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PowerSchool eSchoolPLUS

Overview

What is PowerSchool eSchoolPLUS?

eSchoolPLUS 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…

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eSchoolPLUS is a versatile and comprehensive platform that serves as the backbone of educational institutions, enabling teachers, …
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eSchoolPLUS backbone

10 out of 10
April 11, 2022
Incentivized
PowerSchool eSchoolPLUS is the primary SIS and singular source of all essential educational data for our organization. All crucial data, …
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What is PowerSchool eSchoolPLUS?

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Mobile ApplicationNo
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eSchoolPLUS is a versatile and comprehensive platform that serves as the backbone of educational institutions, enabling teachers, administrators, and staff to efficiently manage student information and ensure a high-quality education for all students. Teachers rely on the platform's teacher center to effortlessly grade assignments, while the HR department utilizes its backend for payroll and tracking teacher professional development. Administrators utilize eSchoolPLUS to house student data, manage attendance, and effectively communicate with parents and employees.

With its user-friendly login portal, eSchoolPLUS provides simple and easy access for users, allowing them to access the system with just one click using their username and password. The platform is used across the entire organization, serving as the primary source of essential educational data for all grade levels and content areas. It streamlines reporting to the state department of education by providing a centralized location for all necessary information and data on students. This ensures accurate and efficient data management while saving valuable time for educators.

eSchoolPLUS offers a wide range of use cases that cater to various needs within an educational institution. From scheduling management to attendance tracking, grading, parent communication, and health management, this robust platform empowers users with the tools they need to streamline processes and enhance collaboration. The system also facilitates smooth transitions when students transfer between buildings or schools by enabling quick access to their relevant data.

Guidance counselors find value in eSchoolPLUS as they utilize it to develop schedules for students, providing seamless accessibility for all users. Teachers depend on this platform not only to enter grades but also to print transcripts for their students. Administrative assistants benefit from eSchoolPLUS as they can print bus routes and efficiently manage student information.

Overall, eSchoolPLUS is a crucial tool that revolutionizes the way educational institutions operate by providing a centralized system that optimizes data management, enhances communication with stakeholders, and streamlines administrative processes. Its extensive features make it an invaluable asset in ensuring that every student receives the best education possible.

Users have provided the following recommendations based on their experiences with the software:

  • Be patient and follow the setup steps carefully for a worthwhile outcome.
  • Consider choosing eSchoolPLUS over PowerSchool SIS, as it is regarded as more user-friendly for both administrative staff and end users.
  • Take advantage of the software's capabilities for tracking grades, attendance, and generating reports. However, be aware of the cluttered interface on the website.

While some users appreciate the software's ability to replace traditional teacher recording books and its various features for setting up the gradebook, others caution against using it due to poor design, limited scalability, and uncertainty about its future with PowerSchool.

In addition, users advise considering the recent merger with a vendor and potential implications for support resources and future guarantees. They also suggest implementing a system to train new teachers who may need assistance navigating the software.

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April 11, 2022

eSchoolPLUS backbone

Score 10 out of 10
Vetted Review
Verified User
Incentivized
PowerSchool eSchoolPLUS is a highly effective data warehouse, with easy input and nearly boundless ways to get to the raw information. For a team with strong capabilities in report writing (say, SQL/IBM Cognos, etc) the opportunity to get to the base of the information and communicate it well is incredibly strong. However, if you are relying on stock reports to get you what you need, it may be imperfect.
Score 9 out of 10
Vetted Review
Verified User
Incentivized
As a classroom teacher, I can log into Power School eSchoolPLUS and access all pertinent information about a student. With contact information and a built-in email component to the program, I can speak to parents and other teachers within our organization efficiently. I can also access student testing data, medical information, and current academic performance to get a better picture of each student’s needs and circumstances.
Score 7 out of 10
Vetted Review
Verified User
Incentivized
We utilize PowerSchool every day in our classrooms for inputting data on our students regarding attendance and grades. We also use it to retrieve student information needed for various situations. The longer with use this platform, the easier it becomes us it and to know exactly where to go to find what we are needing.
Christopher Power | TrustRadius Reviewer
Score 10 out of 10
Vetted Review
Verified User
Incentivized
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.
Angel Swalve | TrustRadius Reviewer
Score 8 out of 10
Vetted Review
Verified User
Incentivized
eSchoolPLUS allows our entire organization to access Student Information quickly and easily, and allows us to format the data we need in a user-friendly environment. eSchoolPLUS has a few flaws, as it seems to not be thoroughly tested before releasing updates from user tickets that cause other functionality to break in an attempt to fix another issue.
Score 9 out of 10
Vetted Review
Verified User
Incentivized
It is well suited for school management systems, specifically for data management. Teachers entered in grades, but another system needed to be used to calculate grades. It would be nice to be able to enter in each individual assignment into eSchoolPlus for a full record of the students' achievement in the classroom.
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