Student Information Data Warehouse, Empower, Now Available from Region 10

Student information data warehouse, Empower, is now available from the Region 10 Education Service Center, following completion of the pilot phase with nine school districts. This unique student information data warehouse gives schools, school districts and other education related entities, the ability to connect their valuable data from testing results to instructional and administrative comparative data from other districts and campuses.

The student information data warehouse includes PEIMS, NCLB, benchmark data, testing data, enrollment, free and reduced lunch, finance, transportation, human resources, demographics, instructional program data, food services and more.

Region 10 Education Service Center created this student information data warehouse product specifically to meet the continuing improvement needs of schools and school districts to mesh their mission-critical data into an easily-retrievable, highly reportable graphic presentation format.   Having such a student information data warehouse in place gives added confidence to school and district administrators, whether in HR, IT, Finance or any of the other myriad locations where essential data is gathered and analyzed.  It allows school districts to be more effective and efficient. Cost effective decisions and real-time information, through the use of this student information data warehouse, enable districts to increase organizational effectiveness and improve student performance.  

The Empower student information data warehouse is multi-faceted, allowing districts to integrate, analyze and report key operational and academic data from across multiple sources.  This outstanding student information data warehouse also provides longitudinal data storage and reporting capacity for public school districts, and it enables queries both within the district and among multiple districts for comparability purposes.  In short, this student information data warehouse empowers district decision-makers to make informed decisions that impact student performance.

The Empower student information data warehouse is powered by Cognos, the global leader in business intelligence and a pioneer in school district data management.  Its features include Internet-based, user-friendly portal, preformatted reports and query tools, tools for building advanced queries, FERPA compliant, School Interoperability Framework (SIF) capable, high-quality training for staff, Help Desk support for user.

And among the benefits of the Empower student information data warehouse are immediate access to essential information, better data analysis to help raise performance and close gaps, significant savings, increased efficiency, integration of data sources, high level of security, reduced support costs, and better reporting capability.

For more information, contact Craig Gray, Director of Data Warehouse Applications, 972-348-1376 or Randy Sumrall, Chief Information Officer, 972-328-1170, Region 10 Education Service Center.   Region 10 Education Service Center, located in Richardson, is one of 20 regional service centers. While its purpose is to provide services that impact more than 650,000 students and 53,000 educators in 80 public school districts, 31 Charter Schools, and numerous private schools in the eight counties in north Texas, Region 10 Education Service Center is committed to educational excellence in a broader sense.  The mission of Region 10 Education Service Center is to anticipate the rapidly changing needs of students and other stakeholders by building partnerships and providing a wide array of high quality, innovative products and services, efficiently and economically.