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MicroStrategy Chosen To Gauge Effectiveness Of School System

The Kent School District in the state of Washington has selected MicroStrategy Incorporated, a leading worldwide provider of business intelligence software, to provide its school system with an enterprise reporting solution to improve district-wide school performance. MicroStrategy Business Intelligence Platform will be the Web-based reporting and analytical foundation for the district to measure the effectiveness of the public school system and comply with the federal mandate No Child Left Behind Act of 2001.

Kent School District plans to roll out its MicroStrategy reporting application to 1,600 users across its 40 schools. Teachers, principals and school administrators will access reports online to measure progress and performance data by student, classroom and teacher, and use the performance data to promote educational accountability and academic achievement. The administrator, for example, will be able to identify a school's exceptional performance in order to emulate its success, or uncover problems in the school system in order to correct them.

"We chose MicroStrategy as our enterprise reporting standard because we're committed to using the best business intelligence technology to monitor academic achievement and determine where there is room for improvement," said Janet Moore, director of applications at the Kent School District. "The resulting insight will guide educators in our district to solve problems before they become widespread as well as duplicate best practices throughout our schools."

"This deal represents a significant technology win for MicroStrategy," said MicroStrategy COO Sanju K. Bansal. "The district's academic performance tracking system exemplifies the increasing significance of business intelligence in the education industry. Once deployed, it will also demonstrate the unique capabilities of MicroStrategy's industrial-strength platform -- scalability, Web deployability to thousands or more users, and superior analytical strength -- in seeking ways to improve academic performance."