Based on a new Tennessee law (Tenn. Code Ann. § 49-6-3050), schools are required to provide notice on their website when administering a preparatory college entrance exam including the PreACT. Also, based on the law, “A public school shall allow a home school student to take an advanced course or preparatory college entrance examination offered by the public school if space is available.”

The MSCS Communications Office will be posting a message on your school’s website indicating that the District is administering the PreACT and PreACT 8/9 through November 20, and that a home school parent should contact their student’s school if they want their student to take the PreACT. If you are contacted by a parent regarding the PreACT, please reach out to our department (Assessment and Accountability: 901-416-5450 or assessment@scsk12.org), and we will work with you on the logistics including locating a device that the student would use for testing.

MSCS Compass Updates and New Releases 

Empowering Your Data Story: The DAIM Team wants to encourage greater Power BI and MSCS Compass use in District-managed schools. As part of our usage campaign, schools with the highest usage receive recognition monthly. Click here to see the flier for more information. You can also see pictures of recipients, with their awards, on our Hall of Fame page.

October School Winners

• Top School Overall: Rozelle Elementary
• Top Middle/K8 School: Kingsbury Middle
• Top High School: Trezevant High

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Highlighted Reports:

• Progressive Discipline, Perfect Conduct, and Non-Exclusionary Metric business rules are changing this month and will impact the  Student Discipline dashboard. Progressive Discipline rates will now include data from the Student Intervention Platform (SIP) in PowerApps. Note that these changes impact current year and historical rates. So, any prior year Progressive Discipline data previously pulled would not be comparable due to the new rules. These changes also impact District 360, Student Snapshot, and School Snapshot. For more on the Student Discipline reports, click here.
   
• Attendance for the 3rd 20-day period is now available in the  Show Up For Greatness report in the Student Attendance dashboard. Click here for the user guide.
   
• Winter Common Formative Assessment data is available in the Performance Matters and Performance Matters Participation reports within the Student Assessment dashboard. Data updates nightly during the window. Performance Matters data is also available in Assessment Student Report, Assessment Raw Data, Assessment District Quick Report, Student Snapshot, and School Snapshot. Click here for the Performance Matters user guide. And here for the Participation Report user guide.
   
• Report Card Grades for Q1 are available in the Student Grades dashboard. Grades data is available the day after Report Cards are released. For more information on what you can find in the Student Grades dashboard, click here.
   
• The Feeder Pattern dashboard has been updated with new Loss/Gain data for the 2026-2027 school year. This includes students attending schools that are not their home/zoned school. For more information about the Feeder Pattern dashboard, click here.
   
• The District 360: All Data report is being updated to allow for filtering by Historically Underserved Student Groups. In addition to gender and race/ethnicity breakdowns, this includes English Learner, Direct Certified, Economically Disadvantaged, and Students with Disabilities. The update should reflect on November 6. For more information on the District 360: All Data report, click here.
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Upcoming Training Sessions: 

• Virtual Office Hours for the week of November 10 and 12 will be the Student Discipline Dashboard and Updates to Progressive Discipline. Click here to sign up. 
• 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.

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Monthly Newsletter: 

Check your inbox! On the second 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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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.