The Second tenet of the STAR application process is devoted to the development and implementation of the Zone Integrated Server (ZIS). ZIS is based on Microsoft’s SQL Server for business logic and employs Microsoft’s SQL Server for data repository. With ZIS in place, data entered into any one of the applications will be replicated with other software linked to the Zone. This will eliminate the need for time and cost redundancy on data entry while improving seamless events across the network. The ZIS architecture will be built upon the Open Standard rule allowing the flexibility of adding future applications. The model presented in tenet two is designed to achieve the School’s Interoperability Framework allowing data across multiple-software platforms to be interactive with one another or the ability to be viewed as a single entity within the Zone.
Although Enid Public School’s Five Tenet model for the STAR implementation can be applied separately through SIF/Zone compliance, the EPS model will disseminate information on how to blend individual assessment tools into the big picture of the school improvement process. The STAR tenet discussed in the second section of the application will include the development of assessment tools within the SIF/Zone Framework to data-driven decisions in the following areas: (1) real-time reporting on achievement of curriculum expectations through benchmark assessment strategies, (2) monitoring student performances in key areas, and (3) electronic grading and real-time assessment viewers.
The Enid Public School’s goal, in phase two of the STAR Pilot Project, is to provide easy access to various constituent groups across the Enid District and the Oklahoma State Department of Education. The solution will be to build a data warehouse using a Microsoft SQL server. Once this is accomplished, the district will provide preformatted and Smart Item Crystal Reports (SICR). These SICR, specially designed reports that request specific data from the Zone Integrated Server which meet the individual reporting needs of the district, will give quick and flexible access to district-wide data. Cumulative data, made available through the academic data warehouse, will include real-time reporting to specified constituent groups with Read Only Permission Rights allowed in the following areas:
- State Tests that Include End Of Year Assessment and CRT Scores
- Class Lists
- Demographics
- Student Class Schedules
- Reading Inventory Assessment Results For Application Of State Drivers Licenses
- School Designed Benchmark Assessments In Math, Reading, Writing, and Science
- Individual Student Profiles That Contain Tests Scores, Attendance, Mobility, And More
- Individual Student Portfolios that Contain Necessary Components For College Entrance And Employability.
The data warehouse will pull information from the ZIS data repository and other critical systems into a central data store. These specific data stores will then be integrated into the district’s Web Portal providing access through the Internet. The SharePoint Portal will provide a highly customized point of entry that will be designed to share on a restrictive log-in script with teachers, administrators, students, and parents. Through log-in profiles, each constituent group will be presented with a unique, user interface and the ability to retrieve and review pertinent data for their perspective needs. (Exhibit “C”, Student Achievement Data Warehouse)
