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MSCS Compass Updates and New Releases

Featured Reports:
Data for the 2nd 20-Day period is now available in the Show Up for Greatness report. Click here to see the user guide.

The Tutoring Dashboard is available and will start populating data on October 16 (the day after schools begin entering information into PowerSchool). Click here to see the user guides.

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General Updates:

Student Group Filters have been updated. These can be found in every report with Group Type and Group filters (Attendance, Enrollment, Discipline, Assessment, Grades, Tutoring, High School Progress, District 360, RTI, and Summer Learning Academy).

  • Overage for Grade is now split into a filter for students overage because of their age, overage because of a previous retention, and overage for any reason.
  • Discipline Tier no longer includes truancy incidents in how it’s defined.
  • Attendance Tier is a new filter based on the number of District absences a student has.
Updated Filters/Tiers  Definition
Overage for Grade  

OAG is now broken up into 3 categories –

  • OAG – For Any Reason
  • OAG – Age
  • OAG – Retention
Discipline Tier  
  • Tier 1: 3 or less PowerSchool Office Referrals and 4 or less OSS, Expulsions, or Remand days.
  • Tier 2: 4 or more PowerSchool Office Referrals and 5 or more OSS, Expulsions, or Remand days.
  • Tier 3: 8 or more PowerSchool Office Referrals and 10 or less OSS, Expulsions, or Remand days.
Attendance Tier  
  • Tier 1: Less than 5 District Days Absent
  • Tier 2: 5-9 District Days Absent
  • Tier 3: 10 or More District Days Absent
  • Economically Disadvantaged and Direct Certified filters have also been updated to reflect TNDOE business rules.

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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!

  • This week (10/7 and 10/9), we are covering the Tutoring Dashboard.
  • 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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