Data Integration

Developers want a modern, open, standards-based canvas for creating the next wave of game-changing apps.  But all too frequently, the data needed to drive these innovations are cloistered away, locked up in legacy silos with proprietary API’s, hamstrung by batch CSV exports, or — at best — exposed by an alphabet soup of “standards” of all different makes and models.  CedarExpert abstracts away the noise, and allows your team to build on a unified model based on a solid foundation of open standards and proven performance. 

Schools use data that comes from many different applications and sources. Student data is entered into the Student Information System while Staff data is stored in the Human Resources System. The problem is that the data in the SIS and HR systems is locked into these applications and people have to re-enter the same data many times. Other applications – such as the cafeteria software, bus systems, library systems, teacher tools, learning management systems – also need this data. Entering data manually is frustrating for users, takes up too much time, and increases the chance of mistakes. The result of this is that data in critical applications is incorrect and out-of-date.

A common approach to addressing the issues of data collection from many different systems is to attempt to synchronize the data from the various sources using SQL scripts and batch file processing. Unfortunately, this method of collection is performed on a scheduled basis. The scheduled file uploads happen once a day, at best, and often times happen closer to once a week or once a month. In these cases, districts do not have data that is up-to-date enough to complete their state reporting or to deliver accurate student rosters to teachers in the classrooms.

When IT staff is loaded with the burden of collecting data in this manner, support tickets add up. This is due to district administrators having wrong data for their reports and teachers seeing incorrect data in their classrooms. This leads to frustration amongst the IT staff members because long hours are spent keeping data up to date. The issue costs the district time and money through wasted hours, especially during busy state reporting periods where the data is essential for district funding. Additionally, when technology becomes a burden on teachers, inaccurate and out-of-date data can lead to lower test scores, loss of funding, and even frustration from parents and students.

CPSI helps districts overcome these challenges. We help schools and districts finally leverage all kinds of data – from rosters to assessment data to attendance and more—across the entire district in real time. With CPSI, all of the school and district staff can be confident that the information on their computer or device always reflects the students and the true “picture” of the data in the district.

Edlink is an integration partner for other edtech companies and their products. We help our clients (other edtech companies) become interoperable with +25 LMS, SIS, and IAM providers by building one integration to Edlink, instead of several integrations one by one. 

With the most advanced features in data integration, our adaptable, cloud-based interoperability platform gives you complete control of your information infrastructure.

Connect EdTech Apps Without Risking Student Data:  School Passport is a data exchange platform that
empowers edtech apps without sharing student data. Founded in 2018, GG4L offers a secure, private data exchange for the education ecosystem. GG4L’s product School Passport® serves 30,000+ schools, 15 million students, and hundreds of EdTech vendors. 

Consistent Data Across Your District Applications

Level Data eliminates the need to manually create student accounts in multiple systems and lightens the load of complex data integrations carried by district Tech Departments. 

From the moment account information is entered into your system, that data is securely and automatically transmitted across the various platforms your schools and staff depend upon, saving you valuable time and money.

Empowering schools, parents and students with technology that saves time and transforms student information.

School Data Sync (SDS) is a free service for Education that helps to automate the process of synchronizing user and roster data from Student Information or Management Systems with Microsoft 365. SDS is a tool that helps you manage your educational organization, users, classes, and roles. SDS syncs your data with Microsoft Entra ID and Microsoft 365, so you can use Microsoft Teams, Intune for Education, Exchange Online, SharePoint Online, OneNote Class notebooks, and enable third-party apps with Single Sign On integration. SDS helps make learning more engaging and efficient.

Data Integration and provisioning are required to enable student access to computer-based instruction. Synchronization of data from changes and updates to student records in the SIS is a requirement in order to have functioning instructional products.  Integrator automates data integration and provisioning eliminating delayed access to instruction and apps with old data.  Integrator recovers technology staff time and removes the opportunity for human errors being introduced by manual processes.

School Passport® is a data exchange platform that exchanges any data with any EdTech product, eliminates the need to share student PII and is easy to implement for schools and vendors. It empowers schools to centrally: