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PerformancePLUS Analytics and Performance Measurement
Performance Driven Education
As education has become performance-driven, the demands on educators to access data and make that information relevant and even transparent to all stakeholders has grown intensely.PerformancePlus is the analytic and performance measurement tool that puts power in the hands of school administrators to analyze the forces contributing to their students’ success by allowing them to:
- Respond to all stakeholders (government agencies, state governors, superintendents, principals, teachers and parents) with information on how well schools are educating our children today.
- Look at data in the student database as well as other district information databases in order to get a full view of the school districts status
- Analyze student, school and school district performance with relevant, accurate, secure and timely information Identify student educational needs
- Develop teaching, development and management strategies
- Assess, track and meet accountability requirements, including No Child Left Behind (NCLB)
The No Child Left Behind (NCLB) Act establishes the touchstone against which school systems across the country measure their relative performance, and against which they are held accountable. PerformancePLUS, along with eSchoolPLUS, allows schools and school districts and the people who run them to manage and deliver on these performance mandates:
- Measure, track, and report on student and school performance, including Adequate Yearly Progress (AYP)
- Quickly identify students who are falling behind, give them special attention, and get them back on track
- Manage and track complex information requirements
- Track enrollment against actual attendance, and map that to student performance.
- Assess the impact teacher qualification levels have on student performance
- Determine whether your summer education program has actually helped push low student reading levels up to country-wide peer levels
- And more . . .
Unlocking Education Information
PerformancePlus comes with an out-of-the-box data warehouse solution from Cognos, the industry leader in data-warehouse and multi-dimensional database tools. This powerful combination allows districts to:
- Efficiently obtain and store data from multiple sources
- Stores the data in a multidimensional format
- View data as needed (by cost, attendance, test scores, etc)
- Utilize commonly required elements for quick and effective analysis
- Tailor or extend to unique analysis and performance measurement needs
- Create and deploy a web-enabled reporting and analysis environment
High Impact Information for School and District Administrators
Once relevant student and school data comes together in one place, PerformancePlus is able to deliver high impact information that can be utilized by school and school district administrators helping them effectively deliver against the demands of performance-driven education.
- Show through rich data and rigorous analysis that your school system is effectively meeting the needs of its students
- Monitor, measure and report student performance against performance objectives
- Rapidly identify children who are falling behind, or classrooms with persistent problems
- Track the educational and qualification levels of the teachers and plan to ensure expectations will be met today and in the future
- Understand where increases in program investments would have real impact on student performance
- Tie budget to outcomes and results
Put educational performance information in the hands of education stakeholders as needed (e.g., state agencies, analysts, principals , parents, and even the general public where necessary)
Commitment to Customer Success
At SunGard Pentamation, we are committed to ensure that all our products work reliably, are fully implemented, are backed by knowledgeable and available customer support, and we equip our customers with sufficient training so they can get the maximum benefit out of their purchase of the Plus Series products.