WISEdata and Data Elements
Data Element List: 2025-26 School Year
The entire data element list has been reviewed, and all active data elements listed are connected to the 2025-26 school year filter.
Data Element List: Deprecated Data Elements
When data elements no longer serve to collect data required by statute/legislation, or if they are replaced by a different data element to make things easier for schools, a data element is deprecated (no longer used). Because the pages may still contain historical value, the webpages for deprecated data elements remain published five years after the year it was deprecated. These pages are removed from all filters. They are only located in the main listing and are called out using the following text:
- Deprecated, as of the 20XX-XX school year.
Two deprecated data elements have been deleted because they stopped being used more than five years ago: EL Served and Possible Full-Term Dropout.
Three deprecated data elements are still active: State Assessment Type, State Endorsed Regional Career Pathway Status Type, and Student Discipline Incident Association ID. The top paragraph for all data elements that are less than five years deprecated contain the following text on the webpage:
- Deprecated, as of the 20XX-XX school year. Information below holds historical value. Deprecated data elements remain as published webpages for five years after the year they were deprecated (i.e., this page will be removed when the 20XX-XX school year starts).
- This may be followed by a sentence or two explaining the reason for the deprecation and whether or not the data needs to be reported for any subsequent snapshots.
WISEdata Uncommon Situations: Contracts and Multi-DistrictCharter Schools
Snapshot Preparation Guidance Webpage Title: Updated. Again.
In the spirit of continuous improvement, the Snapshot Preparation Guidance webpage, ‘December Snapshot: What’s Collected?’ section, has been reviewed and reorganized again.
In its previous iteration, the section organized required data elements in tables, but the tables were not screen-reader friendly. The content is the same, but it is arranged differently, attempting to provide schools with everything they need to know about that data topic in one spot.
Aside from the page being screen-reader accessible, other changes include:
- Previous year data is separated more clearly from current year data.
- Each accordion section contains one specific data topic.
- Accordion headers clearly state if the data is required by Choice schools &/or public schools. Previous year data has its own image and current year data has its own image, to provide a clearer visual representation of snapshot data requirements.
- Data elements listed and linked. Steps are also provided for LEAs to use the newly improved data element collection filters to help them locate specific data elements for each data collection more efficiently.
- Webpages that can provide further detailed information about each data collection topic are listed within that same section.
- The Annual Tasks Checklist webpage closely aligns with the Snapshot Preparation Guidance page, displaying how items that DPI encourages to be completed at the end of a school year align with data collected in the December snapshot.
WISEid and WISEstaff Files and Templates Websites Updated
The WISEstaff Files and Templates webpage and the WISEid Files and Templates webpage have both been updated for the 2025-26 school year with fresh new upload and download files to assist your data accuracy.