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E d Te c h S h o w D a i l y F r i d a y, F e b r u a r y 6 , 2 0 1 5 4 By Anthony Cross, Vice President Portfolio Planning and Strategy, Scantron Corporation Students live in a 4-Dimensional world. No, we're not talking about the latest TV technology, or a ride at Disney World! We're describing the students themselves – their academic height, breadth, depth and progress over time. Analyzing their performance should include all the differ- ent facets that contribute to their per- formance, and as educators you need an accurate picture of the whole student to provide effective data-driven instruction. Spreadsheets are a common way of analyzing data, but looking at a spread- sheet of test scores can only help you answer the question "How did the stu- dents do on this test?" To know how that compares to other tests – for example, how benchmark assessments relate to state summative scores – you need anoth- er spreadsheet. Then you have to com- bine them into a single view, then add a chart to visualize the data. Then, if you want to know whether attendance played a role in the scores, you have to overlay yet another spreadsheet using advanced functions and formulae. Some districts opt to build a data warehouse to pull together all the pieces of information needed to build a com- plete picture of the student. However, this can be expensive, time-consuming and resource-intensive. And that's just to set it up, without analyzing the data it contains. In our experience, when dis- VIEWING STUDENTS IN 4-D tricts take the next step to analyze their data, they often start by cre- ating a list of ques- tions, each of which translates into a query built by the IT team. But what if the first question generates follow-on questions that haven't yet been identified? Or what if your questions change regularly, based on new require- ments? Fortunately, there's a powerful, yet simple solution that helps you explore your data and answer your own questions as you think of them. Scantron Analytics unifies your data without needing a data warehouse. Data connectors automatical- ly and securely pull in student informa- tion from disparate sources. Interactive SPORTSPAY MAKES ACCEPTING CREDIT CARD PAYMENTS EASY FOR SCHOOLS AND THEIR CLUBS AND ORGANIZATIONS American Credit Card Processing Corporation, through is SportsPay divi- sion, specializes in providing low cost credit card, debit card and e-check pro- cessing for non-profit organizations, schools, churches, clubs, sports organiza- tions and activities. It works with schools, school dis- tricts and the clubs associated with the schools to provide low cost payment pro- cessing. It sets the school or club up to accept payments in any manner that is needed. Customers can go online to pay fees, make donations, buy spirit wear, pay for tickets, etc. They can also pay in per- son at locations such as book- stores, spirit shops, concession stands or the office using traditional terminals, or mobile technology using smart devices such as phones and tablets. As an added bonus, it offers Booster Continued on Page 33 Continued on Page 33 Lee M. Oser CEO and Editor-in-Chief Jules Denton Kim Forrester Paul Harris Associate Publishers Lorrie Baumann Editorial Director JoEllen Lowry Jeanie Catron David Bernard Associate Editors Yasmine Brown Andre Gressieux Graphic Designers Sarah Glenn Caitlyn Roach Customer Service Managers Heather Canale Keri Gall Jamie Green Tara Neal Show Logistics & Distribution James Gennette Lynn Hilton Marcos Morhaim Account Managers Enrico Cecchi European Sales EdTech Show Daily is published by Oser Communications Group ©2015 All rights reserved. Executive and editorial offices at: 1877 N. Kolb Road, Tucson, AZ 85715 520.721.1300/Fax: 520.721.6300 www.oser.com European offices located at Lungarno Benvenuto Cellini, 11, 50125 Florence, Italy