MIS and Student Data

MIS Frequently Asked Questions

FAQs grouped by activity month
January Activities
January 2023 FAQ-Data Quality Checks – How to manage my December 1 data (PDF)
January 2022 FAQ-Data Quality Checks – How to manage my December 1 data (PDF)
January 2021 FAQ-Data Quality Checks – How to manage my December 1 data (PDF)
February Activities
February 2023 FAQ-MIS Checklist Review (PDF)
February 2022 FAQ-MIS Checklist Review (PDF)
February 2021 FAQ-MIS Checklist Review (PDF)
March Activities
March 2023 FAQ-Non-Public Equivalency and Catastrophic Aid Claims (PDF)
March 2022 FAQ-Non-Public Equivalency and Catastrophic Aid Claims (PDF)
March 2021 FAQ-Non-Public Equivalency and Catastrophic Aid Claims (PDF)
April Activities
April 2023 FAQ-Monthly Tasks (PDF)
April 2022 FAQ-Monthly Tasks (PDF)
April 2021 FAQ-Monthly Tasks (PDF)
May Activities
May 2023 FAQ-End of Year Preparation (PDF)
May 2022 FAQ-End of Year Preparation (PDF)
May 2021 FAQ-End of Year Preparation (PDF)
August Activities
August 2022 FAQ-Begin Year Set Up-What needs to be done early in the school year? (PDF)
August 2021 FAQ-Begin Year Set Up-What needs to be done early in the school year? (PDF)
August 2020 FAQ-Begin Year Set Up-What needs to be done early in the school year? (PDF)
September Activities
September 2022 FAQ-Closing the prior School year (PDF)
September 2021 FAQ-Closing the prior School year (PDF)
September 2020 FAQ-Closing the prior School year (PDF)
October Activities
October 2022 FAQ-Continuous Activity (PDF)
October 2021 FAQ-Continuous Activity (PDF)
October 2020 FAQ-Continuous Activity (PDF)
November Activities
November 2022 FAQ-November Activity (PDF)
November 2021 FAQ-November Activity (PDF)
November 2020 FAQ-November Activity (PDF)
December Activities
December 2022 FAQ -December 1 reports, what to do with them (PDF)
December 2021 FAQ -December 1 reports, what to do with them (PDF)
December 2020 FAQ -December 1 reports, what to do with them (PDF)

Reference FAQs by Subject

18-21-year-old Programs FAQ May 2020 (PDF)
Addressing Verification 0224 FAQ April 2018 (PDF)
Begin Year SetUp FAQ August 2018 and 2019 (PDF)
Continuous Activity FAQ October and November 2018 (PDF)
Data Quality Checks–December 1 Data FAQ January 2019 (PDF)
Directory Information FAQ October 2019 (PDF)
End Of Year Close FAQ September 2018 (PDF)
End Of Year Prep FAQ May 2018 and 2019 (PDF)
Import Alerts FAQ December 2017 (PDF)
Levels Of Determination FAQ February 2018 and 2019 (PDF)
Non-Public Equivalency and Catastrophic Claims FAQ March 2020 (PDF)
Reports-December 1-What To Do With Them? FAQ December 2018 (PDF)
Reports-December 1-Which reports help manage my data? FAQ January 2018 (PDF)
Timely and Accurate Internal Controls and Scoring FAQ January 2020 (PDF)

Data Specifications

Data Dictionary 23-24 School Year (PDF) (updated 11/14/23)

Support Documents Links

Coding ECSE Programs (PDF)
K Time Calculations (PDF)
K Time Collection Form (PDF) | (Word)
Managing Building Time (PDF)
MIS Accuracy Worksheet (PDF) | (Word)
MIS Procedural Manual Outline (PDF) | (Word)
MIS Procedural Manual Content (PDF) | (Word)
Reporting Full Time IN, AC, SH Services (PDF) | (Word)
Revocation Matrix (PDF)
SPEDPro Template (.xlsx)
Time as it Occurs (PDF) | (Word)
Timely and Accurate Data Worksheet (PDF)
Timely and Accurate Results Template (Excel)

Data Links

TASN MIS page (external link)

MIS Reports

New legislation has been enacted regarding the public reporting of documents that could potentially identify specific individuals or for which a person's identity could be derived. KSDE is complying with these new requirements. As a result student level MIS data reports are no longer being posted on the KSDE website. If individuals wish to obtain the type of data that was posted in prior years, a Data Request form is available at http://www.ksde.org/DataReports/DataRequests/RequestforData.aspx. Completed request forms will go to the KSDE Research and Evaluation department. Please note: Data requests returned will be aggregated reports and may contain suppressed cells if the population in a given category is less than 10.

Additional Information and Assistance concerning MIS contact:
Mason Vosburgh
785-296-4945
mvosburgh@ksde.org
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