Tuesday, May 8, 2012

New Statewide SIS a step closer

DPI Release:

A milestone in the implementation of the Statewide Student Information System (SSIS) was reached with the release May 2 of the Request for Proposals (RFP) to interested vendors.

The RFP committee, comprised mainly of school district staff and guided by the Department of Administration, developed the RFP. Vendor response, committee review, and evaluation including demonstrations will take place over the coming months. The contract is expected to be negotiated, awarded, and signed with a single vendor by the end of December.

The first phase of school districts to migrate to the SSIS will begin in January 2013. If your district is interested in inclusion in the early implementation phases, contact Lisa jo VonAllmen at 608-267-9222 or at Lisajo.vonallmen@dpi.wi.gov

More SSIS information

The SSIS will include information regarding:
· enrollment,
· withdrawal,
· attendance,
· discipline,
· term grades,
· scheduling,
· course requests,
· typical reporting such as report cards and transcripts,
· Response to Intervention (RtI),
· Special Education, and
· a parent/student portal.

We anticipate a comprehensive system that extends features beyond what many districts might be able to afford and that, when implemented, eliminates most separate state reporting tasks associated with students, thereby reducing operational costs. We also expect that the system will reduce the technical tasks involved with managing the system.

Our overall goal is to establish the SSIS as core to a statewide information system. This system will include, for example, the statewide data warehouse and a future statewide Learning Management System, and will complement the SSIS. All will be tightly integrated.

For more information, see the SSIS website: http://dpi.wi.gov/ssis/

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