Education Data Collection Team (EDUCATE)
July 2025 Compass
The Education Data Collection Team serves Montana students by assisting education agencies with Infinite Campus data reporting and providing accurate and timely education data to other OPI units for state and federal reporting.
Infinite Campus Data Collections
The Data Collection Schedule contains a complete list of all data collections occurring throughout the year. The 2025-26 Data Collection Calendar is now posted to the website!!
There are no collections due in July. We hope everyone enjoys their summer!
Districts may prepare for the 25-26 year by completing the following tasks:
- Creating 25-26 calendars (including Calendar Type, Terms, Period Schedules, Days). Districts must have separate calendars when students have different instructional days or minutes, for Home-Based Early Targeted Intervention (Early Literacy or Early Numeracy), for Extracurricular Participation, and for Educational Savings Account student tracking. Districts should consider additional calendars for students receiving Special Education related services not otherwise enrolled in a district program (PK, Service Plan).
- Managing enrollments: Students who are verified transfers over the summer should have their 25-26 enrollment deleted and the 24-25 End Status changed to reflect the transfer. Students who were grade 12 in the 24-25 year and complete graduation requirements over the summer are coded as 24-25 graduates for state reporting purposes.
- Entry, exit, and modification of personnel for the 25-26 year.
- Creation of Courses, Sections and Rosters for the 25-26 year.
- Enter District Residency records for accepted out of district students.
- Enter Early Targeted Intervention Records for students eligible for any of the three programs (Jumpstart, Classroom-Based, Home-Based).
New for 2025-26
New Assignment Code Matrix: Please review the new Assignment Code Matrix published on the EDUCATE website under Data Collection Information>Personnel Reporting. There are both new and revised State Assignment Codes. New codes should have a Start Date of 7/1/2025 or later.
System Test Coordinator: With new testing requirements, districts must identify a System Test Coordinator (STC) as early as possible in the school year. This coordinator role is identified in the District Assignment, under MT Titles. Please review your Personnel Validations to ensure the proper staff member is assigned that role.
New State Assessments: In addition to the MAST assessment, there is a new DLM Assessment for students with significant cognitive disabilities (ELA, Math, Science). More information is available on the Assessment webpage.
MAST Rosters: Districts may use tools within Infinite Campus to upload rosters into the Kite Portal. Courses identified on the Course Information Tab, under Course Setup, with Subject Type Core and Core Academic Class "ELA" or "MAT" will generate a roster file. Extract the roster file from Data Validation Reports in Infinite Campus to upload to the Kite Platform. Use of the roster upload is optional.
MAST Accommodations: Districts may use the Data Validation Reports in Infinite Campus to upload Assessment Accommodations to the Kite Platform. Accommodations may be extracted for IEP students, as well as EL or 504 students. Use of the accommodations upload is optional.
Consortium v. Contractors: For the 25-26 year, districts contracting with Consortiums for the provision of services required for Accreditation (Library, Counseling, Curriculum) should identify the agency member as a Consortium Provider under MT Titles in the District Assignment. Districts may contract with any other State Assignment code for the provision of educational services.
Home-Based Early Literacy: In the Comments field of the student's Early Targeted Intervention Eligibility Record, enter parent name, email and phone number. This will assist Waterford in creating user accounts for students participating in Home-Based Early Targeted Intervention Programs.
Kindergarten: For the 25-26 year there will be a single state grade for kindergarten. The new kindergarten grade is KG.
EDUCATE STAFF NEWS
After 31 years of service in state government, Andy Boehm will be retiring on August 22nd! We appreciate his years of service to OPI and the Educate Unit.
Contact the EDUCATE Unit at (406) 444-3800 or
opiaimhelp@mt.gov for assistance.
The OPI is committed to providing reasonable accommodations to people with disabilities. If you need a reasonable accommodation, require an alternate format, or have questions concerning accessibility, contact the OPI ADA Coordinator, 406-444-3161, opiada@mt.gov, Relay Service: 711.
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