MASBO ConferenceSIF Program 2015

Executive Office Of EducationWilliam A. Holscher – State SIF Program Manager

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Commonwealth of Massachusetts

Technology Solutions

School Interoperability Framework – SIF

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Statewide Student Information System – SIS

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Executive Office of Education

What is SIF?

Schools Interoperability Framework™ (SIF) - the first, largest, and most implemented open global standard for seamless, real time data transfer and usage.

The SIF Association is an international open source consortium that developed the standard for the education industry.

Copyright ©2007 Schools Interoperability Framework (SIF™) Association. All Rights Reserved.

Interoperability Framework

Copyright ©2007 Schools Interoperability Framework (SIF™) Association. All Rights Reserved.

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SIF SolutionProblem: Need to put actionable information

in the hands of those who can make a difference and the data we have is periodic not reflective of what is happening in our schools today

Solution: Collect near-real time data from school districts that can be turned around and used in tools as actionable information

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SIF ProgramThe MA SIF Program has 270 districts in

production. 238 SIF districts certified for the SIMS 2015 March

Collection 90% of our 234 Race To The Top (RTTT) districts

on-line with SIF.All 403 MA Districts to be connected to the State

using the real-time event driven SIF FrameworkThe standards, policies and procedures established

from this initiative were designed to be rolled forward for all future annual SIF Program infrastructure, data element, and subscribing application enhancements

SIF Program IntegrationsApplications

Student Information Management System (SIMS) Student Course Schedule (SCS)Education Personnel Information Management

System (EPIMS)School Safety Discipline Report (SSDR) Student Claiming and Un-claimingStatewide SIS SaaS

EDWIN EDWIN Analytics (Longitudinal Data System - LDS)

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Massachusetts became the first state to require real-time SIF data transfer from school districts. ESE and EOE are working with districts and vendors to enable an increasing number of districts to transmit their student information via SIF. The SIF framework is capable of handling 10+ million transactions a day and has 270 districts in production.

SIF Future:

Real-time state assignment of student identification numbers (SASIDs) and educator identification numbers (MEPIDs)

Enhanced student and course performance reporting functionalities available to districts through Edwin Analytics and Edwin Teaching and Learning

District to District Student Record Exchange

Inter-state National Student Record Exchange

The SIF Direction

MA District Vendor SIF Performance Rating April 8, 2015

1. School Brains2. MMS3. Follett4. Pearson5. Rediker6. IMG*7. Infinite

Campus

The Executive Office of Education (EOE) in conjunction with Massachusetts Information Technology (MassIT) and Department of Elementary and Secondary Education (DESE) has contracted with Aptium LLC (SchoolBrains) to deploy a web based Student Information System (SIS) in the Commonwealth’s Data Center. SchoolBrains is a MA SIF and SIS Certified Vendor currently supporting a number of districts.

The web based Software as a Service (SaaS) model will allow even very small Districts to utilize a fully functional SIF enabled SIS for a very low annual Price Per Student (PPS) cost.

The Statewide SIS SaaS contract is available to all Districts.

Comprehensive Functional and Technical Requirements included in Core SIS

Statewide SIS SaaS

District Impact -Statewide SISSave Money under Statewide Contract

100% SIF and Federated (Single Sign on) Security Enabled

PPS Cost includes – Hosting, Training, Data Migration, Configuration and Set-up

Integrated SIS solution reduces district plug-in costs

Reduced district operational and support costs

Web based access for any browser or device

Highly configurable and district customizable

District Cost -Statewide SIS

Price Per Student (PPS)*

*Annual Price Per Student Declines as additional districts onboard

MassIT & EOE Technology Initiatives

Consolidated SIMS, SCS, and EPIMS Data Collections via SIF

Enhanced Data Collection Reporting Tools

Automated State to District Code Table Updating

District Federated Security

Replace Existing District Legacy Flat File State Reporting with SIF Enhance EDWIN Reporting

Provide Technology Support to Districts

Additional Grant Opportunities

Contact:

William A. HolscherCommonwealth SIF Program ManagerExecutive Office of Education75 Pleasant StreetMalden, MA 02148(781)338-6780 (Office)(603) 717-2725 (Cell)Wholscher@doe.mass.edu

Questions?