Technology Solutions
Data Solutions

Connecticut Data Warehouse
The Connecticut Data Warehouse project, powered by TetraData is an analysis warehouse reporting system designed to promote student achievement by providing the tools to empower sound education decision- making. The system can establish, track and analyze performance benchmarks for districts, schools, classes, and individual students in K-12 over time. Through monitoring student learning and program usefulness at every level, educators are prepared to make informed decisions about the future of the organization. . [brochure]

Benefits:  

• Product use training

• Data discovery (digitizing & preparing data)

• Security; energy redundancy

• Queries; reports

• Data refreshment

• Annual cost

• Additional services - technical

• Additional services - training, data analysis and use

Contact: Jim Huggins
EASTCONN Windham Mills, Bldg. 1, 322 Main Street, Willimantic, CT 06226
860-455-0707;  FAX: 860-456-7845
Voice Mail: 860-455-0029, box 3054
jhuggins@eastconn.org

Data Analysis Support & Training
EASTCONN staff can provide training and support to districts. Whether it is providing on-site coaching to administrators or providing reports, EASTCONN's experienced staff can assist with all of your data analysis needs.

Contact: Jim Huggins
EASTCONN Windham Mills, Bldg. 1, 322 Main Street, Willimantic, CT 06226
860-455-0707;  FAX: 860-456-7845
Voice Mail: 860-455-0029, box 3054
jhuggins@eastconn.org

Data Facilitator Support & Training
Staff development and follow-up technical assistance is available to enable your district staff to effectively use available data to inform the teaching and learning process to increase student achievement. We can help you create and train "data teams" to assist in your school improvement process.

Contact: Jim Huggins
EASTCONN Windham Mills, Bldg. 1, 322 Main Street, Willimantic, CT 06226
860-455-0707;  FAX: 860-456-7845
Voice Mail: 860-455-0029, box 3054
jhuggins@eastconn.org

Data Manager Support & Training
We can help you coordinate and integrate all your data from the broad variety of sources you access, and then assist you in the selection and use of appropriate data management tools. Those tools include data warehouses, student information systems and locally developed databases.

Benefits: 

• Coordination of district data systems
• Coordination of district resources

Contact: Jim Huggins
EASTCONN Windham Mills, Bldg. 1, 322 Main Street, Willimantic, CT 06226
860-455-0707;  FAX: 860-456-7845
Voice Mail: 860-455-0029, box 3054
jhuggins@eastconn.org

Database Development & Management Services
Our technology specialists are experienced with a range of applications, including: Microsoft Access, SQL Server, Filemaker Pro, and Excel. Our staff is expert in state reporting requirements and all the data needs related to the Connecticut Data Warehouse. We have experience designing customized applications to support NCLB reporting, student management, staff management, curriculum delivery, professional development tracking, event registration/CEUs, event management, student report cards, standards-based assessments, and other data-driven decision-making.

Benefits: 

• Quickly and accurately respond to state reporting requirements.
• Mine your local data to look for longitudinal trends.
• Measure the impact of interventions through data analysis.
• Expand the use of applications that you have already trained your staff to use.
• Work with technology specialists who understand the unique demands of public education.

Contact: John Kalinowski
EASTCONN Hampton, 376 Hartford Turnpike, Hampton, CT 06247
860-455-0707;  FAX: 860-455-0691
Voice Mail #: 860-455-0019, box 3312
jkalinowski@eastconn.org

Online Survey & Data Collection
We offer customized design, hosting and data analysis support for your online survey and data collection projects. Our familiarity with educational data and school improvement will help ensure that these projects yield the data that you need to answer your driving questions.

Contact: Michael Mahony
EASTCONN Windham Mills, Bldg. 1, 322 Main Street, Willimantic, CT 06226
860-455-0707;  FAX: 860-456-7845
Voice Mail: 860-455-0029, box 3020
mmahony@eastconn.org

PSIS Reporter
PSIS Reporter is a database tool designed to assist districts with preparing data uploads for Connecticut's Public School Information System (PSIS). It is available as a standalone application for computers running Windows XP. It is also available as a networked application for computers with FileMaker Pro 7 software. Cost for the standalone program is $135.50 and is available through a school P.O.

Benefits: 

• Import data from student information systems and other sources
• Combine data from multiple schools into one report.
• Review data prior to creating state reports.
• Identify students without the new State Assigned Student ID (SASID)
• Register students for SASID and un-register students using new data formats.
• Create data upload files in correct formats for PSIS (one button export)

Scantron Assessment Solutions
EASTCONN has partnered with Scantron to offer affordable computer-based assessment solutions. These solutions allow districts to quickly and easily design assessments for individual students or classes of students, and to analyze assessment results on an ongoing basis. Teachers or administrators can either develop their own classroom or benchmark assessments, or take advantage of pre-developed online tests that adapt automatically to each student's individual instructional level.