January 30, 2026
Research, Evaluation, Accountability, and Data Strategy
Student Information Services
All Administrators, Teachers, Counselors, PLC Coaches, Other School Staff
Q3 Progress Reports

The Q3 Progress Report period ends Wednesday, February 11, 2026. Q3 Progress Reports should be printed and handed to students to take home, Wednesday, February 11. Progress Reports are no longer required to be mailed. Parents will continue to be able to view the grades in the Parent Portal. The Q3 Progress Report Checklist will be available here. This document outlines the teacher and school office staff’s responsibilities for verifying and finalizing Q3 Progress Report grades. If you have any questions, please contact your assigned SIS Data Specialist/Analyst.

Reminder: February 4, 2026

High Administrators, Counselors, PLC Coaches, Other School Staff
2026-2027 Master Scheduling Training

Master scheduling overview training with high school master scheduling teams (principal, master scheduler, counselors, etc.) is scheduled for Tuesday, February 3, from 3 p.m. to 4 p.m. in the TLA Auditorium.

Research & Performance Management
All All
MSCS Compass Updates and New Releases

Coming Soon:

  • As part of the monthly MSCS Compass Updates newsletter, the DAIM team is launching the new Empowering Your Data Story usage campaign to celebrate schools. Each month, we will highlight schools that go above and beyond with high and consistent usage in Power BI and the MSCS Compass to monitor progress and support data driven decision making. You can find more information about this campaign here.

Report Updates:

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Upcoming Training Sessions:

For Virtual Office Hours, this week (2/3 & 2/5), we're covering the Advanced Course Scheduling Dashboard.

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

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Starting this week, we have two new dashboard specific trainings available. 

Each month, we will have a training session on the High School Progress Dashboard (Course Code 49628 in PLZand on the Student Discipline Dashboard (Course Code 49629 in PLZ). Sign up today!

TopicDates 
High School Progress Dashboard2/3, 3/3, 4/7, 5/5 
Student Discipline Dashboard2/5, 3/5, 4/9, 5/7 

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Check out our Training Calendar for all upcoming District Trainings.

DateTrainingSign Up 
2/3MSCS Compass: Exploring the High School Progress Dashboard (PLZ 49628)Click here to sign up. 
2/5MSCS Compass: Exploring the Student Discipline Dashboard (PLZ 49629)Click here to sign up. 
2/3 & 2/5Virtual Office Hours: Advanced Course SchedulingClick here to sign up. 
2/10MSCS Compass: New User Training (PLZ 34810)Click here to sign up. 
2/12MSCS Compass: Refresher Training (PLZ 34812)Click here to sign up. 
2/10 & 2/12Virtual Office Hours: 3rd Grade Exemptions ReportClick here to sign up. 
2/17 & 2/19Virtual Office Hours: MSCS Compass Usage DashboardClick here to sign up. 


We will also participate in Principal Pulse on February 6, with an overview of Literacy Commitment Dashboard updates. 

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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), visitour 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.