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    ProductRatingMost Used ByProduct SummaryStarting Price

    Frontline Special Ed & Interventions

    Score8 out of 10
    N/AFrontline Special Ed & Interventions (formerly Enrich) is a student management platform featuring a diverse range of functions, including EPM for tracking progress through state-specific or other kinds of organized learning plans (e.g. gifted learning), RtI for monitoring student progress through interventions, and beyond these the an Individualized Education Program (IEP) for tracking even more specialized programs.N/A

    PowerSchool eSchoolPLUS

    Score7 out of 10
    N/AeSchoolPLUS is a student information system for managing student demographics, grades, scheduling & attendance, discipline & report cards, and other information in k-12. eSchoolPLUS was developed by Sungard K-12 Education which was acquired by PowerSchool in March 2017. It is now owned and supported by PowerSchool.N/A
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    Free Trial
    NoNo
    Free/Freemium Version
    NoNo
    Premium Consulting/Integration Services
    NoNo
    Entry-level Setup FeeNo setup feeNo setup fee
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    Features
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    Student and Faculty Administration
    Comparison of Student and Faculty Administration features of Frontline Special Ed & Interventions and PowerSchool eSchoolPLUS
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    Ratings
    PowerSchool eSchoolPLUS
    8.4
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    1% above category average
    Integrations with 3rd-Party Education Technology00 Ratings10.01 Ratings
    Online Registration Management00 Ratings5.01 Ratings
    District Communications, such as messaging and alerting00 Ratings5.01 Ratings
    Roster Management00 Ratings10.01 Ratings
    Platform Customization00 Ratings10.01 Ratings
    Teacher Self-Service00 Ratings6.01 Ratings
    Student Data Security00 Ratings10.01 Ratings
    Community Support00 Ratings8.01 Ratings
    Class Scheduling00 Ratings9.01 Ratings
    State and National-level Reporting00 Ratings10.01 Ratings
    Compliance Support00 Ratings10.01 Ratings
    Teacher and Parent Mobile Application00 Ratings8.01 Ratings
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    User Ratings
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    8.0
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    7.0
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    Performance
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    Product Scalability
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    User Testimonials
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    Likelihood to Recommend
    Frontline Education
    As described above, the RtI data can be reviewed by the special education team in order to see if regular education teachers need to gather more data before referring a student to special education. It is also well suited for using with transferred students from other schools or districts.
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    PowerSchool Group LLC
    It is well suited for Charter Schools. I say charter schools because most charts are built from the ground up, and using a specific set of tools from PowerSchool will help all departments to work seamlessly together. The hardest part of the education process is being able to track your own payroll, PD, overtime hours, emails and messages, grades and documentation for students. Schools in perpetual existence have a hard time converting all their documents and processes to a brand new portal. However, new schools, private schools, charter schools, even new online universities would have an easier and much more effective time purchasing and using every single tool that comes from PowerSchool. I believe that it is bigger than just using eSchoolPLUS for education, but using efinance, and atrieve are important also. In terms of eSchoolPLUS it is useful in all schools because it does make the teacher's jobs easier. Managing curriculum, lesson and grade data is quick and easy and engagement is relatively simple on the website and on my mobile iPhone.
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    Pros
    Frontline Education
    • Enrich provides a step by step process helping the special education team to organize all necessary information that includes state and federal compliance laws specifically the legislation of the IDEA (Individuals with Disabilities Education Act) is entered correctly.
    • It is organized to provide the entire special education team with access to see the documentation of services and assessments.
    • It also has an ability to organize the process for RtI (Response to Intervention) which identifies the students who qualify for special education services. The special education team has access to see this information to determine if the teachers need to gather more information before referring the student for special education services.
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    PowerSchool Group LLC
    • One-stop resource for student data, from test scores to medical alerts.
    • Parent information, including contact and custody details, are readily accessible.
    • Clean and easy-to-use format makes finding what you need very easy.
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    Cons
    Frontline Education
    • There is a tremendous amount of repetition of data entry. For example, you press buttons to describe services i.e. direct or indirect services and how much service time a child will receive. THEN, you have to enter it again with a sentence i.e. " The child will receive (direct or indirect) speech and language (or reading or math) services for a such and such amount of time. " There are other examples of how the provider needs to repeat information that has already been gathered by the program.
    • Of course, entering all of the data is very time-consuming.
    • Training and access to consultants are needed in order to learn how to use the entire program.
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    PowerSchool Group LLC
    • It can be difficult to find information when first beginning with it.
    • It can take many steps to perform one task.
    • Can run slowly on certain networks.
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    Reliability and Availability
    Frontline Education
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    PowerSchool Group LLC
    This would be the same reasoning as in the previous question. It is all about having enough bandwidth to run it across your district and buildings.
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    Performance
    Frontline Education
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    PowerSchool Group LLC
    Reports do run in a reasonable amount of time based upon the number of entries you are working with. You are also able to continue working on other areas while the report is being created so your device is not tied up during this process.
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    Alternatives Considered
    Frontline Education
    These other programs (Tranquility and Clarity) were used for the same purposes before the district and state started to use Enrich. The previous programs were harder to use and much more time-consuming. There is no comparison between Enrich and these other programs. I'm sure that other special education providers would agree that Enrich is the best one when compared to the previous 2 programs used for data gathering.
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    PowerSchool Group LLC
    PowerSchool eSchoolPLUS effectively allowed for access to all data, while enabling links to other critical PowerSchool platforms like Kickboard, Enrollment, and other software platforms.
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    Scalability
    Frontline Education
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    PowerSchool Group LLC
    There are days when PowerSchool can be very slow when loading. You definitely have to make sure you have the bandwidth in your district to run the platform appropriately.
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    Return on Investment
    Frontline Education
    • Overall, there are more positives than negatives about using this program. Having a program that is used by the entire state has a positive impact because now the special education process is organized in the same manner
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    PowerSchool Group LLC
    • Our Return on Investment is high, as it makes our jobs easier, allowing us more time to troubleshoot and train staff instead of digging for student information.
    • Overall our business objective is to store and access student information quickly, efficiently, and securely. eSchoolPLUS allows us to do that.
    • eSchoolPLUS has no negative impact on our ROI. Sometimes, after an update, there is a learning curve and bug fixes that need to be worked around, but in general, it is a great product and there is little downtime for our organization.
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