Educational Vistas, Inc.
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DataMate is the most effective and efficient way of viewing your assessment data to make timely informed, instructional decisions. With easy to understand reports, graphs, and charts, it displays information from all assessments. Access to rich student records, electronic portfolio, on-line testing, and school improvement processes add to the unique capabilities of this product. By linking to any student information system (SIS), DataMate is kept up-to-date with all changes in student enrollment and course/section & homeroom information so all stakeholders may access resolves for their students. Longitudinal analysis is available because all pre-K – 12 assessment data is maintained throughout a student’s academic career. Redisplaying historical data for current teachers, DataMate allows teachers and administrators to assess the strengths and challenges of all students on-demand.
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The Data Synchronization Wizard may be remotely installed to link applications within a school along with EVI web-based solutions to reduce or eliminate data duplication and errors. The tool also “scrubs” data elements to provide consistency, continuity, and adherence to NY State reporting requirements. EVI’s experience with over 150 New York school districts has given us the ability to “pull” and/or “push” data from and to almost any application. This product also lays the groundwork for any Zone Integration Server (ZIS) process. A charter school-based Data Warehouse is possible utilizing this product.
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Each building must submit their Violent and Disruptive Incident Report (VADIR) to the state for each school year ending June 30th. The collection, organization, categorizing, and verification of this important information are both time-consuming and fraught with potential errors that could damage the reputation of a school through future identification. Educational Vistas, Inc. spent over five years developing and refining its Violent and Disruptive Incident Reporting System (VADIRS) to be the most powerful, yet economical solution for any charter school to afford. Most importantly, schools are able to examine the status of their VADIR report at any time in the year. In addition, the report status of any incident (i.e., reportable or non-reportable) may be changed as more information becomes available. Also, VADIRS creates the actual summary report, data-export file for potential transmission to the SED, and many internal building/district level reports. VADIRS is kept up-to-date and in compliance, regardless of SED changes. VADIRS is the most comprehensive, efficient, and integrated software program to house and manage this data. This product links to any student information system to create a complete district behavioral-management tool, including the availability of our new Discipline Option to house and track all minor offenses. Beyond assisting you to meet the mandate, VADIRS data collection and reporting capability provide administrators with the power to review any incident data at any time from any school year. A significant benefit of VADIRS is the examination of each incident with the embedded student demographic and program data to improve the culture and safety within the buildings/district through the analysis of reports displaying critical information by report category, date, time, building, location, teacher, gender, ethnicity, and student(s). All SED examples, templates, PowerPoint shows, glossaries, forms, instructions, and other related materials are easily accessed from the VADIRS login welcome screen. VADIRS also contains a complete Discipline Module that may be customized by the school to meet their particular needs. All parental correspondence is printed and housed within the system to facilitate easy notification and convenient record keeping. By linking directly or indirectly to any student information system (SIS), VADIRS is always up-to-date with student enrollment, demographic, and program information.  On September 13, 2010 the Dignity
for All Students Act (Chapter 482 of the Laws of 2010), was signed into law
by Governor David A. Paterson. The goal of the law is to provide public school
students with a safe and supportive environment free from discrimination,
intimidation, taunting, and harassment (e.g., bullying) on school property, on
a school bus, or at a school function. DASA underscores the importance
of a comprehensive State and local approach to creating safe, supportive, and
engaging learning spaces. Moreover, the law was enacted in response to the large
number of students who skip school and engage in high-risk behaviors, such as
alcohol use and even suicide due to an atmosphere of real or perceived
harassment and discrimination.
As the provider of the most
comprehensive and powerful program for meeting and exceeding the VADIR mandate,
we at EVI understand not only the reasoning behind this new law, but also the
impact it will have on how districts handle student behavior, discipline, and
the “Code of Conduct”. All districts/schools must be in compliance with this
new law by July 1, 2012. The State Education Department will promulgate new
regulations, create new procedures, and the commissioner will direct the
implementation of this legislation. EVI has just built all of the component-areas into VADIRS to
support this upcoming requirement. The DASA drop-down menu tab provides
access to those areas that are specifically identified within the law such as:
Policies, Human Relations, Promotion, Services, Professional Development,
Curriculum & Instruction, and school Climate Surveys. Each category has
sub-headers that allow schools to upload materials to implement all aspects of
the mandate. Furthermore, as the commissioner and the SED provide compliance
guidelines, implementation instructions, and additional resources, EVI will
quickly make them available to all VADIRS users. The reasoning behind the Dignity
for All Students Act is Just and right. We support this enhancement to the
VADIR process and will continue to provide schools & districts with the
best application to both meet the mandate and use the data to improve the
culture of learning within the buildings. Please contact us about setting up
this valuable product for your charter school today.
