Student Information Systems
Education
Scantron Corporation Continues to Grow
The Scantron Corporation has recently scooped up the Bellevue, Wash.-based GlobalScholar, an education data management system.
IT Infrastructure & Management
S.C. Now Poised to Better Track Student Progress
South Carolina is launching a new student-information system that officials say takes a quantum leap in technology that can track students' progress and find ways to improve instruction.
School Climate & Safety
Gradebooks Take Virtual Approach
Ed-tech administrators are spending more time evaluating a variety of electronic gradebook products and their capabilities.
Education
Opinion
The Letter From: Information Systems, Accountability and Adaptive Management
As someone who reads the newspaper, I am more than disappointed that the use of student information systems for accountability has focused narrowly on teachers. I know it is simplistic, impolitic, unnecessary and counterproductive.
Education
Opinion
The Letter From: On Teacher Accountability
There’s nothing inherently evil in student information systems or the data they create. They don’t fire teachers – people do. The disruptions they create stem from the basic question of all management – who will decide? At current course and speed its clear that administrators will. It’s no surprise they tend to hold teachers solely accountable.
School & District Management
Opinion
K-12Lead of the Week
Without an “integrated student information system,” it will be very hard for any district to leave no child behind. As this RFP suggests, the phrase remains an oxymoron rather than a description of reality on the ground, and so a worthy market.
Ed-Tech Policy
Pearson Buys Top 2 Rivals in Student-Information Market
Through the back-to-back acquisitions of its two major rivals, the media conglomerate Pearson PLC has strengthened its position as the leader in the market for K-12 student-information systems, analysts say.
Classroom Technology
Risk & Reward
Both businesses and school districts face risks as they navigate an emerging and highly competitive market for data tools.
Ed-Tech Policy
Software Framework Opens Up Data-Sharing
The Schools Interoperability Framework, a method of exchanging data among various school software applications, is ready, finally, to give a technical boost to schools’ ability to use data to improve student achievement.