Data Use: Process and Protocols

These documents will help guide you to answer the following questions: What data do I need? Where do I find it?

• MMSD's Planning Guide for Data Sources

  • Elementary

  • MIddle School

  • High School

A single page on how to log in to each data site:

• AAPPL on LTI's site.

• AMS for ACCESS for ELLs

• Achieve 3000

• ACT (+Writing, Aspire) data available in Data Dashboard

• Data Dashboard

• eduCLIMBER

• FAST

• eDirect and the Forward Exam

• iReady

• Lexia Core 5

• Lexia Power Up

• PALS

• DPI's SAFE for School Report Card

• Tableau

• How to get a WAMS ID for logging into State data.

How to find and use key data reports

• AAPPL Key Reports

• ACCESS

• ACT (+Writing, Aspire)

• FAST Key Reports for Progress Monitoring

• Forward Exam Key Reports

• PALS Key Reports

If you have a question, it is most likely that someone else does as well! These FAQs are sorted by assessment name.

• Frequently Asked Assessment Questions and answers.

Short video clips describing how to login and find reports

• AAPPL

• AMS for ACCESS for ELLs: video

• ACT (+Writing, Aspire) data available in Data Dashboard

• Achieve 3000

• Data Dashboard: Video

• eduCLIMBER: video

• FAST: video

• eDirect for the Forward Exam: video

• Lexia Core 5

• Lexia Power Up

• MAP: Video

• PALS: Video

• DPI's SAFE for School Report Card: video

• Tableau: video

Understanding the language of data and protocols how to use it

• Foundations in Data Literacy, a PDF glossary.

• Data Dashboard: General Data Use Guide

• Data Dashboard: For Principals Data Use Guide

The following protocols can be used for data analysis.

• Data Analysis Worksheet Template (PDF) or Word.

• Root Cause Analysis Worksheet Template (PDF) or Word.