September 25, 2026
Highlighted Reports:
- Digital Citizenship Canvas course submissions open this week. To assist, you can track student completion with the Digital Citizenship Completion Report in the MSCS Compass. You can also track overall progress (including the number of students who have completed and those remaining) for your school as a whole and by grade level. Central Office staff can track progress across multiple schools and by Region and ILC. The dashboard is scheduled to refresh at 8:30 every morning. Data you see in the report will reflect what is in Canvas the previous day. For the user guide to this report, click here. Digital Ambassadors at each school will have automatic access to the Power BI report. They must be specified as their school’s Digital Learning Ambassador in the School Based Contacts/Leadership Launchpad Power App. For issues related to the Power BI report, please contact DAIMSupport@scsk12.org. If a student is not enrolled in a course or has technical issues with Canvas, please reach out to SCSCleverAdmins@scsk12.org.
- Show Up For Greatness 20-day attendance tier categories have been updated. These updates have been reflected in the Student Attendance report. For more information about the Show Up For Greatness report in the MSCS Compass, click here.
| Attendance Tiers | Previous Percentage | Updated Percentage | ||
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| Gold | More Than 95.0% | 97.0% - 100% | ||
| Silver | 95.0% - 90.1% | 95.0% - 96.9% | ||
| Bronze | Below 90.0% | 91.0% - 94.9% | ||
| Not Eligible | Not previously available. | Below 91.0% | ||
| Enrolled < 20 Days | Students enrolled for less than 20 days. | Students enrolled for less than 20 days. |
- The Student Discipline dashboard has been updated to include data from the Student Intervention Platform (SIP) in PowerApps. These updates include the release of a new Student Intervention Report. With this report, you can see the number and rate of students with intervention plans and occurrences, by referral reason, plan type, and provider. It also contains student-level intervention plan and occurrence data. This report is designed to assist School and District staff in identifying trends to provide targeted support. Click here to see the user guide for the new report. Updates have also been made to include intervention plan and occurrence data in the District Quick Report, Raw Data, and Student Report pages. For all the Student Discipline user guides, click here.
- Student Attendance includes updated at-risk levels for Chronic Absenteeism. These replace the High, Medium, and Low Risk levels available previously. The new levels include: Less Than 10 Days Enrolled, Low Risk (attendance rates of 95.1-100%), Medium Risk (90.1-95%), High Risk (Recovery Possible) (90% or less, but there are enough days in the year left to recover), and Severe Risk (Recovery Not Possible) (90% or less, and there are not enough days in the year left to recover). This is available in all reports with Chronic Absenteeism Risk data. For the Student Attendance user guides, click here.
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Upcoming Training Sessions:
- Virtual Office Hours this week (9/29 and 10/01) will be a review of the updated Chronic Absenteeism Risk Status business rules and metrics.
- 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.
- Check out our Training Calendar for all upcoming District Trainings.
| Dates | Training | Sign Up | ||
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9/29, 10/1 | Virtual Office Hours: Student Attendance: Chronic Absenteeism Risk Status Updates | Click here to sign up. | ||
| 10/1 | New PLC Coach Training | Click here to sign up. | ||
| 10/6 | Power BI: MSCS Compass New User Training | Click here to sign up. | ||
| 10/8 | Power BI: MSCS Compass Refresher Training | Click here to sign up. |
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The preliminary chronic absenteeism results for the 2025-2026 school year that were in the Embargoed Data folder on SharePoint have been removed while the Tennessee Department of Education reviews an appeal. The chronic absenteeism results will be reposted after the Tennessee Department of Education review.
The fall ACT testing window for seniors opens Tuesday, September 29. The final day of the fall ACT testing window for seniors is November 6.