LEP team members enter Spring Parent Survey data into the National Evaluation database by using links provided by FPG.  

To protect confidentiality, Spring Parent Surveys should not be seen or entered by school staff.  If school staff assist in collecting completed paper surveys, envelopes must be provided to parents.  

LEPs must upload a Preload file into the main EIS website.  This file connects siblings/children with the same caregiver so that each primary caregiver receives the right number of “child” sections and they are connected to the right children.  In 2023, the step where DMAC processes your Preload file will have to be done manually by us. Perhaps in future years we will be able to automate that step.

General Overview of the Process

• You will upload your Preload file to the EIS web site (detailed instructions are further below)
• Once you do, email us and let us know that you uploaded it
• We will have to run a separate program that will generate the survey links
  • There may be a delay on this. We might run this program when we’ve gotten files from several sites
• We will email you when we have processed your file
  • You can download your file earlier. The file will tell you if all records have been processed yet
• Then you can download an Excel file from the EIS web site – that will have Child IDs and survey links in it (detailed instructions are further below)

For additional details, see the sub-chapter on survey links from FPG.  

The video below provides helpful tips for entering data quickly using radio buttons