McLean County Unit
District No. 5, a large unit district in Central
Illinois, engaged Integrity Technology Solutions to
integrate four of their critical district information systems
so that common student data could be shared more easily and
effectively. Using the Schools Interoperability Framework,
or SIF, Integrity implemented a solution
that enabled the data to be shared while allowing the district
to retain their existing technology investment.
As a result, district personnel saved time and money that was formerly spent
on manual exports and imports of data. This savings enabled the district to refocus
their efforts on more strategic uses of student data.
McLean County Unit District
No. 5 Overview
- 11,000 Students
- 1,500 Staff Members
- 16 elementary, 3 junior high,
and 2 high school buildings
- 3,000+ Computers
Before SIF Implementation:
- Applications and data are segregated
from one another
- Redundant data entry is common
- Disconnected applications increase
support costs
- Data reporting is costly and
inefficient
- Data is inaccessible to decision-makers
Systems Integrated Into the
SIF Zone:
- CPSI SIF-Connect Server
- CIMS (Student Management System)
- VersaTrans (Transportation System)
- FileMaker (IEP System)
- Novell Directory Services (Student
Accounts)
After SIF Implementation:
- Data entered only once and shared
seamlessly and almost immediately with other applications
- Allowed applications to exchange
data more effectively without time-consuming data import
process or additional development effort
- Enabled ability to create powerful
reports by accessing data from multiple applications
- Eliminated need to manage multiple
data sources
- Allowed for real-time access to important
information and opportunities for better data analysis
Through the SIF implementation, Integrity Technology Solutions was able to
provide McLean County Unit District No. 5 with a cost-effective, robust solution
to their integration needs. Because of the tremendous success of this implementation,
McLean County Unit District No. 5 has elected to partner with Integrity for
the development and deployment of the next step in the Data-Driven
Decision Making - a Data Warehousing and Reporting solution.
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