For over 10 years I’ve worked with about 7 different Student Information Systems (SIS), too one degree or another. Since I have generally worked with these both from the back-end (database administrator and institutional researcher) as well as from the front-end (teacher and school administrator), this puts me in a fairly unique position to be able to compare the advantages and disadvantages of each system. Thus, I thought I should share my thoughts on the different SISes that I have had experience with, in order to help schools and school systems in choosing one.
So, over the coming week, I’ll be posting my reviews of:
For each review, I will be looking at 6 areas for each software:
- User Interface
- Built-In Features
- Customer Service & Technical Support
- Database Structure, Programming, and Underlying Technology
- Integration, Customization, and Reporting
- Security & Reliability