With the transition to the new Every Student Succeeds Act, the department will be creating and publishing a new Report Card. The amount of new data that will be included will push back the time of the data release.

• June 8: Last date for districts to make changes to their 2017-18 data in Infinite Campus, the Perkins CTE Data System, the Safe, Drug and Gun Free Data Collection System and the PRF System.
• Oct. 19-29: Districts review and validate data in SD-STARS. If data errors are discovered, this is the time to fix them. We recommend that you have your Accountability Team available during this time to assist with the data review process.
• Oct. 29: Pre-appeal window closes at 5 p.m. CDT.
• Nov. 15: Department provides districts with final data prior to the public release of the Report Card.
• Nov. 15-19: Districts share local data with key stakeholders, including boards of education.
• Nov. 19: Department shares state-level data from 2018 Report Card at South Dakota Board of Education Standards meeting. Press release issued.
• Nov. 20: Report Card website goes live at 5 p.m. CST with state-, district- and school-level data.
• Nov. 21-Dec. 5: Formal appeals window.
• Dec. 5: Deadline for formal appeals to be submitted to the department.
• Dec. 15: Deadline for the department to make decisions on formal appeals.
• Dec. 17: Final version of the 2018 Report Card released.