NAIS Data and Analysis for School Leadership (DASL) is the must-have tool for driving strategic conversations at your school, and adding accurate data will help you better understand your school and serve you for years to come. At NAIS, we understand how much time and attention it takes to enter your school’s data into DASL each year. We appreciate that you take the time, because your data also contributes to the national picture of independent schools.
Below are key dates for 2024-2025 DASL data entry. Click here for more details.
Part 1: DASL Foundation Data (data such as salaries, advancement, enrollment, etc.)
- DASL Foundation Data Entry Opens: June 12
- DASL Foundation Data Entry Deadline: October 18 at 4:00 PM ET
- DASL Foundation Data Scrubbing: October 19-November 19
- DASL Foundation Data Released in DASL: November 20
Part 2: DASL/BIIS Financial Operations (data such as balance sheets, revenues, expenses, etc.)
- DASL Financial Operations Data Entry Opens: June 12
- DASL Financial Operations Data Entry Deadline: November 22 at 4:00 PM ET
- DASL Financial Operations Data Scrubbing Begins: November 23
- DASL Financial Operations Data Released in DASL: DASL reports are typically available for your use one month after each data entry period has closed.
2024-2025 DASL Data Entry Webinars
NAIS offered a series of webinars to help schools with 2024-2025 data entry. Watch recordings below.
Watch Webinar Series Recordings
DASL|BIIS Financial Operations Data Entry (October 22, 2024)
Hear from NBOA and NAIS data experts in this webinar to get clarification on the DASL|BIIS Financial Operations common data entry mistakes and how to avoid them.
Presenters:
- Elizabeth Dabney, Senior Director, Research and Data Analysis, NBOA
- Joy Bodycomb, Director, Data Quality and Integration, DASL, NAIS
DASL Data Entry: Getting to 100% (September 26, 2024)
What is 100%? How do I get there?
Join your colleagues and the DASL Team in this webinar to see why it’s important and learn how. Let’s all commit to the best data set possible, the foundation for so much leadership work across schools, for the NAIS Trendbook, DASL Databook, accreditation reports in state and regional associations, and many other critical uses.
- Presenter: Joy Bodycomb, Director, Data Quality and Integration, DASL, NAIS
- Webinar Presentation Slides: DASL Data Entry: Getting to 100% (PDF)
DASL Data Entry: FAQs (August 20, 2024)
Questions about data entry? In this webinar, join CASE, NAIS, and NBOA DASL experts to hear this year’s most frequently asked questions and their answers. We’re here to help!
Presenters:
- Deborah Trumble, Senior Director, Research, CASE
- Joy Bodycomb, Director, Data Quality and Integration, DASL, NAIS
- Elizabeth Dabney, Senior Director, Research and Data Analysis, NBOA
- DASL Data Entry: FAQs (PDF)
DASL Data Entry: New in 2025 (June 13, 2024)
Learn what’s new this year in DASL data entry. This webinar will give you some tips and tricks on how and when to best enter each area of your DASL data.
- Presenter: Joy Bodycomb, Director, Data Quality and Integration, DASL, NAIS
Advancement Data in DASL Data Entry (June 4, 2024)
Hear from data experts from CASE and NAIS’s DASL Team, and get a head start with your DASL Advancement Data. This webinar explores how to find and enter your advancement data into DASL and how these data can be helpful to you and the independent school community.
Presenters:
- Deborah Trumble, Senior Director, Research, CASE
- Joy Bodycomb, Director, Data Quality and Integration, DASL, NAIS
Financial Aid Data in DASL Data Entry (May 2, 2024)
This webinar recording explores how to think about financial aid data; how best to complete data entry in DASL; and how they are useful to your school and the independent school community.
- Presenters: Mark J. Mitchell, Vice President, Access & Affordability, NAIS; and Joy Bodycomb, Director, Data Quality and Integration, DASL, NAIS