NCES Summer Data Conference July 27 29, 2005

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NCES Summer Data ConferenceJuly 27 29, 2005
SIF Track
Session IV - 830 930 SIF An Evolving
Educational Data Standard Session V - 945
1045 SIF Impact of SIF Certification Prof
iles on Districts and States Session VI - 1100
1200 SIF Implementation Forum Part I
District Level Modeling Session VII - 130
230 SIF Implementation Forum Part II
State Level Modeling Session VIII - 245
345 SIF Vendor/Consumer Forum Session IX -
400 500 SIF Enhanced Business Processe
s Data Cleansing and Cost Savings
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Schools Interoperability Framework Association
SIF Implementation Forum Part I District Level
Modeling
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SIF Components Working Together - Horizontally
Student Information Services

• Zone Integration Server (ZIS)
• SIF Agents
• Applications
• SIF Data Objects

Network Account
Library Automation
H.R. Finance
Food Services
Data Analysis Reporting
Grade Book
Instructional Services
The SIF ZONE
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SIF Agent for School Based App

• Centralized Deployment
• Single Agent Install
• Best overall approach
• Central management

SIFWorks ZIS
A
School App
School App
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SIF Agent for School Based App

• Distributed Deployment
• Agent per School
• Useful when bandwidth is severely limited or
  connection is unreliable between district office
  and schools

SIFWorks ZIS
A
A
School App
School App
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SIF Zones with Site Based Apps

• Campus-Based Zone Architecture
• One zone for each school (for SASIxp
  campus-based apps)
• One zone for the district itself (for
  district-wide apps)
• District-wide apps may register in School Zones

District Zone
SASIxp
SASIxp
School B Zone
School A Zone
Follett
Follett
Versa Trans
Active Directory
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SIF Zones with Site Based Apps

• District-based Zone Architecture
• One zone for the district is generally possible
  using Zone Aggregation

Aggregation Agent
School App
School App
District Zone
School B Zone
School A Zone
School App
School App
Versa Trans
Active Directory
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Upper Dauphin Server Map Date 10/26/2004
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Upper Dauphin ASD
CSIU Student Information System
ZIS
FollettES Library
FollettMS Library
Novell District-Wide Provisioning
FollettHS Library
Data Futures Lunchbox Foodservice
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Milton ASD
CSIU Student Information System
to State ZIS
ZIS
MSHS Zone
Follett HS Library
Follett MS Library
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D.C. Public Schools Application Plans
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Projected SIF components at DC Public Schools
SchoolNet Curriculum Instructional Management
System
AAL eSIS 8.0 SIS

• Zone Integration Server (ZIS) CPSI
• SIF Agents
• Applications
• SIF Data Objects

4GL Encore 6.6
Active Directory
SIMS (Maximus) Bus Package
School-Link WinSnap
AHA! Interactive Professional Development
Management System
Follett Library
eScholar Data-Warehouse
HR (PeopleSoft), Finance (Hyperion, KPMG),
Procurement (Ariba) as Managed Services from the
City Government- EAI with SeeBeyond for these
applications
Charter Schools
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Student E-Mail
Library
Security Access Control
Active Directory
Food Service
VC-Mail
Visual CASEL
Follett
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Horizons
SIF Applications
SIF-Connect Zone Integration Server
FIREWALL
Universal Agent
Operational DataStore
SIF-Connect ETL
Translate
Load
Extract
Map
CrossPointe
H/R
Student
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CPSI SIF-Connect Server ZIS
Banner SIS
Universal Agent
sam.smith
Member Server
Name Class Campus Active Class Schedule
april.jones
angela.brown
sam.smith

• Campus Autonomy
• Home Directories
• User Profiles
• Security Groups
• Class Advancement

april.jones
angela.brown
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Nazca Solutions
Pearson School Systems SASIxp Student Information
System
Microsoft Active Directory User Authentication
T.I.E.S Census Finance HR State Reporting
SchoolCenter Web Presence
EEPR DPRS Web Apps
SASIxp District Integration
EduLog Transportation
Affinity Web Community Education
PCS Revenue Child Nutrition
Edustructures ZIS SASIxp Agent
Sagebrush Data Warehouse
Parlant Parent Link Auto Dialer
Follett Library System
Externally Hosted Systems
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Contact Information
Judi Barnett jbarnett_at_csiu.org Laurie
Collins lcollins_at_sifinfo.org Steve
Curtis scurtis_at_edustructures.com Aziz
Elia aelia_at_vcasel.com Patrick
Plant patrick.plant_at_anoka.k12.mn.us