482 PowerSchool Testimonials

"The PowerSchool Performance Matters online assessment, student support, and data analysis products have helped our district become more successful. Lafayette County School District is the second–highest performing school district in the state of Florida. We believe Performance Matters has played a noteworthy role in our success. Due to having access to Performance Matters, we have a platform to create and administer assessments that are aligned to state standards. This gives our students valuable practice, while giving our teachers valuable data in order to revise their instruction based on results. This has been a powerful tool in aiding district and school administration with planning and instruction. The Performance Matters system has impacted our ability to look for strengths and weaknesses by allowing us to analyze and manipulate all types of data, even allowing us to compare pieces of data that were not possible before. This tool has allowed school leadership to make informed decisions on professional development opportunities and school initiatives. We are extremely proud of the accomplishments our schools have achieved."

“We are a K-12 public charter school with approximately 1,300 students. Prior to utilizing PowerSchool Enrollment, the application, enrollment, and re-enrollment process was still all paper based. This meant a lot of time and [energy] were spent on photocopies and data entry, including errors in trying to decipher handwriting. There were also countless phone and email reminders, as well as multiple paper packets, given to the same families over and over to be completed. We were able to transition from pen and paper to electronic very smoothly. All notifications are now done directly through PowerSchool Enrollment. We no longer print out letters and mail them, and emails are more streamlined, and there is no more mail merge. Tracking of the forms was done all in one place and could be handled by one person more efficiently. All aspects—from implementation to going live—were very structured and detail oriented. Any questions that arose was answered promptly, usually within the same day. The trainer was very thorough and well versed in all aspects of the product. With every module we were shown, the connection was made from what was being done to how it would be accomplished now.”

“If it saves you money, do it! It’s such a nice feeling to see the email communicating about new updates, and knowing we don’t have to do that anymore! We also like that we still have the choice to either have updates done automatically or to do them when it’s more convenient with what we have going on at that specific time.”

"These community support specialists are district heroes. Their dedication to students combined with their knowledge of the PowerSchool Parent Portal contributes to the overall success and student achievement in their schools."

"Our students have insanely busy parents. Many of them are already out the door to work before their kids wake up in the morning. Students are getting themselves ready, to the bus and to school without seeing their parents. This is why we make sure that all staff have [PowerSchool] Birthday Alerts; so no matter what kind of a morning a kid has, when they show up to school, staff are ready and waiting to wish them a happy birthday. You’d be surprised how big of an impact this has on the quality of a student’s day, and happy students are better learners."

"I have two sons with very different personalities and learning styles. They both use PowerSchool [student portal] in different ways to keep themselves accountable. One, the Type A personality, checks in daily to ensure he is receiving maximum available credit for assignments and the grades deserved and contacts his teachers if he sees anything worth following up about. My other son, the Type B personality, uses it like a daily planner because he would otherwise struggle staying organized. In both cases, they rely on PowerSchool as an accountability tool and do better in school because of it."

“It would be so much harder to keep things organized and get students fed without PowerSchool.”

“You get a lot of teachers and administrators that grumble, but when they see the ease of the software, where everything is made simpler for them, this light comes on.”

"I oversee everything that happens in PowerSchool at the school level. As the Assistant Principal, I’m in charge of the three B’s — books, butts, and buses. It saves me time. It saves me stress. I use it for discipline. I use it to ensure we protect students’ resources, like library books, from disappearing. It’s so helpful to have everything in one place. I can find out students’ addresses to ensure they are getting on the right bus so they get to and from school safely. It’s a great tool.​"

“As we continue to use eFinancePLUS, we are seeing the benefits in reduced costs and increased efficiencies from the all-in-one software.”

“Through the mobile app, PowerSchool has created an open line of communication for parents, teachers, and students."

"[PowerSchool Assessment] tracks data aligned with Virginia state standards. It allows us to personalize remediation after the 1st test so we are seeing 90% pass rates after the 2nd test. We use the [PowerSchool Assessment] data to see where they were strong and weak and track these details throughout their term to see where to target instruction and remediation."

"Also, we have standards-based grading. We use this beautiful graph in PowerSchool for Final Standard Grade where the kids are listed down the left and standards down the right — you can click on the standard and this graph pops up and you can drill down and see how the class is doing on every standard, so teachers can use their professional judgement about how to respond with instruction."

“Our strategic plan calls for engaging parents and the community in the education of our students. Prior to the transition to the PowerSchool eSchoolPlus SIS gradebook, parents had to go to multiple pages. It was disjointed and more difficult to navigate. Now, they get all their information from one place. Home Access Center enables our parents to have access to their student’s attendance, discipline record, grades, and schedule.”

"Unified Classroom Learning really makes it easy for our teachers to embrace cloud-based learning, flip their lessons, and promote paperless classrooms. With little training, teachers are able to develop classes and share resources with their students and parents. We now have our principals using Unified Classroom Learning communication with staff, and they absolutely love it!"