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MERKURIUM SkoVision—School Improvement Planning www.merkurium.com Software, Starts from $1.25 per student Through SkoVision's centralized database and principal-friendly Web interface, school improvement plans can be developed in a team-based approach. Administrators throughout the same district can also share best practices, align strategic goals and objectives, analyze data and trends, and track results, which they can then share with stakeholders. Features include wizards, navigation aids, templates, drill down capabilities from district to schools to classrooms, and the ability to monitor the progress of long-term strategic success and action plans. EVERYBODY COUNTS Everybody Counts! www.everybodycounts.net Program, $95 curriculum guide, $15 overview video This updated version of Everybody Counts teaches students about various disabilities and how children cope with such challenges. The program, which targets students in grades K8, consists of nine sections. Sessions include presentations and simulations that provide students with an opportunity to experience what it would be like to cope with a disability. Each year the program is repeated so that students learn about a new disability such as blindness, hearing impairment, mild cognitive delay, motor disabilities, learning disabilities, severe cognitive delay, chronic conditions and serious illness. SCHOOL-LINK TECHNOLOGIES MyLunchMoney.com www.mylunchmoney.com Service, 3.95% of total transactions plus 25 cents per transaction School-Link has partnered with First of Omaha Merchant Processing and Payment Processing to offer parents a secure online account to better manage their child’s weekly meal purchases. Once registered, they can check their child’s balance at any time. With the Smart Pay option, they can also add money to the account, which often leads to increased sales and better cash ﬂ ow management for schools. The service also reduces the amount of bad checks that are received and opportunities for theft, since less cash is being handled. ECS ECS StAR www.ecs-star.com, Web-based system, $8,995 The Web-based ECS student testing, assessment and reporter (StAR) helps teachers make data driven decisions by presenting student test results online in graph and report formats. Teachers can generate reports based on state standardized test scores, sort data by an array of criteria such as test year, school, course, or period, while comparing results using various demographic criteria such as ethnicity or gender, as well as update students as they transfer classes or change schools throughout year. StAR provides data that allows teachers to customize and individualize lesson plans before school begins and address individual students’ strengths and weaknesses. Vote today for your favorite New Products at www.districtadministration.com/ products. New Products Editor Ken Royal (kroyal@edmediagroup.com) Carol Patton is a contributing editor. www.DistrictAdministration.com June 2007 77 http://www.mylunchmoney.com http://www.merkurium.com http://www.mylunchmoney.com http://www.everybodycounts.net http://www.everybodycounts.net http://www.ecs-star.com http://www.districtadministration.com/products http://www.ecs-star.com http://www.DistrictAdministration.com

Table of Contents for the Digital Edition of District Administration - June 2007

Contents
Editor's Letter
Letters
News Update
Security Update
Technology Update
Curriculum Update
Inside the Law
Admistrator Profile
District Profile
Refreshing the ISTE Technology Standards
Action Teams
RE-Construction
Professional Development for the New Century
Multimedia LIT
New Products
Leadership Books
Problem/Solution
Online Edge
Speaking Out
Supervisor's Opinion
Professional Opinion
Research Corner
Calendar of Events
Understanding the Times

District Administration - June 2007