WISE Insights Newsletter

Welcome to the WISE Insights Newsletter!

This newsletter is published monthly and includes a section of upcoming dates and announcements, as well as news covering WISEid, WISEdash, WISEdata, WISEstaff, School Directory, and more WISE applications. The newest publication will appear on the top of the listing. Just click the links to get to the story! After a few more publications, we'll also populate a search bar tool for your convenience. 

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November 2025: Thankful for Good, Clean, Student Data

Announcements: WISEstaff Collection and Recent Communications

Spotlight on Data: December 9, 2025: December Student Snapshot

Data Quality Tips: Data Quality Alerts, WISEstaff Preliminary Results, and WISEid Change Requests 

App Feature: WISEstaff Staff Collection Checklist

 WISEdash Featured Dashboard: Verify Graduation Cohorts and Snapshot Dashboard Overview

Upcoming Events & Data Milestones

October 2025: Making Data Less Spooky!

Announcements: WISEstaff dates, Recent Communications, and WISEdash Spring Data

Spotlight on Data: Snapshot Preparation Data Quality Auditing webpages

Data Quality Tip: Special Education (SSEPA) Records

App Feature: School Modification Form is now a WISE Application

WISEdash Featured Dashboard: Administrator Dashboards

Upcoming Events and Data Milestones

October 25 Special: WISEdash Student Growth Percentiles and Target Group Preview Dashboards

WISEdash Student Growth Percentiles and Target Group Preview Dashboards

September 2025: Time for Sharp Pencils and Sharper Minds!

Announcements: Announcements: Rostering for aimswebPlus Reading Readiness

Spotlight on Data: Close Out Year-End Data for 2024-25 School Year

Data Quality Tip: Outreach Calls Begin!

App Feature: WISEid

WISEdash Featured Dashboard: GED-HSED Credentials

Upcoming Events and Data Milestones

August 25 Special: Act 20

Reading Readiness: Early Literacy Screener and aimswebPlus Rostering for 2025-26

August 2025: The Dog Days of Data!

Announcements: DPI Job Posting on Data Warehouse team; WISEdash Advisory Group Seeking Members; Reminder to Read Back to School Communications

Spotlight on Data: WISEsecure Clean-Up; Agency Contacts; School Directory Data

App Feature: New and Improved Change Request Process in WISEid and WISEstaff; Ed-Fi Credential: Reminder of New Process for Annual Credentials

WISEdash Featured: Exploring Student Achievement to Inform Systems and Practices

Upcoming Events and Data Milestones

 

July 25 Special: 2024-25 Statewide Assessment Data in WISEdash for Districts

WISEdash: 2024-25 ACCESS for ELLs Student Growth Percentiles Now Visible in WISEdash for Districts

July 25 Special: 2024-25 ACCESS for ELLs Student Growth Percentiles in WISEdash

WISEdash: 2024-25 ACCESS for ELLs Student Growth Percentiles Now Visible in WISEdash for Districts

July 2025: Already Half-Way Through 2025!

Announcements: New Team name; WISEdata Conference 'Save the Date'

Spotlight on Data: Recent Communications

Data Quality Tip: For LEAs Considering a Change in SIS Vendor

App Feature: WISExplore

WISEdash Featured Dashboard: Exploring ACCESS for ELLs to Inform Systems and Practices

Upcoming Events and Data Milestones

June 25 Special: 2024-25 ACCESS for ELLs Data in WISEdash

WISEdash: 2024-25 ACCESS for ELLs Data Results Now Visible in WISEdash for Districts

June 2025: Looking at Data Through Sunglasses!

Spotlight on Data:New District Administrators

Data Quality Tip: Data Quality Tips for New DSAs

App Feature: WISELearn

WISEdash Featured Dashboard: Review Year-End Data in WISEdash

Upcoming Events and Data Milestones

May 2025: Snapshot is Done! Did You Have Broccoli In Your Teeth?

Spotlight on Data: 2025 May Demographic Snapshot

Data Quality Tip: Completing School Year Close-Out Tasks Before August

Data Quality Tip: Data Errata Letters

App Feature, Ed-Fi Credential: 2025-26 Updates

App Feature, WISEstaff: Public Staff Reports

Upcoming Events and Data Milestones

April 2025: 365 Days of Weather in One Month!

Spotlight on Data: WISE Regional Workshops (to prep for the May Demographics Snapshot)

Spotlight on Data: WISEstaff Final Certification, Addressing Errors via Data Errata

Data Quality Tips: Reviewing Economically Disadvantaged Status and Food Service Eligibility Data for the May Demographics Snapshot

App Feature, WISEdash for Districts: The May Demographics Snapshot Dashboard

Upcoming Events and Data Milestones

March 2025: What a Successful WISEdata Conference!

Spotlight on Data: 10th Annual WISEdata Conference

Data Quality Tips: WISEstaff Final Certification Deadline & May Demographics Snapshot Prep

App Feature, WISEdata Portal: Data Quality Alerts & Economically Disadvantaged Status Data

WISEdash: Cohort 'Group by' Filter

Upcoming Events and Data Milestones

February 2025: Valentines, Variables and Values

Spotlight on Data: WISEdata Conference

Data Quality Tip: School Directory Open for 2025-26

App Feature: Ed-Fi Credential

WISEdash: FAFSA Dashboard

Upcoming Events and Data Milestones

January 2025: A Monthly Newsletter

Welcome!

Data Quality Tip: Data Errata Letters

App Feature: WISEstaff

WISEdash: Featured Dashboard

Upcoming Events and Data Milestones