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Introduction
EVI has scored NYS tests and reported results since the advent of the No Child Left Behind (NCLB) legislation in 2001. During this period it has markedly expanded its scorer base, experience, and expertise. Today there are hundreds of certified teachers working for EVI who provide this service. It is interesting to note that their mean educational experience is greater than 20 years, and the aggregated experience exceeds half a century. Also, EVI scorers have unique experiences beyond that of the classroom which includes: administrators, college professors, and authors. All of the scorers, of course, meet NYS criteria for the purpose of assisting schools in the scoring of mandated assessments.
Benefit: Time, Cost, and Equity
With the advent of testing in grades 3 through 8 in English language arts and mathematics, grades 4 and 8 in science, and grades 5 and 8 in social studies, a tremendous amount of instructional time is lost, not to mention the costs for substitute teachers. Therefore, the EVI scoring option makes sense when it preserves learning and is cost effective. Also, the leadership in many charter schools have come to the conclusion that having the scoring completed by a disinterested, third party with no prior expectations reinforces the concern for equity. The need for schools to feel that they are being treated in a fair and honest manner is absolutely essential. And, this concern for fairness resides at the heart of EVI’s practices.
Benefit: Intervention, Curriculum Refinement, and Staff Development
Aside from scoring the assessments, EVI provides an array of reports that inform the decision-making process as it impacts staffing and resource distribution. Such timely reports, coming within weeks, not months, serve to bring about timely, targeted intervention and continuous improvement. In addition, the reports influence both curriculum development and refinement. The data may also help focus staff development needs in a grade, school, or district.
Benefit: Curriculum Alignment and Accountability
The reports provide a link to the NYS learning standards and related performance indicators (PIs) through the coding of each test item within the summary reports for each subject and grade tested. This report feature supports the challenge of curriculum alignment. If school districts are to improve student performance continuously, they need to have access to timely data. And, the EVI report formats support this need in that they are easy to read and apply the information gleaned for improved performance. In addition, EVI is always willing to provide schools with unique reports that place valuable student performance data into the hands of all those who have a stake in the continuous growth of students. Such report data may follow the student throughout their academic career.
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AIMS software is designed to provide each school and/or district with a system to manage and monitor the implementation of Commissioner’s Regulations requiring academic intervention services (AIS) to supplement the instruction in the general curriculum and assist students in meeting State learning standards. This software solution provides a central database containing all required AIS/RTI elements, as well as the regulations and guidelines, NYS learning standards, and Core Curriculum. A student AIS record is created, maintained, and archived across the student’s educational career. Beyond the student’s AIS record, AIMS includes descriptions of district criteria for determining AIS/RTI eligibility and/or diagnosis with levels of intensity, descriptions of all instructional academic interventions, instructional strategies, parental interventions, and support services. In addition, AIMS produces a printed copy of the student’s AIS/RTI record, parent letter of notification with request for parent insights and feedback, progress and quarterly reports of student performance, and notification of AIS/RTI termination. All correspondences such as student quarterly progress reports may be batch printed. A standard report generator provides numerous reports from the rich AIS/RTI database, including a quarterly analysis of the effectiveness of each academic intervention and support service. A key feature provides for the importing of assessment data (State, local, etc.), and a performance profile of each student in the district. An annual and/or biennial review/revision process of the AIS/RTI plan is included. The AIMS software solution provides a comprehensive system to address compliance and control of Commissioner’s AIS/RTI Regulations and guidelines.
