
MSCS Compass Updates and New Releases
Featured Reports:
- The Show Up for Greatness report is now showing data for the 1st 20-day period.
- The report has been updated with the new attendance categories and a student’s category is based on their cumulative attendance rate for the year.
- Gold : 95.1% to 100.0%
- Silver : 90.1% to 95.0%
- Bronze: 90.0% or less
- Historical data from last year is available. New data will populate the day after each 20-day period ends.
- Everyone with MSCS Compass access, including School Administrators, can see this report. See the user guide for more information.
- The report has been updated with the new attendance categories and a student’s category is based on their cumulative attendance rate for the year.
- 2024-2025 TCAP data is now available in the Student Assessment: TCAP Report, Student Assessment: District Quick Report – Summative, Student Snapshot, School Snapshot, and Feeder Pattern dashboards. For the user guides, see: TCAP Report, DQR – Summative, Student Snapshot, School Snapshot, and Feeder Pattern.
- i-Ready data can be found in the Student Assessment: i-Ready Report and in the RTI-A Universal Screener Reports. For more info on the Student Assessment report, click here. For more on the RTI-A reports, click here.
- The School Information dashboard has been updated for 2025-2026. You can see: Principal contact info, school addresses, the most recent State Letter Grades, assigned Region & ILCs, and each school’s calendar. Historical data is also available.
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Upcoming Training Sessions:
Check out our Training Calendar for all upcoming District Trainings.
- Power BI Overview with the School Support Department – Sept. 8
- New PLC Coach Learning Series Training – Sept. 11
- Show Up for Greatness Training with Enrollment and Attendance Team – Sept. 12
- Power BI Overview with the Exceptional Education Department – Sept. 12
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Sign up for Virtual Office Hours!
The week’s sessions (September 9 and September 11) will be an Open Office Hours session. So, bring your questions!
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.
Sessions are now available to sign up in PLZ!
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Monthly Newsletter:
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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.
Managing Oversized Classes in PowerSchool
The Oversized Classes Report will be updated weekly and posted here on the first school day of each week. Classes that appear in red are extremely out of state compliance and need to be corrected by the end of that week. Listed below are the state class size maximums by grade range.
GRADE RANGE | CLASS SIZE MAX |
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PK3 - PK4 | 20 |
K - 3 | 25 |
4 - 6 | 30 |
7 - 12 | 35 |
CTE | 25 |
Special Ed | 30 |
Reminder: October 3, 2025