User Guide: Navigate the Special Education Student Profile in WISEdash for Districts
Click the links below to navigate to different sections of this page:
Purpose of Viewing/Using Student Profile Data
The SpEd Student Profile may be used to view individual special education student data, such as disability status, last evaluation date, educational environment, disability, reason exited, and whether or not the student is a Parentally Placed Private (PPP) student.
Step-by-Step Instructions - Overview
There is more than one way to navigate to a special education student profile in WISEdash for Districts. These webpages linked below provide general steps for each method.
NOTE: Only WISEdash users with specific roles have access to student-level detail.
Method 1: Student Profile
Follow the steps on the WISEdash How-To: Student Profile webpage.
Method 2: Snapshot Data
Follow the steps on the WISEdash How-To: Locate Snapshot Data webpage.
Once You Have Opened a Student Profile Dashboard
Use the Headers below to navigate to different steps within this section:
- From the Student Profile Dashboard > Main Submenu > SPED Dropdown Option
- From the Student Profile Dashboard > Main Submenu > TFS/Oct 1 Child Count Dropdown Option
- From the Snapshots Submenu > Oct 1 Child Count Dropdown Option
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Method 1: Student Profile Dashboard: From the Main Submenu > SPED Dropdown Option
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On the Student Profile dashboard screen (which opens as a separate tab in your browser from the rest of WISEdash), click Main to display the dropdown.- From the Main dropdown, click SPED.
- The Special Education Student Profile displays three main sections:
- a table with basic information about the student
- a "SPED Indicators" table, which includes details about the student's current special education status
- a dynamic table that includes details about the student's special education status in prior school year
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Method 2: Student Profile Dashboard: From the Snapshots Submenu > TFS Count Date/Oct 1 Child Count Dropdown Option
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The Student Profile dashboard for TFS Count displays four main sections:
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a table with basic information about the student
- Demographics
- Enrollments
- Enrollment Indicators
- Special Education
NOTE: Even though the Submenu dropdown option is labeled "TFS Count Date/Oct 1 Child Count," the Student Profile only uses “TFS Count” as the header for that screen.
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Method 3: Student Profile Dashboard: From Dashboards > Snapshot > Oct 1 Child Count
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- From the Oct 1 Child Count Snapshot, click the number located in the “Count Inclusion Oct 1 = Yes” Data Quality Indicator.
- This changes the display to a table including all of the students included in that count date.
- To locate a specific student from the table, use the column values to adjust the viewing order. Each of the column values can be:
- clicked once to adjust the view to ascending order (indicated with an upward arrow),
- clicked twice to adjust the view to descending order (indicated with a downward arrow),
- and clicked a 3rd time to return to the default display order (no arrow).
- Once you have found the row on the table of the student profile you wish to view, click on any underlined item in that row to open the individual Student Profile Dashboard in a new tab in your browser.
- From the Oct 1 Child Count Snapshot, click the number located in the “Count Inclusion Oct 1 = Yes” Data Quality Indicator.
More Help and Resources
- Data Privacy: Home page for DPI training around resources around student privacy.
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