Pearson School Systems Acquires altonaEd; Expands Leadership Position in Student Information with Premiere Web-based Solution.MESA, Ariz. -- Pearson School Systems (PSS See EPSS. ), the leader in student information and digital resources for preK-12 education, today announced the acquisition of altonaEd, creators of the School Information & Performance System (SiPs), a next generation of student information technology. Terms of the acquisition were not disclosed. The acquisition supports Pearson Education's strategy to enable educators to use student information to assess students, diagnose achievement gaps and prescribe instructional strategies to close those gaps at the district, school, classroom and student levels. Further, the addition of the Web-based SiPs firmly positions Pearson School Systems as the leader in student information systems with the most powerful and flexible student information solutions for the preK-12 marketplace. "We are excited to offer this new technology to educators who are committed to leveraging student data to improve student performance. SiPs represents the future of student information systems with its Web-based, scalable, multi-platform design. Combined with new investments planned for our current SASIxp 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 student information systems we will offer the greatest degree of choice in meeting the student information needs of K-12 school districts," said Mike Evans, president of Pearson School Systems. SiPs' fully web-based technology is a powerful administrative tool integrating all aspects of student management. A centralized database provides administrators, teachers and parents with instant access to current attendance, grading and discipline information, while providing information technology directors with a state-of-the-art enterprise application. SiPs' relational database relational database Database in which all data are represented in tabular form. The description of a particular entity is provided by the set of its attribute values, stored as one row or record of the table, called a tuple. design offers broad scalability, and its web-based access provides secure entry anytime-anywhere from any PC or Machintosh with a standard Web browser The program that serves as your front end to the Web on the Internet. In order to view a site, you type its address (URL) into the browser's Location field; for example, www.computerlanguage.com, and the home page of that site is downloaded to you. . Advanced scheduling technologies reduce manual efforts to perform student course placements. "This merging of capabilities is great news for educators," said Robert Darby, president of altonaEd. "SiPs fits beautifully with Pearson's strategy to capture and utilize comprehensive student information to efficiently drive individualized instruction Individualized instruction is a method of instruction in which content, instructional materials, instructional media, and pace of learning are based upon the abilities and interests of each individual learner. . Educators will be better positioned to promote student achievement through the use of a powerful, comprehensive system that allows for integrated student information, instructional management, assessment and decision support." About Pearson School Systems Focusing exclusively on enterprise solutions for K-12 school districts, Pearson School Systems (PSS) is dedicated to helping educators improve student performance by combining the power of assessment, reporting and student information solutions. Its innovative, digital solutions include widely acclaimed SASIxp(TM); CIMS(R) comprehensive finance, human resources The fancy word for "people." The human resources department within an organization, years ago known as the "personnel department," manages the administrative aspects of the employees. , and student information system; and Concert(TM) Solution Suite. Pearson School Systems' products are used by more than 16,000 schools nationwide. Pearson School Systems is part 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. (NYSE NYSE See: New York Stock Exchange :PSO PSO - Oracle Parallel Server ), the world's leading integrated education company. EDITORS NOTE: Pearson School Systems is a new business unit of Pearson Education created to focus specifically on the administrative and enterprise system needs of K-12 school districts. Please visit http://www.pearsondigital.com for the press release announcing the formation of the new PSS unit. |
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