The Q2 Report Card period ends Friday, December 19, 2025. Q2 Report Cards should be printed and handed to students to take home, Wednesday, January 14th. Report Cards are no longer required to be mailed. Parents will continue to be able to view the grades in the Parent Portal. The Q2 Report Card Checklist will be available here. This document outlines the teacher and school office staff’s responsibilities for verifying and finalizing Q2 Report Card grades. If you have any questions, please contact your assigned SIS Data Specialist/Analyst.

Report Updates:

• In Student Grades, all reports with a student table now have a flag for Core Courses. As defined by the State, Core Courses include English Language & Literature, Life & Physical Sciences, Mathematics, and Social Studies & History. Click here for the Student Grades user guides.
   
• In Student Grades: District Quick Report, new metrics identify the number and percent of 1st-12th grade students failing 1 or more core courses and the number and percent of  Kindergarten students with non-Mastery Core Course grades. Click here to see the user guide.
   
• In Student Grades: Raw Data, two data quality flags have been added. One flag shows Kindergarten students with an incorrect letter grade (any grade not E, S, N, or U). The other flag identifies courses with missing or inaccurate course codes. Click here to see the user guide for this report.
   
• School Information has a new location in the MSCS Compass under School Trends. This dashboard provides current year and historical data on each school, including senior leadership and school contact information, grade levels served, state letter grades, and school year calendars. Click here for the user guide.
   
• Data for the 4th 20-Day period will be available in the Show Up for Greatness report on December 11th. Click here to see the user guide for this report.
   

Coming Soon:

• i-Ready data will be available during the Winter testing window (12/15 to 1/23). Data will populate the following day (starting 12/16) and 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.

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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’s VOH (12/9 and 12/11) will be an Open Office Hours session. 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.

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Starting in February, we have two new dashboard specific trainings available. 

Want to learn more about the High School Progress Dashboard? Sign up today! Look for Course Code 49628 in PLZ to sign up.

Want to learn more about the Student Discipline Dashboard? Sign up today! Look for Course Code 49629 in PLZ to sign up.

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