Case Study Need for Change When Steve Beatty, chief information offi cer for Rockwood, began looking for a student information system (SIS) to serve the district, he identifi ed critical needs in six major areas of functionality, including instruction, curriculum, administration, communications, reporting, and analysis. In addition, Beatty required centralized data management, fl exibility, and cost effi ciency. “We needed to update the system to refl ect the growing demands of student data management,” said Beatty. “It was important to have a system that lets us capture data about all our students, provides built-in reporting and analysis of the data, and facilitates state reporting.” Rockwood conducted a thorough review over six months and narrowed the fi eld to fi ve po

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