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A systems approach
Interested in taking a systems approach to achievement and accountability? The INFORM® Learning System is an educational delivery system rather than just individual applications.
EDmin has been delivering instructional management tools for more than 20 years and is considered a leading vendor. In today’s reality of scarce resources, it is important that relationships with vendors are productive. Districts have found us to be a true partner in their work.
Since 2005, EDmin has focused its development efforts on the ability to track student progress from multiple data sources longitudinally and ease of use in managing interventions, special education, professional development, financial reporting, cost-benefit analysis and instructional/learning resources aligned to standards. Our client base includes large districts with more than 320,000 students as well as small districts with fewer than 1,000 students.
Call 1 (800) 748-6696 ext. 125 to connect with a team that understands your system needs!
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Everything you need to optimize student learning
EDmin’s Unified Solution
Through the use of the powerful, easy to use tools in the INFORM® Learning System, educators have immediate access to role-based, decision-quality data.
INFORM® Learning System provides everything you need to optimize student learning. It is a complete suite of web-based applications designed meet the needs of all participants in the learning process by integrating:
- Assessments to measure progress
- Reporting to guide instruction
- Resources for timely intervention
- Community for effective collaboration
The solution is built on a robust data integration platform that is centrally located and managed. In a singular browser-based, secure environment, all stakeholders have clear insight into what works (and what isn’t working) to improve student achievement.
Why would you build your own system . . . when there’s a fully integrated solution available? The INFORM® Learning System can be up and running quickly. It can easily be integrated with existing databases and legacy systems using powerful enterprise data connectors.
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Featured Products: Assessment
Test Builder is a web-based application that helps K-12 educators build tests, score tests and generate meaningful reports for immediate feedback in the classroom. Tests can be taken on paper or online.
Using editable ETS® Item Bank questions, the Test Builder module can create standards-based assessments paced to your curriculum. Test Builder provides the main assessment capabilities for the INFORM® Learning System. Test Builder can also be purchased as a stand-alone program.
Total Reader™ is an online reading assessment program that will measure and improve a student’s reading level by:
- Tracking reading progress in real time
- Identifying the correct reading level for each student and providing independent practice
- Matching student reading level to books
Total Reader can be integrated into the INFORM® Learning System or purchased as a stand-alone program for a school or business. This research-proven tool is also available to individuals.
Featured Products: Reporting
INFORM® is a comprehensive reporting application that can display multiple measures of student progress and transform performance data into actionable information. State-of-the-art reporting in dashboard, tabular and graphical formats can display longitudinal, comparative, predictive and trends analysis functionality. INFORM® serves as the driver for all reporting needs in the INFORM® Learning System. It may also be purchased as a stand-alone program.
INSTRUCT® easily tracks appropriate professional development opportunities aligned to standards and facilitates compliance with the Highly Qualified Teacher requirement of No Child Left Behind. In addition to managing course offerings, INSTRUCT has an evaluation component to help guide teacher efforts and strengthen school improvement initiatives. INSTRUCT® is part of the unified solution (the INFORM® Learning System) or can be purchased as a stand-alone program.
INSPIRE® is a unique application for managing the needs of exceptional students. Time-saving, user-friendly electronic forms for Individual Education Plans can be customized to match local and state requirements. Extensive reporting functions make it easy to support the required evidence of services provision and create compliance reports. INSPIRE® is part of the INFORM® Learning System but may also be purchased as a stand-alone program.
SchoolNomics uses IN$ITE®, the award-winning financial analysis model for education, to produce easy-to-understand cost-benefit and return-on-investment reports. Implemented statewide in three states, SchoolNomics helps educators identify successful programs and best practices that enable cost-effective student improvement. SchoolNomics may be integrated into the INFORM® Learning System or purchased as a stand-alone program.
Featured Products: Resources
EdGate Correlation Services offers a comprehensive selection of alignment services for publishers and content providers. In addition, EdGate has assembled the largest, most comprehensive and up-to-date standards repository in the world and houses metadata for more than 500,000 pieces of publisher content. Correlation services may be an integral part of the INFORM® Learning System or contracted for as a separate service.
Curriculum Matrix™ is a powerful online tool used by educators nationwide to access state standards and carefully selected instructional resources. All content included in the Curriculum Matrix is reviewed by educational subject experts. Resources may be created using a variety of file types. Best practices and learning tools are easy to share. The Matrix may be purchased as a stand-alone product or seamlessly integrated into a district website. District-owned content and other publisher content may be added.
Curriculum Marketplace is a tool for reviewing publisher content aligned to standards. Quick, easy, and all in one spot, the Curriculum Marketplace search makes it easy to find books, lessons and software, all aligned to state standards. An educator can review and compare content and make great buying decisions for the classroom or library. Visit http://education-world.com to use this tool– it’s free!
Featured Products: Community
Community Education Gateway is a portal to host the tools, Web sites and resources used by your school or district. Customized banners and links identify and “brand” your district and school. Students, parents, educators and administrators have a single, secure point of access for all products in the INFORM® Learning System.
Education World®, The Educator's Best Friend, provides free, practical, original content online every day. Content includes timely lesson plans, including hundreds of free printable work sheets and a daily Lesson Plan of the Day; articles about excellent teachers and schools; teacher-tested classroom strategies; technology resources and much more. In addition, the site is home to an education-specific search engine that includes links to tens of thousands of recommended web resources.
SchoolNotes is the original school-to-home communication platform. Teachers can create customized class Web pages, post assignments and provide links to resource material, as well as email students and parents. It is a widely used (and easy to use) tool for all.