Data, Evaluation & Research Requests

Minneapolis Public Schools (MPS) partners with universities, foundations, research institutions, the State of Minnesota, and the U.S. Department of Education, to discover practices in education that advance student achievement. Data, evaluation and research requests, however, are secondary to our goal of educating our students, and is a privilege reserved for proposals that:

Support the support four key priorities (literacy, equity, social emotional learning and student support systems),
Avoid duplication of effort, and
Do not interfere with instruction or the efficient operation of MPS or its schools.

The process for requesting data, performing research or evaluations at MPS is intended both to protect that primary responsibility, and to give reasonable access to individuals, institutions, and organizations to conduct approved evaluation and research projects.

Data: Availability and Requests

MPS receives many requests for data, and we have compiled a list of resources to support those needs. If you find that you need something not on this list, please complete a data request.

MPS Reports & Data

The Student Accounting Office produces a number of publicly available, standard district-wide and school level reports.

Tableau: MPS Dashboard

This website shows interactive graphs and charts about our schools and the district as a whole. Visualizations are organized by topic, and all (except for the school climate survey) can be broken down by by student group to see how we are serving our diverse population.

MN Department of Education Report Card

This tool is designed to provide parents, educators, schools, districts and citizens with easy access to district and school information, test results, demographic information and other critical data in a centralized location.

Data Availability

FAST (K-9) - November, March, June
ACCESS and MCA - Scores released end of August
ACT - Mid-July
Graduation Rates - Spring after graduation
College Matriculation - 2 Summers after graduation

Data Request

If you need have other data needs, please fill out a data request.

The data request is designed to help our team determine who will support your request, and give you better assistance on navigating MPS processes.

MPS will never provide individual data on FRL status of students. All data requests are subject to a fee.

Evaluation & Research at MPS

Sharing Results

The researcher must provide the MPS Research Review Committee, district co-sponsor, and principals who were involved in the study with a report of final results no more than three months after completion of the study. For studies lasting more than a year, researchers must submit an interim/progress report no more than two months after the end of each year of the study. Report due dates must be specified in the Application. Progress reports should be 3-5 five pages. Failure to submit an interim report places the project at risk for continuation. Failure to submit a final report jeopardizes approval of future proposals.

Publications emanating from studies in the schools should acknowledge the contribution of MPS unless requests to the contrary are made, or unless the identification of the system would jeopardize future research efforts or school programs.

MPS is committed to working with researchers to share and utilize research to support district goals. To that end, the district is in the process of developing new practices to support that occurring. We are exploring various options to expand partnerships between MPS and researchers to enhance opportunities for conducting research that is beneficial to all.

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