Web-based knowledge management system and method for education systems
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1. A web-based knowledge management system for an education system comprising:
- means for receiving and storing information including student profile data of each student enrolled in an educational institution, said profile data including a students'"'"' demographic information, each student'"'"'s daily attendance history while said student is enrolled in said education institution, and academic performance data of each student while enrolled in said educational institution;
means for integrating said profile, attendance and academic performance data for each student in said education institution in a manner such that academic growth of each student in said education institution may be monitored over a period of time, wherein said integrating means relates informational aspects of an educational system to enable objective assessment of the effectiveness of programs instituted in said educational institution at the student, classroom, school, district, and state governmental levels.
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A web-based, knowledge management system for an education system that includes functionality for multi-tier data-gathering, data analysis, and data reporting capabilities that link, integrate, and output data at the student, classroom, school, district, and state governmental levels.
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26 Claims
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1. A web-based knowledge management system for an education system comprising:
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means for receiving and storing information including student profile data of each student enrolled in an educational institution, said profile data including a students'"'"' demographic information, each student'"'"'s daily attendance history while said student is enrolled in said education institution, and academic performance data of each student while enrolled in said educational institution;
means for integrating said profile, attendance and academic performance data for each student in said education institution in a manner such that academic growth of each student in said education institution may be monitored over a period of time, wherein said integrating means relates informational aspects of an educational system to enable objective assessment of the effectiveness of programs instituted in said educational institution at the student, classroom, school, district, and state governmental levels. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10)
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11. A system for enabling an education system to assess student performance in relation to performance criteria mandated by a governmental authority, said system comprising:
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a means enabling entry of data by authorized personal in an educational institution, said data including information including student profile data of each student enrolled in an educational institution, including that students'"'"' demographic information, each students daily schedules of instruction and activity, each student'"'"'s daily attendance history while said student is enrolled in said education institution, and academic performance data of each student while enrolled in said educational institution;
a means enabling storage of said student profile data entered by said authorized personnel of said educational institution, said storage means relating aspects of entered student profile data to facilitate automatic access of said data for each enrolled student at one or more levels of detail;
a means for tracking of data entered by authorized personal in an educational institution such that a student may be tracked to a teacher or activity at any time of day while said student is enrolled in said education institution; and
,a means enabling receipt and storage of storing performance criteria in the form of academic standards requirements and performance indicators mandated by said governmental authority; and
,an automated report generating means enabling a user to extract said relationally stored data and generating reports concerning said education institution at said one or more levels of detail, said reports providing information relating each students'"'"' performance at said educational institution to academic standards requirements and performance indicators as mandated, wherein an objective assessment of said education institution may be provided for said governmental authority with increased accuracy. - View Dependent Claims (12, 13, 14, 15)
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16. A method for improving an educational system comprising the steps of:
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inputting and storing data at various levels of detail including;
school site profile information regarding said educational system;
student profile information including demographic information relating to said enrolled student, a student'"'"'s daily attendance history while said student is enrolled at said school, and academic performance data of each student while enrolled in said school, said data being including required data elements at said various levels of detail so as to capture a school'"'"'s workflow with regard to registration, attendance, scheduling, discipline, academic performance and reporting;
integrating said student profile, attendance and academic performance data for each student in said education institution to enable monitoring of academic growth of each student in said school while attending said school in said system;
concurrently receiving and incorporating data relating to current and impending regulations and accountability requirements as established by state and federal governmental authority; and
,relating informational aspects of said educational system with said student profile information to provide an improved assessment of the effectiveness of programs instituted in said educational institution, and automatically complying with any new accountability reporting requirements established. - View Dependent Claims (17, 18, 19)
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20. A method for increasing the funding potential of an educational system:
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receiving and storing data at various levels of detail including;
school site profile information regarding said educational system; and
