PowerSchool is a widely used student information system that helps educational institutions manage various aspects of their operations, including attendance tracking. Generating attendance reports is a crucial task for teachers and administrators, allowing them to monitor student attendance patterns and identify areas that may need improvement. In this blog post, we will provide a comprehensive guide on how to print attendance reports in PowerSchool.
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A Step-by-Step Tutorial: How to Print Attendance Reports in PowerSchool
By Tom Lang on June 27, 2023 at 10:00 AM
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Mastering Failure Reports in PowerSchool: A Step-by-Step Guide
By Tom Lang on June 27, 2023 at 10:00 AM
In the fast-paced world of education, efficient management of student information systems is crucial. PowerSchool, a widely used student information system, offers powerful tools for administrators and educators to streamline their processes. One such tool is the Failure Report feature, which helps identify struggling students and provides valuable insights for intervention. In this blog post, we will walk you through the process of running a failure report in PowerSchool, empowering you to make data-driven decisions that support student success.
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Decoding Attendance Codes in PowerSchool: Understanding Their Meanings
By Tom Lang on June 20, 2023 at 9:58 AM
Keeping track of student attendance is a vital aspect of any educational institution. PowerSchool, a popular student information system, provides a comprehensive platform for managing attendance records. Understanding the attendance codes used in PowerSchool is crucial for both teachers and parents to accurately assess a student's attendance patterns. In this blog post, we will explore the common attendance codes in PowerSchool and shed light on their meanings.
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How to Quickly Pull Stored Grades Report in PowerSchool
By Tom Lang on September 28, 2022 at 10:30 AM
Reviewing stored grades for students is a common activity for staff, especially for staff like principals and counselors. While retrieving data for individual students isn't too complicated, getting to the data for larger groups or even getting to a view that is a bit easier to read and that can be filtered based on specific criteria gets a bit more complicated. However, with the use of our Stored Grade Analysis Report, this process just got a whole lot easier.
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How to Use PowerSchool to Produce Family List by Street Address Report
By Tom Lang on April 4, 2022 at 8:00 AM
Accessing basic student demographic data is really easy in PowerSchool.
But what about identifying students with the same household?
Again it's really easy if they're in the same school. But what if they were in different schools? Then this can only be accomplished when working at district level.
However, with the use of Family List by Street Address Report, users can now run the report at school level and not only will include students from the current school, but it'll also include students at other schools if they share the same home street address. Making it easy for school staff to identify addresses that have multiple students, even if they are at different schools.
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How to Calculate ADA/ADM - Chronic Absenteeism in PowerSchool
By Tom Lang on February 3, 2022 at 4:30 PM
Attendance. What can we say? It's no longer as simple as marking students tardy and adding them up. For many schools, tracking attendance with the multitudes of attendance codes and conversions becomes a full-time job.