Our rollover process for the start of the 2025-26 school year has been completed for all dashboards. Be aware that with the start of school, some reports (like those in Student Attendance and Student Assessments) may show “No Data” for some fields. This will resolve once that data is available in PowerSchool and other various source data systems.

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Need a refresher on which dashboard has the data you’re looking for? Check out the Quick Reference Guide!

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Some non-administrative school staff members may have lost access to Power BI during the summer as part of the yearly maintenance process. This will be anyone who does not get access automatically based on their position title (including teachers). Principals and APs have access to the MSCS Compass Access App and grant access to the available reports. For more information, click here.

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Dashboard Updates:

• The Literacy Commitment: Promotional Pathways report has been updated and now includes an additional report with Prior Year Promotion data for currently enrolled students. For more on the Promotional Pathways report, click here.
   
• Reports with data aggregated at the District, School, and Board Member level, now also include Region and ILC. This can be found in various District Quick Reports, like in Student Attendance.
   
• The Greatness Starts with Showing Up (formally known as C.O.M.E. to Win) report has been updated in Student Attendance with the new attendance categories (Gold, Silver, and Bronze). Historical data from last year is available. New data will populate after each 20-day period ends. See the user guide for more information.
   
• The Daily Attendance Report has been updated to provide a narrative summary of the attendance for a single day, replacing last year's daily emails. The summary is only visible for Central Office staff and looks at all schools in the District. See the user guide for more information.
   

Featured Reports:

• i-Ready data can be found in the Student Assessment: i-Ready Report and in the RTI-A Universal Screener Reports. For more information on the Student Assessment report, click here. For more information, on the RTI-A reports, click here.
   
• Use the Student Attendance dashboard to track daily and meeting attendance, students at-risk for chronic absenteeism, truancy, and PSSP compliance. See the full list of attendance user guides here.

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Upcoming Training Sessions:

Check out our Training Calendar for all upcoming District Trainings.
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Sign up for Virtual Office Hours!

Virtual Office Hours will resume this week, August 19 and August 21. The sessions will be an overview of RTI-A Reports: Scheduling Reconciliation and Universal Screener.

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. 
  Upcoming Date: August 19
   
• 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.
  Upcoming Date: August 21
   
• 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.
  Upcoming Date: August 20

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Monthly Newsletter: 

Check your inbox! On the first Wednesday of every month, the DAIM team sends out a monthly newsletter to all Power BI users. In it, you will find more information on upcoming trainings, new releases, and how-to guides. 

To see this month’s edition (and all archived editions), visit our support page.
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Check out our page of new/updated features and releases on our DAIM Support Page!

You can reach out to us at DAIMSUPPORT@scsk12.org  if you need support.   

A file with TVAAS results was placed in the Embargoed Data folder on SharePoint here. In addition, TVAAS results are available on the restricted TVAAS site here.  Also, a file with chronic absenteeism results will be placed in the SharePoint Embargoed Data folder on Friday, August 15. 

As a reminder, only principals have access to the SharePoint Embargoed Data folder. Principals may share the data with others at their school but are ultimately responsible for ensuring that the embargoed results are not shared outside of the school. The state’s embargo on TVAAS data is scheduled to be lifted in late August. The state’s embargo on chronic absenteeism data is scheduled to be lifted in December when the State Report Card is released. 

Schools already have access to 2025 school-level TCAP results, but the state is scheduled to publicly release 2025 school-level TCAP results on their data downloads site here on Friday, August 15. 

Instructions on how to handle remanded students’ school enrollments and classes in the home school and alternative school can be found here.

• The Tennessee Department of Education is switching to a centralized website for resources, Best for ALL Central. Best for ALL Central website supports educators with easy access to high-quality resources and the latest updates. Resources include TN-TAN, Visibility Tools (TCAP/EOC), TN Course Catalog, EPOS, TN Atlas, ePlan, TN Pulse, TNCompass, State Report Card, Academic Standards, and Assessment Development.
• Statewide Operations Reporting Dashboard (SWORD) has become the new EIS (Education Information System).  It is the state’s Power BI dashboard for all things district/school and will be synching in real time.  EIS is now a historical database with information for the 24-25 school year and prior. Your current SSO account login can be used to access these websites.
• SWORD training and information on how brand-new users access the websites are forthcoming.