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Pittsburgh Public School District Chooses Spectrum K12 School Solutions
Solution Will Provide Better Compliancy, Improved Data Integrity and Management
TOWSON, MD– April 14, 2008 – Pittsburgh Public Schools has adopted Spectrum K12 School Solutions Inc.’s special education IEP software product Encore®. Encore will create a powerful and effective system of administrative reporting and tracking for students who need special services throughout the district.
Pittsburgh Public Schools had been primarily paper-based and entering special education IEP and reporting data by hand. Spectrum K12’s Encore software will provide them with a solution that ensures better compliancy, improved data integrity and management as well as a real-time system that will streamline and manage the entire workflow process.
Encore helps school systems dramatically improve special education management by eliminating mistakes in IEP compliance, saving training time, eliminating duplicate data entry, providing ease of access to centralized information and – ultimately – saving of hundreds of dollars per student.
The electronic system will help the Pittsburgh Public Schools streamline operations, provide accountability, allow staff to access data whenever and wherever, and ensure the District is in compliance with federal and state mandates.
“The purchase of the Encore software helps us meet our Excellence for All agenda goal of efficient and effective support operations,” stated Mary Jane Conley, Program Officer, Special Education. “Another major reason we chose Encore was because this solution provides us with a complete and accurate integration with our existing student information system.”
“We are excited that the Pittsburgh Public Schools has joined the expanding list of leading districts using Spectrum K12’s Encore special education and IEP software,” said Jim Marshall, President and CEO at Spectrum K12. “Pittsburgh Public Schools selection of Spectrum K12 after a comprehensive review of available solutions is a strong vote of confidence in our products, support services, and our team.”
About Pittsburgh Public Schools
Pittsburgh is the largest of 43 school districts in Allegheny County and second largest in Pennsylvania. The District serves 28,265 students in Kindergarten through Grade 12 in 65 schools. In addition, Early Childhood programs serve three- and four-year-olds in 95 classrooms across the city.
About Spectrum K12 School Solutions
Spectrum K12 School Solutions Inc. is the leading provider of special education and IEP software serving almost 10% of the U.S. K-12 student population including 20 of the top 100 school districts in the United States. Spectrum K12 helps school districts close the achievement gap for special education and at-risk students through more effective management of the individualized learning process for all students receiving special services or interventions. Spectrum K12 works collaboratively with districts of all sizes to deliver scalable, easy-to-use software solutions that lift the administrative burden from education professionals so they can focus on the most important part of their work: educating children and improving student achievement. For more information visit http://www.spectrumK12.com.