SUPERCATEGORY: Best Education Administrative Solution

Recognizes the best enterprise solution in the K-20 market that supports core academic business practices and processes, including non-instructional business management applications or data reporting tools.

To nominate your product for this supercategory, it must also be entered in one of the following categories:

Best Classroom Management System
Best K-12 Course or Learning Management
Best K-12 Enterprise Solution
Best Postsecondary Course or Learning Management
Best Postsecondary Enterprise Solution
Best Student Assessment Solution

Literary Companion & Assessments21 - AcademicMerit, LLC AcademicMerit, based in Portland, Maine, delivers innovative online tools that seamlessly link learning, instruction, and assessment -- preparing students, teachers, and administrators for the era of the Common Core State Standards (CCSS) and the increasing emphasis on personalized and blended learning. Developed specifically for English Language Arts in grades 7-12, Assessments21 and Literary Companion provide schools with a suite of complementary, user-friendly tools that combine quality content and practical assessments to both improve and measure student performance in vocabulary, reading comprehension, and written analysis. Assessments21 enables teachers to administer classroom-based common assessments in reading comprehension and written analysis using a library of short stories, poems, and non-fiction texts divided into four levels of difficulty. The resulting data are aligned directly with the CCSS -- facilitating targeted, differentiated instruction. Literary Companion provides text-specific, CCSS-aligned formative assessments throughout a literature unit that enhance students' understanding of classic and contemporary literature, while strengthening vocabulary, reading comprehension and written analysis -- the very skills measured by Assessments21. Together, these programs reflect the company's belief that the path to meaningful learning and instruction begins with assessments of obvious value to both student and teacher. Go To AcademicMerit, LLC's Web Site Go To Product Site
BrainHoney - Agilix Labs BrainHoney is learning infrastructure. It is core learning technology, digital content, assessment and alignment that powers virtual schools, university systems, traditional and blended schools, teacher training programs, and other custom solutions. Unlike other systems that require you to adapt to their way of teaching and learning, BrainHoney adapts what you need it to be and grows with your organization's needs. The popular BrainHoney LMS has been used in all 50 states and more than 50 countries, and powers hundreds of thousands of blended and virtual enrollments from elementary schools to graduate schools. BrainHoney enables rapid creation and deployment of custom education technology solutions for less total cost of ownership than implementing off-the-shelf products or building solutions from scratch. And, because of its individualized learning and collaborative capabilities, the BrainHoney LMS has been heralded as the forerunner in next-generation learning technologies. There are five primary areas of the BrainHoney platform that form the basis of efficient and effective learning solutions. These primary areas are: Assessment BrainHoney provides robust functionality for both automatically graded assessments as well as instructor graded activities. Its extensible framework enables standard quiz items, custom interactive items, algorithmic questions, symbolic math items, item banks, collaborative authoring, assignment dropbox, rubrics, peer evaluation, and much, much more. Web services, javascript and SCORM API’s enable developers to create new and innovative interactive assessments that range from new question types to immersive environments. All assessment types can be directly aligned to and tracked against learning outcomes. Digital Content BrainHoney deploys a “content-cloud” model for the creation, editing, sharing, and management of digital content. Authors create learning content using WYSIWYG tools, integrate content from third-party sources, share content with other authors and instructors, import standards-based packages, or upload content exported from web sites, LMSs, or other sources. Innovative content management tools reduce maintenance costs, enable multi-tiered versioning of content, and ensure exact alignment to learning outcomes. Search functionality supports both highly structured queries as well as page-rank “Google-like” search algorithms. Learning Outcomes Learning outcomes are integral to the BrainHoney platform. All items in BrainHoney – from individual quiz items to large scale group projects to discussion forums to digital content – can be aligned to learning outcomes. These outcomes include state and national learning objectives and can be extended with custom outcome sets. Integrated logic enables individual learning plans based on both outcome mastery and prior performance. Collaboration Collaboration tools in the BrainHoney platform facilitate collaboration not only in traditional forms such as online discussions, blogs, wikis, and journals, but also during the creation and management of digital curriculum. Instructors can share materials, quiz items, and other resources with each other to leverage the power of the community. Rights and Permissions One of the toughest challenges when deploying learning solution is managing the rights and permissions of the users. BrainHoney secures personal information, distributes extremely granular access rights, ensurse content access matches license agreements, and provides robust administration tools. BrainHoney APIs enable rapid customization with standard authentication schemes, SISs, and portal technologies. Go To Agilix Labs' Web Site Go To Product Site
