Research

Approval from the Outside Research Committee is required for any research or evaluation that involves district staff, students, facilities or functions in the collection of data from students, parents, teachers, administrators, or other professional staff. 

Research conducted within MPS is governed by MPS Policy 1730 (Academic Research) and Regulation 1730A (Responsibility, Definitions and Procedures for Research Approval). 

Federally Funded Research: Researchers working on federally funded projects (Census, Department of Education, Workforce, etc) should reach out to the REA Department for a conversation before applying or reaching out to schools.

Guidelines for Proposal Submission and How To Apply 

Minneapolis Public Schools follows the Minnesota Government Data Practices Act (MGDPA), Minnesota Statutes, Chapter 13, regarding the disclosure and the classification of its data. The MGDPA presumes that all government data are public unless a state or federal law says that the data are not public. 

Government data means all recorded information that the District has, including paper, email, flash drives, CDs, DVDs, photographs, etc. The MGDPA allows the District to charge for the actual costs of searching and retrieving government data, including the cost of employee time, and for making, certifying, and electronically transmitting the copies of the data. 

REA manages data requests connected to approved outside research projects. All other government data requests go through General Counsel for approval.

General Counsel: Requesting Government Data

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

Student Accounting Data & Reports

The Minnesota Department of Education publishes data to the Minnesota Report Card, a 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..

Minnesota Report Card