FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
January 28, 2005
Gina Magaruh, TetraData Corporation, 864-458-8243
Tom Winterstein, VC3 Inc., 803-978-2708
TetraData and VC3 partner to offer enhanced solution for managing student performance data
(GREENVILLE, SC AND COLUMBIA, SC) TetraData Corporation and VC3 Inc. announced today they will partner to collectively market two best-of-breed education technology solutions – TetraData on Demand™, an extract, transform and load (ETL tool) designed specifically for education data, and TestView™, an Internet-based software solution allowing users to track, chart and manage student performance data. Pairing the two solutions will provide educators a quick, easy way to integrate standardized test scores with demographic data – backed by robust data warehousing and data movement capabilities.
“TestView complements the broad and extensive data-driven decision making capabilities of TetraData’s products and services, namely our industry-leading data warehousing, data analysis, reporting and data management solutions for K-12,” says Martin Brutosky, CEO of TetraData. “With TestView, teachers will be better equipped to see the individual academic needs of their students with the solution’s ability to track student progress alongside academic plans.”
TestView offers educators the ability to run and save reports on student data for key decision making and curriculum planning. Features include the ability to import student data from student information systems, as well as standardized test score data as soon as it is received from testing centers; manage student groups; automatically generate academic plans for at-risk or all students; and filter reports by AYP criteria for NCLB.
Data gathered by TestView can be moved in “near real time” into existing data warehouses with TetraData on Demand. A nightly batch process updates a data warehouse with additions, changes or corrections to its demographic and scheduling data. The data warehouse does not have to be rebuilt or taken offline for the batch procedure to extract, transform and load updated data into it. In essence, students entering a district can be placed in the data warehouse the next day, as can any corrections to data that may have been entered for students already in a district at the time the warehouse was constructed. TetraData on Demand updates, replaces and deletes demographic and schedule data “on-the-fly” making it ready for analysis the next day.
“We are eager to work with TetraData in providing enhanced solutions that enable teachers, principals, and school administrators to manage student performance data,” says Tom Winterstein, Senior VP of Sales, Marketing & Academic Services for VC3. “School districts across the nation will be the main beneficiary of this partnership.”
About TetraData Corporation
TetraData Corporation (www.tetradata.com) provides the data framework that accelerates standards-based learning – facilitating partnerships that advance highly-targeted instruction based on student learning outcomes and transforming data into standards-driven improvement for every student and educator. TetraData’s co-authored strategy with education institutions help them achieve standards-based learning and leadership; effective professional development for teachers and administrators that impact students; the ability to understand education data and use it to facilitate decisions that will improve student achievement; and clear, accurate and responsive communication to education stakeholders.
About VC3 – Atlanta – Columbia – Raleigh
For over a decade, VC3 (www.VC3.com) has provided critical computer and Internet technology services to educational, corporate, and government entities. VC3's services include: Internet, Intranet & Data Center Services; Web and Application Development Services; Computer & Network Support; Network Design, Configuration & Optimization; Technology Assessments; and Security Audits. The company's ongoing success lies in its ability to build solid, long-term relationships with its customers.
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