482 PowerSchool Testimonials

“A lot of the curriculum development work is done within our professional learning communities. Now our curriculum is dynamic, which can help identify opportunities for improvement.”

"I think the ability for them to talk to each other about how they’ve worked through different scenarios and issues is an intangible benefit of operating from a single system. It’s not something anybody ever thinks about on the front end of an implementation. But I think if you ask them today, they would probably say it works much better than being on their own island.”

"A SIS is a mission-critical system. It’s really important that both the district and vendor understand that and that you’re all on the same page and value the same thing when it comes to educating students."

“I think it’s critical to always involve stakeholders in any information system that we are developing. Typically our stakeholder engagement sessions are held at educational service cooperatives. These regional meetings provide the ability to demonstrate tools for data-driven decision making and solicit feedback from educators on how they can be used in the classroom. We then architect the systems based on their needs.”

“Once all the data from different silos have been loaded into a single database, we then do the extract, transfer, and load process. We have this data loaded in a warehouse and then put a reporting engine on top of it and from there the reports actually go directly from the warehouse to the website.”

“Previously nothing was real-time. One of our goals was to have a one-stop shop through which we are better able to quickly access information about student achievement.”

“PowerSchool has been an excellent solution for managing our student data. It’s easy to use and full of functionality. And by implementing PowerSchool Hosting, we’re saving thousands of dollars every year in equipment costs and, more importantly, in staff hours."

“State reporting with PowerSchool is great! We can easily tie teachers to courses that the state needs, as well as matching data up with the superintendent’s report. We use many of PowerSchool’s reporting options and have been able to get reporting done on time and accurately.”

“Things that used to take days to complete can now be completed in far less time. It’s user-friendly and we can easily see and print out students’ schedules. It is also helpful to load the previous year’s schedule and make changes on that, as needed, instead of rebuilding an entire master schedule.”

“PowerSchool Special Education brings together systems that weren’t connected at a local level and meets the needs of the entire department. This is bringing it all together into one powerful application to share data back and forth. It has eliminated redundancies and made things much more efficient."

“It worked for a while but eventually got to a point that it needed to be updated to meet our growing needs. The previous system did not integrate well with our other systems. There was a lot of duplication of data entry; staff were adding information into our Special Education System but it would not carry over into other applications. We didn’t have one stop for data to be housed.”

“PowerSchool Special Education is helping students get their Special Equipment Amount (SEA) claims processed efficiently and resources into their hands quickly. A process that was once up to 12 months has been reduced to as little as a few weeks.”

“Because of our size, it had become increasingly important to have something in place to support consistency in our system. Departments supporting students with Special Education needs were using many small department-specific applications. It was challenging for them to access important student information necessary to do their work efficiently.“

“We started out with a vision of what we wanted. We had an understanding that our solution needed to be accessible to staff and families across devices, linked to our student information system, electronic, streamlined, and efficient."

“We once used pieces of paper that traveled to multiple people in the board, potentially getting lost and ultimately having a lack of ownership. But now have a one-stop data location with better accountability and better service for our students. Everyone knows the next step throughout any process. PowerSchool Special Education has clarified and streamlined our processes and all of our staff, including our Regulated Healthcare Professionals, are confident with the security of the application and knowing that processes are streamlined."