Connect! College Suite - ConnectEDU Recruit! Enroll! Manage! ConnectEDU's college products offer admissions officers and enrollment marketing professionals the ability to connect with students in a secure, online environment. ConnectEDU facilitates the connection and movement of student records between more than 2,500 high schools and more than 350 colleges and employers. ConnectEDU uses information technology and validated student data to help the transitions of students from high school to college to career. As a part of the Connect! Community, colleges can personalize messages to students, generate qualified student inquiries, and receive comprehensive application packages. Available to Every College More than 350 colleges are deploying ConnectEDU's data-driven products. They are saving money and valuable time, while improving their students' experiences. No matter what type of institution- public or private, four-year or two-year- ConnectEDU products facilitate the transfer of student records and offer an effective, efficient way to generate qualified student inquiries and applications. How Does It Work? ConnectEDU's products are linked to the high school's student information system. Unlike self-reported data, which can contain errors, all ConnectEDU student data are validated, which results in smart decisions and makes better use of valuable enrollment marketing dollars. ConnectEDU uses information technology to connect real students and real data with real colleges and real career opportunities. We make the college admissions process simpler, more efficient, more reliable, and more effective. College products also include tools to help students find jobs by connecting them with employers earlier in the recruitment process and increasing the number of job opportunities. Learn More ConnectEDU's college products include a variety of tools that use real student data to solve real efficiency problems in college recruiting, application processing, and records exchange. Below is a list of the products available to colleges. Read on to learn more: StudentRecruit: Enrollment Marketing The college admissions process can be inefficient and expensive. StudentRecruit takes the guesswork out of college admissions and provides admissions professionals and enrollment marketers with the opportunity to build meaningful relationships with students, from initial inquiry to application and enrollment. SuperAPP: College Application Processing As more students apply to a greater number of colleges, admissions offices lack a simple way to process or validate the incoming information. ConnectEDU's SuperAPP provides colleges with an electronic, easy-to-use application processing product. SuperAPP makes it easier and more efficient for students to apply to the colleges of their choice using the colleges’ exact admissions applications, and counselors are alerted to send transcripts when SuperAPP verifies that the application is completed. RecordExchange: Electronic Student Records and Transmission Without requiring any installation of complex print drivers or software, RecordExchange provides colleges with easy-to-use, easy-to-implement tools to transfer student records electronically to other colleges, community colleges, employers, the students themselves, and other qualified recipients. Colleges can also collect, process, and disburse student record fees from a single online location. Go To ConnectEDU's Web Site Go To Product Site
EduTone Xchange - EduTone Corporation The EduTone Xchange™ is an on-demand, one-to-one Services Delivery Platform for the Education Enterprise. EduTone combines innovative technology with new business models to empower education organizations with a sustainable 21st Century education delivery infrastructure. A finalist for Best K12 Enterprise Solution for the past 2 consecutive years, this solution is now deployed statewide in PA. Go To EduTone Corporation's Web Site Go To Product Site
Edvance360.com - Edvance360 Edvance360 is a hosted learning management system (LMS) that institutions utilize to provide residential, hybrid, and online courses. At Edvance360, we believe that learning happens in the context of a relationship. We therefore provide a rich and social learning experience for students, including unique secure social networks, collaborative communities and Web 2.0 tools. Designed by faculty, the user-interface is streamlined and easy to use, taking into account the work-flows of faculty, cutting down on the number of clicks it takes to accomplish tasks and the learning curve to adopt such a platform. Learning Outcomes Management enables administrators to collect and measure institutional outcomes and objectives in a simple interface, making necessary accountability easy to access – at no additional cost. Open integration and adherence to SCORM and IMS Common Cartridge standards allow institutions to import and export published curriculum, integrate with Student Information Systems, and share data with third-party vendors. Additional robust tools include sequenced learning/lessons, wikis, notification agents, ePortfolios, live video conferencing/VoIP, and cloud-based streaming. Stated simply, Edvance360 is simple, relational, and powerful. Go To Edvance360's Web Site Go To Product Site

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