FEBRUARY 2023
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MIGRATION TO AWS WEBINAR
The MiDataHub team facilitated a webinar on 2/1/2023 that discussed the upcoming changes districts need to be aware of with the migration to Amazon Web Services (AWS). Please find the links below for both the AWS Migration webinar and the slide deck from the webinar. As a follow-up to the meeting, there are a few more details we need to both confirm with Thrun and then implement/deploy as added functionality in MiDataHub. 
Key takeaways we are able to share as of this newsletter being received:
  • An updated Hosting agreement will need to be authorized electronically in the MiDataHub cockpit. This agreement will need to be authorized by February 24, 2023. 
  • Only Superintendents or their proxies are able to authorize agreements in the MiDataHub cockpit. Knowing this, an initial email will be sent by Don Dailey (ddailey@gomaisa.org) to anyone listed in the MIDatahub cockpit as either a Superintendent or a Superintendent Proxy. 
  • Follow-up emails will be sent either directly from the MiDataHub cockpit and/or a member of the MiDataHub team as needed. 
  • There will be an additional waiver that needs to be authorized in addition to the MiDataHub hosting agreement. This will also be built into the MiDataHub cockpit for electronic authorization, similar to the Hosting Agreement.

Please take a few minutes to review the links below for more information shared on this migration and the updated hosting agreements during the webinar on 2/1/2023. 

If you have any issues opening either link, please let us know by sending an email to support@midatahub.org. 

98B PROGRESS REPORTS FOR BOARD MEETINGS
As with last year, the Benchmark Assessment mandate requires that districts provide an update to their board of education regarding test scores no later than the February and End of Year board meetings each school year.  To assist with analyzing and reporting NWEA, i-Ready and Star data, MiDataHub maintains a set of queries that can be used to aggregate information in a manner described in the Section 98b Goal Progress Report template created by GELN.

The queries are available in the MiDataHub Cockpit.  The steps to access them are below:
  1. Log into https://milaunchpad.org
  2. Click on the link for MiDataHub Cockpit
  3. Navigate to your Manage District page by expanding your ISD and clicking on the link to your district
  4. Click on Reports>Manage Custom Exports from the menu.
  5. Click on the Select Query Tag dropdown and choose either NWEA Section 98 Fall 2022, iReady Section 98 Fall 2022, or Star Section 98 Fall 2022 based on the assessment that you'd like to report on.  This will create an Export Set and will open up to show the queries inside.
  6. You can click on the Preview Results link in the Actions Column next to each query to see if the query will execute.  For some larger districts, the query may time out if it runs longer than 60 seconds.
  7. If the Preview Results link gives a preview of the data, you can close the preview, click on the Create Download File for 2022-2023, and click on Download File for 2022-2023 when the link Create Download link changes to say Download.  You should be able to open the download file in a spreadsheet like Microsoft Excel.
  8. If the Preview Results window never opens, then an outbound integration must be scheduled to create the file(s) for you.  While this is something that can be done from the cockpit, we recommend reaching out to support@midatahub.org for assistance.

Please email us at support@midatahub.org if you need any assistance pulling these reports.
NEW PRODUCT CATALOG PAGE
Please take a minute and visit the new product catalog page for the Extended Benchmark Study.  This study aims to help inform policymakers and practitioners as they make critical decisions for students and educators in the wake of the pandemic. Directions for opting into this study can be completed by creating an API integration in the MiDataHub cockpit. 

Product Catalog Page: Extended benchmark Study
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