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Letter to Arizona PowerSchool Users
RE: Arizona Education Data Standards (AzEDS)
Dear AZ PowerSchool Customers,
This is an important message about PowerSchool state reports, in response to a recent communication about AzEDS.
We would like to provide our PowerSchool customers with an update regarding Pearson’s efforts to support the new AzEDS state reporting model that ADE is implementing.
AzEDS sent a communication titled ‘SIS Vendor AzEDS Certification Status’ to superintendents and business managers of Arizona PowerSchool districts this week notifying them that PowerSchool had not met the January 15, 2015 deadline to complete the AzEDS certification process.
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InfoSnap’s Integration with Pearson’s PowerSchool API Provides Bedford County Public Schools with the Most Advanced Data Delivery Capabilities
New Case Study from InfoSnap, a PowerSchool ISV Partner:
Bedford County Public Schools (VA), a Pearson PowerSchool user, is comprised of 10,300 students. The sizable student population urged Bedford to achieve uniformity throughout the district for capturing and managing student data in their student information system (SIS). Bedford selected InfoSnap, a Pearson ISV partner, to transform the district’s business process by streamlining the workflow for processing student enrollment and registration. Bedford recently implemented the PowerSchool API, integrated with InfoSnap, providing an optimal experience for this district to obtain, consume, and react … -
Pearson Hosted ISV Partners for PowerSchool DevCon Event
Last week, more than 40 PowerSchool ISV partners from 24 companies joined the Pearson PowerSchool team for the first PowerSchool Developers Conference (PS DevCon) and Hackathon event in Rancho Cordova, CA. PS DevCon was open to all partners/developers who were invited to spend time with senior PowerSchool developers and engineers. Attendees learned about the latest API enhancements and how best to integrate their applications with PowerSchool. The conference was highly interactive, with discussions on APIs and sessions on more than 15 topics including Schema Extensions, Internationalization with Messages and Resource …
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Registration for PSU is now open!
PowerSchool University 2015 - registration is now open. PSU is the premier PowerSchool training conference open to all users.
Learn more about the locations, courses, schedules, etc. – http://bit.ly/10YCCIg
PowerSchool University (PSU) helps users take advantage of the robust features and capabilities of the PowerSchool student information system.
At PSU, attendees learn dozens of tips, tricks and techniques for every day tasks. For beginning to experienced PowerSchool users, PSU offers a wide variety of courses taught by certified PowerSchool trainers. Each course is specifically designed for the participant’s role at the school or district. … -
PowerSchool Privacy Policy Video Wins EdSurge Honorable Mention Award!
PowerSchool Privacy Policy video won “Honorable Mention” in the EdSurge DILA Awards! Our PowerSchool video won in the Crystal Clear Award category: Discloses privacy policies with clear, detailed descriptions of how user data is used and who owns it. We are excited and honored to be chosen for Honorable Mention.
From the DILA Awards website:
EdSurge and Digital Promise have partnered to create the first annual ”Digital Innovation in Learning Awards” (or the DILAs), a joint effort to celebrate what you are accomplishing in edtech, and more importantly, how it’s being accomplished. For far-reaching impact, we will share videos …
