtual Office Hours will resume the week of August 12th and 14th. The sessions will be an overview of navigating the MSCS Compass.

For more information on Virtual Office Hours, check out this flyer! Sessions are on Tuesdays and Thursdays at 3:30 PM on Microsoft Teams. 

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New to Power BI? Sign Up for a Power BI New User Training session. Look for Course Code 34810 in PLZ to sign up.

Refresher Sessions are available for anyone who attended the New User Training previously and wants more advanced skills. Look for Course Code 34812 in PLZ to sign up.

Need support with pulling data for School Improvement Plans from the MSCS Compass? Sign up for our course. Look for Course Code 48140 in PLZ to sign up.
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