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RIMS is a web-based application that is remotely housed by EVI. It is designed to support the systemic development of a standards-based, curriculum through the use of technology. And, it ensures the consistent delivery of that curriculum through its use of a common language and frames of reference. The primary components include: C Access within RIMS to State Learning Standards and Core Curriculum C Commencement Goals (Portrait of the Graduate) C Mapping of the Curriculum with Key Topics, Sequences, and Related Timelines C Instructional Guides Set for Delivery that are Developed from the Mapping and Support Materials/Texts and Aligned with State Learning Standards and Core Curriculum C Core Knowledge to Capture Themes, Concepts, Key Vocabulary, Reading Lists, and Extended Work in Each Subject/Course C Learning Episode for Teaching Difficult Knowledge and Skills with Careful Consideration Given to Instructional, Learning, and Assessment Contexts C Scoring Rubrics File for National, State, and Local Scoring Guides C Reading in Content Areas (RCA) Guides for Comprehension Across the Curriculum C Lexicon of Terms Associated with Standards-Based Teaching, Learning, and Assessment C Results-Based Supervision Model to Supervise the Delivery of the Curriculum C RIMS Staff Development Training Modules for the Development of Curriculum Maps, Instructional Guides, etc. C RIMS Supervision Module for administrative assistance in the delivery of the curriculum. RIMS provides the school or district with a curriculum software system, which enables staff to access all aspects of the curriculum. And, it has the power to bring staff together in the development and/or refinement of the curriculum in a manner and process that is collegial and smart. In addition, it encourages respect for the development of a curriculum that assures that each student has the opportunity of accessing the curriculum based on curriculum maps and instructional guides with timelines. While textbooks and related materials support instruction and are referenced in the maps and guides, the curriculum is driven by NYS learning standards and core curriculum.
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Secure-ZIS™ is a software and/or hardware solution developed by EVI that functions as a communication hub to connect all software applications in a school or district. The process forms the integration platform that supports both data and application integration to allow active data utilization. It is based on the latest Schools Interoperability Framework (SIF) version 1.5. Together with the Education portal and a dashboard, Secure-ZIS™ will provide a real-time aggregation of information for all integrated applications such as your student information system, RTI/IEP management system, curriculum/assessment management, Violent and Disruptive Incident Reporting (VADIR)/discipline, Transportation, HR, and Food Service, Library Management , accounting, etc.
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EduTube is a video-sharing website on which users can upload, share, and view videos. This education-specific application allows teachers, specialists, and others to share examples that display best-of-practice techniques as well as powerful “favorite” lesson plans and units! Charter schools can choose to keep videos private or share them with other educators. Users rank videos to identify the best instance by subject area, grade, course of study, or theme. All supportive documents and worksheets may be attached to assist others in modeling these exciting videos in their schools. Administrators set school policies as to how the program may be used by their staff.
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This innovative, user friendly School Lunch management system is ideal for charter schools. Lunch Box is scalable, is linked to any student information system (SIS), and works well in buildings both small and large. It is a reliable, cost effective program that has been used in one district for nearly a decade with over 24,000,000 student lunch transactions. Trained in minutes, your staff will be comfortable and confident in the use of this application. Implement now with your current technology by adding cash draws and upgrade to touch-screens in the future if needed.
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Under development.
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EZ District is a web-based student information management system developed by EVI based on SIF Implementation specifications. The system is district wide with comprehensive feature sets that allows the teachers and administrators to efficiently manage information about students, teachers, courses/sections and classroom facilities. Using a standards-based student data structure with XML web services, EZ District allow maximum extensibility and integration with other mission critical software systems such as transportation management, lunch point of sale systems, library, special education, violence and disruptive incidence reporting/discipline and assessment data management. This highly efficient and cost effective product is priced in such a way as to be affordable by any school or district! The system consists of four modules that are seamlessly integrated:
Enrollment and student demographics – Allows staff to streamline the enrollment process with intuitive web pages that minimize redundant data entry. The program maintains comprehensive information regarding parent/guardian contacts, home and mailing addresses, immunization records and health screenings, date of birth, ethnicity, native languages etc.
ATTENDANCE – Allows teachers and administrators to easily manage student attendance by period and/or daily. Alerts can be configured so that unexpected absences can be reported to school administrators or parents automatically.
Grade Book – Dynamically generates class rosters with an easy to use interface allowing teachers to enter progress reports, grades for tests, quizzes, homework, as well as timely comments. Students and parent can access real-time grades, attendance, comments, assignments, scores and much more... right from their computer. Administrators can also view the grades as soon as they are entered and print report cards on-demand.
Scheduler – Sophisticated mathematical algorithms built in the system help the schools to generate optimum schedules for students and teachers with minimum conflicts. Using a drag and drop web interface, school administrators can easily adjust student schedules as needed.
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Educational Vistas early childhood initiative provides a comprehensive set of tools for districts and charter schools to examine and improve their early childhood programs. New products and services include a district survey to establish baseline data and information. A follow–up comprehensive assessment tool, benchmarked to researched based criteria, evaluates the district or charter school’s early childhood program. A comprehensive report and technical assistance will be available. Upcoming services will include K- Grade 3 screenings and benchmarking instruments to assist schools in determining student growth. Educational Vistas has expanded currently available products to include early childhood data and new reports to help identify program solutions for improved student outcomes. |
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