Pearson Inform 4.0 Boasts New Features--Enabling Districts and Schools to Better Access, Report, and Analyze Critical Student Data.FOLSOM, Calif. -- Pearson School Systems, a business of Pearson Education Pearson Education is an international publisher of textbooks and other educational material, such as multimedia learning tools. Pearson Education is part of Pearson PLC. It is headquartered in Upper Saddle River, New Jersey. , the world's leading integrated education The Integrated Education movement in Northern Ireland is an attempt to bring together children, parents and teachers from both Roman Catholic and Protestant traditions, the aim being to provide a balanced education, while allowing the opportunity to understand and respect all company, today announced the release of Pearson Inform 4.0. This powerful, web-based, achievement data analysis and decision support tool provides districts and schools with the information they need to measure progress and improve performance. Pearson Inform 4.0 introduces several system enhancements focused on providing more comprehensive analysis of student data, improved system administration, greater integration with student information systems (SIS), and increased system integrity. With more enhanced information, educators can report and analyze performance data to identify areas of strength and weakness; monitor progress against district, state, and federal standards; evaluate the effectiveness of instructional programs, and target assistance for students, teachers, and schools. "Pearson Inform 4.0 gives educators and administrators a performance data library that enables them to quickly and easily access, report, and analyze a complete range of student assessment results," said Mary McCaffrey, President, Pearson School Systems. "We've added new features to make this tool even more powerful, helping educators and administrators significantly improve overall student performance." Pearson Inform 4.0 enhancements streamline the overall analysis and reporting process by giving administrators and educators greater insight into student performance. Key enhancements include: Student Achievement Data Analysis * Support for multiple score methods per assessment * Support for historical schedule data for comparing class performance across school years * Support for comparing individual student achievement to state test score averages * Expanded Roster Reporting System Administration * Enhanced report display and printer-friendliness * Enhanced functionality of the Report Library, allowing school and district leaders to pre-define reports and share them with teachers and other administrators * Batch reporting by school and classroom - On a single command, the system displays defined reports for every pertinent school or classroom * Enhanced report display and improved printer friendliness * Export of student-drill-down lists to Excel System Integrity * Optimized query for high-volume reports * Queuing and messaging for batch reports * Faster response time and performance * Improved application/database failover protection Pearson Inform is available through Pearson School Systems and Pearson Assessments. For more information please visit the following website: http://www.pearsonschoolsystems.com/products/inform/index.htm About Pearson School Systems Pearson School Systems is advancing student learning through its highly interoperable The ability for one system to communicate or work with another. See interoperability. enterprise solutions for student information management. As the market leader in K12 technology innovations, Pearson School Systems supports about 20 million students with a product lineup that includes PowerSchool Premier, Chancery chancery: see equity. chancery Court of public record and archive of state documents. The chancery system of the Roman Empire served as the model for the royal chanceries of medieval France and Germany. SMS (1) (Storage Management System) Software used to routinely back up and archive files. See HSM. (2) (Systems Management Server) Systems management software from Microsoft that runs on Windows NT Server. , Mac School, Win School, SASI (Shugart Associates Systems Interface) A peripheral interface developed by Shugart in 1981 that evolved into the ANSI SCSI standard in 1986. It was renamed SCSI because ANSI does not allow corporate names in its standards. See SCSI. and CIMS CIMS Courant Institute of Mathematical Sciences (New York University) CIMS Center for Integrated Manufacturing Studies (Rochester Institute of Technology) CIMS Chemical Ionization Mass Spectrometry . Pearson Inform, the achievement data analysis and decision support tool rounds out a solution set designed to provide administrators, teachers, students, and parents with comprehensive software options that are easy-to-use and can be customized to meet a wide range of end-user needs. All Pearson School Systems products are fully supported with training and the finest customer support services support services Psychology Non-health care-related ancillary services–eg, transportation, financial aid, support groups, homemaker services, respite services, and other services in the industry. Pearson School Systems is a business of Pearson Education, the world's leading integrated education company. Pearson Education is part of Pearson (NYSE NYSE See: New York Stock Exchange :PSO PSO - Oracle Parallel Server ), the international media company. For more information, please visit: www.pearsonschoolsystems.com. |
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