Resource 2.6.1 - Sample List of EMIS Software [48]
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Sample List of EMIS Software
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| Name and Contact |
Area
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Sample Functions
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Country of Origin
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Comments
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Education Management Systems
www.ems-isis.com
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Integrated School & District Software
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Finance,
School Lunches,
Student Records,
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USA
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Small, medium schools & Districts
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Class Act Software
[email protected]
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Integrated School Software
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Student Records,
Teacher Pay,
Finances,
Class Attendance
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USA
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Small, medium sized schools
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TASS-Alpha School System
www.alphabus.com.au/tass/tass.html
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Integrated School Software
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Student Records,
Teacher Pay,
Finances,
Class Attendance,
Student Accounts
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Australia
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Used primarily in Australia, variable school sizes
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Powerschool
www.Powerschool.com
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School Student Software
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Student Records,
Class Attendance,
Parent Contact
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USA
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Supports instructional activity best
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ABT Campus
www.abtcampus.com
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Integrated School Software
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Student Records,
Class Attendance,
Business Management
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USA
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Extensive use of the Web for interfaces
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Rediker Software
www.rediker.com
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Integrated School Software
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Student Records,
Class Attendance,
Counseling Records, Business Management
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USA/ Europe
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Worldwide application, oriented to educators needs
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SchoolPro
www.schoolpro.com
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Integrated School Software
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Student Admissions,
Records, Billing,
Business Management,
Payroll,
Facilities Management
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USA
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IBM-Solutions for Schools
www.ibm.com/solutions/
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School Software, Selected District Software
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Various
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USA/ Worldwide
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Various semi-custom solutions
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Computer Associates
www.ca.com/products
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District, Regional, National, Single Function Software
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Finance/Accounting,
Human Resources,
Inventory
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USA/ European
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Requires a Systems Integrator to link large systems
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MSA Inc.
www.msa.com
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National, Provincial, Single Function Software
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Human Resources, Inventory, Textbook Management
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USA/ Worldwide
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Requires Systems Integrator to link large systems
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PeopleSoft, Inc.
www.peoplesoft.com
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National, Provincial Semi-Integrated Software
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Human Resources,
Financial,
Student Records
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USA/ Europe
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Requires Systems Integrator to install.
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ED*ASSIST
www.aed.org./edassist
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National, Provincial, Regional, District Integrated Software
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Information reporting on Students, Human Resources, Financial Summaries, Facilities, Textbooks
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USA
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Planning & management oriented EMIS. Links to existing school system.
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SCT Solutions
www.sctcorp.com
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National , School Integrated Software-also Higher Education
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Students, Human Resources, Finances, Inventory, Class Scheduling
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USA/ Europe
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Higher Education oriented. Large user base.
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Campus America
www.campus.com
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School Integrated Software-Higher Education
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Student Records, Human Resources, Finances, Inventory, Class Attendance, Store Management
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USA
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Higher Education oriented. Medium sized institutions
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Resource 2.6.2 Examples of Structured Simulations [49]
Structured simulations use algorithms to simulate how a system operates. Users' choices and possible outputs are specified in advance. Exemplary of this kind of simulation are four models:
APEX (Assessing Policies for Educational Excellence) [50]
The underlying model shows the effects on enrollments, costs, and school quality as a result of decisions affecting class size, teacher training and other inputs. The simulation was developed initially to assist the Opposition to the Apartheid government of South Africa to anticipate the consequences of government-proposed education reforms. After the transition to a democratic government, APEX was used extensively to educate citizen groups on what reasonably could be expected from various policy reforms.
EPICS [51]
This model runs as a table game in which the players' decisions are scored by an underlying computer model that calculates the impact of allocations on educational indicators such as enrollment, class size, gender equity and internal efficiency, as well as indicators of economic growth, public health and population growth. Players represent the staff of a ministry of education charged with resource allocation through the annual budget. Normally, the simulation takes players through five rounds or annual budgets. External "events" that occur in several rounds require that players reconsider the strategies they are developing.
REDUC (Latin American Network of Centers of Educational Research) [52]
REDUC has produced six policy analysis simulations. These combine structured and unstructured elements (Heuristica educativa, 1998). Players assume roles within a government agency, and must negotiate with other actors to determine allocation of scarce resources. An underlying mathematical model generates system responses to these allocations, which then stimulate further negotiations. (See "Using Technology to Manage Education Information" in TechKnowLogia for more information on REDUC) [53]
DECIDE [54]
DECIDE is a computer-based simulation designed to be used by teams that discuss where to locate decision making to solve the problem presented by the computer. The sequences of situations that follow correspond to the school calendar and are reactive to the participants' choices. Each new situation provides text evaluating the previous choice in terms of whether it solves the initial problem or generates new ones. The participants' progress is "scored" in reference to whether they are able to keep up with the school calendar.
| 48 Kurt Moses and Vivian Toro. January/February 2001. "Education Management Information Systems (EMIS): Available Software and Guidelines for Selection." TechKnowLogia. Available at: www.TechKnowLogia.org |
| Excerpted from: Noel F. McGinn. January/February 2001. "Computer Simulations and Policy Analysis." TechKnowLogia. Available at: www.TechKnowLogia.org |
| F. H. Healey. 1984. "Policy Support in South Africa: An Emerging Paradigm." The Forum for Advancing Basic Education and Literacy, 3(4). |
| Claire Brown, Haroona Jatoi, and Christina Rawley. Revised 1998. Education Policy Simulation (EPICS): A Decision-Making Model to Improve Access to Schooling. Creative Associates International and Harvard Institute for International Development,. Jeanne Moulton. 1998. Uganda's Primary Education System: A Model of Sustainable Reform (brochure). Washington, DC: Academy for Educational Development. |
| Heuristica educativa. Santiago: UNESCO/OREALC, 1998 |
| http://www.techknowlogia.org/TKL_active_pages2/CurrentArticles/t-right.asp?IssueNumber=9&FileType=HTML&ArticleID=228 |
| 54 T. Welsh and N. McGinn. 1999. DECIDE: A Simulation of Relocating Decision Making in Education Systems (Version 4) [CD]. Washington DC: Academy for Educational Development. |
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