Media Coverage

Software Aims to Simplify EDEN Reporting

In an era when schools are scrambling for public funds wherever they can find them, and when the 2009 ARRA stimulus package is allowing the United States Department of Education to provide funds like never before, the critical thread tying them together is data reporting. More

Pennsylvania Earns National Recognition for Efforts to Track Student Progress

A data collection system that will aid the educational progress of Pennsylvania's students has earned national recognition, Governor Edward G. Rendell and Education Secretary Gerald L. Zahorchak announced today. More

Data Quality Campaign Recognizes Leaders Building and Using Longitudinal Data Systems

Four state and district leaders were honored by the Data Quality Campaign (DQC) during the Council of Chief State School Officers' (CCSSO) Annual Policy Forum. The DQC, a national partnership to improve the quality, accessibility and use of data in education, recognized the award winners for their leadership and innovation in championing the vital need for quality education data. More

Finding Your Way in a Data Driven World

Schools now have the tools to analyze data in a more structured, timely, and organized fashion. With one computer keystroke, officials in North Carolina’s Guilford County school district can see which students are at risk of dropping out years before it might happen. More

Deloitte Awarded Contract from Pennsylvania Department of Education

Deloitte Consulting LLP today announced that it has been awarded a contract from the Pennsylvania Department of Education (PDE) to provide services to support the implementation of the Pennsylvania Information Management System (PIMS). More

Kentucky Department of Education Data System Contract Award

Claraview Inc., of Reston, Virginia will provide software and professional services for the Kentucky Instructional Data System (KIDS) statewide longitudinal data system, the Kentucky Department of Education announced today. More

Data Warehousing: Too Much Information

The surge in the collection and use of data has created a new problem for K-12 administrators—where to put it all, while ensuring it stays safe and accessible. Data warehouses have the answer. More

States Struggle to Computerize School Records

Nearly all states are building high-tech student data systems to collect, categorize and crunch the endless gigabytes of attendance logs, test scores and other information collected in public schools. More

Risk & Reward: Both businesses and school districts face risks as they navigate an emerging and highly competitive market for data tools.

With the federal No Child Left Behind Act requiring school districts to show how their students are—or are not—improving, the past few years have seen the commercial marketplace for K-12 data-management systems crack wide open. More

Tracing the BI Family Tree

Shawn Bay remembers the first time he heard the term "business intelligence." As a market analyst at Procter & Gamble in the `80s, Bay had been part of a network that pioneered data warehousing and decision support. More