St. Louis Public SchoolsStudent Information Management System

(PULSE)

January, 2010

Dr. Cleopatra Figgures

Deputy Superintendent

Accountability 1

Pulse is our new student information management system Software interfaces with SIS – the source for all student data Grant funded @$130,000 – no cost to district Unique features

◦ Real time data are loaded overnight to users◦ Leveled access (currently at for the District and schools)◦ Home acess◦ Data available include:

Enrollment ADA FRL Discipline Assessment Student classification , e.g., ELL, Reg, Ed., SPED,

Assigned 203 passwords for access Held nine (9) formal training sessions All Executive Leadership Team members, all

Leadership Team members, all but nine (9) principals, over 90 Teaching and Learning Facilitators and over 25 Central Office and School Support Personnel were trained

Non-disclosure Policy presented to SAB Next steps: Teachers Future thoughts: Parent/Community access

GOING LIVE…..

Attendance Discipline District Home Page Enrollment MAP Assessments

October 10 11 47 8 14

November 39 14 31 13 16

December 130 42 172 34 55

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Attendance Discipline District Home Page GLE Results MAP Assessments

October 14 13 22 15 19

November 34 14 41 27 33

December 31 16 47 32 31

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School Administrators / TLFs PULSE Usage

Expanding the capacity of the system to include◦ Grades◦ Benchmarks◦ Other assessment data, e.g., LAS Links,

TerraNova Hiring several “accountability monitors” to

use Pulse to support ten (10) schools with additional grant funds