student profile information including demographic information relating to said enrolled student, a student'"'"'s daily attendance history while said student is enrolled at said school, and academic performance data of each student while enrolled in said school, said data being including required data elements at said various levels of detail so as to capture a school'"'"'s workflow with regard to student registration, attendance, discipline, and reporting;
integrating said student profile, attendance and academic performance data for each student in said education institution to enable monitoring of academic growth of each student in said school while attending said school in said system;
automatically assigning a daily attendance status for every student in said educational system based on the periodic attendance statuses and any rule received relevant to student attendance from said school site profile information; and
,from said assigned daily attendance statuses, generating accurate student attendance reports for periods relevant to determination of funding potentials, wherein said funding potential of an educational system is based upon said accurate student attendance reporting. - View Dependent Claims (21, 22, 23)
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24. A method for enabling an education system to assess student performance in relation to performance criteria mandated by a governmental authority, said method comprising steps of:
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enabling entry of data by authorized personal in an educational institution, said data including information including student profile data of each student enrolled in an educational institution, including that students'"'"' demographic information, each students daily schedules of instruction and activity, each student'"'"'s daily attendance history while said student is enrolled in said education institution, and academic performance data of each student while enrolled in said educational institution;
enabling storage of said student profile data entered by said authorized personnel of said educational institution, relating aspects of entered student profile data to facilitate automatic access of said data for each enrolled student at one or more levels of detail;
tracking of data entered by authorized personal in an educational institution such that a student may be tracked to a teacher or activity at any time of day while said student is enrolled in said education institution; and
,enabling receipt and storage of storing performance criteria in the form of academic standards requirements and performance indicators mandated by said governmental authority; and
,extracting said relationally stored data and generating reports concerning said education institution at said one or more levels of detail, said reports providing information relating each students'"'"' performance at said educational institution to academic standards requirements and performance indicators as mandated, wherein an objective assessment of said education institution may be provided for said governmental authority with increased accuracy.
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25. A program storage device readable by a machine, tangibly embodying a program of instructions executable by the machine to perform method steps for enabling an education system to assess student performance in relation to performance criteria mandated by a governmental authority, said method comprising the steps of:
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enabling entry of data by authorized personal in an educational institution, said data including information including student profile data of each student enrolled in an educational institution, including that students'"'"' demographic information, each students daily schedules of instruction and activity, each student'"'"'s daily attendance history while said student is enrolled in said education institution, and academic performance data of each student while enrolled in said educational institution;
enabling storage of said student profile data entered by said authorized personnel of said educational institution, relating aspects of entered student profile data to facilitate automatic access of said data for each enrolled student at one or more levels of detail;
tracking of data entered by authorized personal in an educational institution such that a student may be tracked to a teacher or activity at any time of day while said student is enrolled in said education institution; and
,enabling receipt and storage of storing performance criteria in the form of academic standards requirements and performance indicators mandated by said governmental authority; and
,extracting said relationally stored data and generating reports concerning said education institution at said one or more levels of detail, said reports providing information relating each students'"'"' performance at said educational institution to academic standards requirements and performance indicators as mandated, wherein an objective assessment of said education institution may be provided for said governmental authority with increased accuracy.
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26. A program storage device readable by a machine, tangibly embodying a program of instructions executable by the machine to perform method steps for improving an educational system, the method comprising the steps of:
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inputting and storing data at various levels of detail including;
school site profile information regarding said educational system;
student profile information including demographic information relating to said enrolled student, a student'"'"'s daily attendance history while said student is enrolled at said school, and academic performance data of each student while enrolled in said school, said data being including required data elements at said various levels of detail so as to capture a school'"'"'s workflow with regard to registration, attendance, scheduling, discipline, academic performance and reporting;
integrating said student profile, attendance and academic performance data for each student in said education institution to enable monitoring of academic growth of each student in said school while attending said school in said system;
concurrently receiving and incorporating data relating to current and impending regulations and accountability requirements as established by state and federal governmental authority; and
,relating informational aspects of said educational system with said student profile information to provide an improved assessment of the effectiveness of programs instituted in said educational institution, and automatically complying with any new accountability reporting requirements established.
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