Education Data Collection Team (EDUCATE)
November 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!!
The following collections are due in November:
Fall Career and Technical Education (CTE): November 1 - December 31, 2025
This data is utilized to understand how Montana's CTE programs are impacting the participating students by understanding what outcomes those students have after graduating. This data is also used for determining funding and in state and federally mandated reporting. Enter data for students identified as Concentrators at the end of the 24-25 school year who are no longer enrolled in school (graduate or dropout).
Students must be contacted between November 1 and December 31 (in the second quarter of the 2024-25 school year).
Fall Personnel and Fall Teacher Class
Please continue to review your Fall Personnel and Fall Teacher Class reports in Infinite Campus. Once your reports in Infinite Campus are error free, run the additional validation reports in both MAEFAIRS and Accred MT to ensure that your data entry is complete.
MAEFAIRS - Run the FTE to QEC report. This report compares the data entered in Infinite Campus to the licensure status of the employee in either TeachMT, for certified staff, or the Department of Labor (DLI), for professional staff. Certified staff must have a teaching license valid for the 25-26 school year issued not later than December 1, 2025 and Professional staff must have a license valid as of the Fall Count Date.
AccredMT - Run the various Accreditation reports to ensure that staff are properly licensed and endorsed for the course they are attached to, that staffing levels are appropriate for roster counts, that FTEs are sufficient for Superintendent, Principal, Curriculum, Library and Counseling, that course offerings for middle and high schools meet requirements set in Administrative Rule and that calendars are properly set up to demonstrate the school's compliance with PIR requirements.
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 (MAST Roster Extract). 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 Targeted Intervention: In the 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.
New EDUCATE Staff
Welcome Ashley Koepke!
Ashley joined the EDUCATE until on October 6, 2025. She may be reached at ashley.keopke@mt.gov or (406) 444-0375. If you happen to hear from her, please welcome her to the team!
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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