When federal mandates for the No Child Left Behind Act were established in January 2002, school districts nationwide became individually responsible for implementing the necessary provisions. The Chicago Public School system, with  over 600 schools and nearly a half million students, needed to efficiently implement these changes with minimal budgetary impact.

Acknowledging the constraints of their available resources, the Chicago Public Schools turned to Risetime for guidance and expertise.

Solution Overview

Attending to the needs of such diverse groups as the district's legal department and teacher's union demanded the system to accommodate a variety of tasks. While proving meaningful to the system's users, the added element of business value was also essential. The end product needed to be consistent and serve as a centralized source for quality and valuation measurements. Also, the system needed to be easy-to-use and have a high acceptance rate to truly economize the time and effort spent on such tasks.

The initiative to achieve full enterprise integration ranged from the thorough assessment of user needs, to task analysis and investigation of current system configurations. Risetime then crafted a practical business process workflow that could easily facilitate the transition and completion of combined effort tasks.

The final product delivered a single, centralized data solution capable of providing easy access to critical information.  Supported by web-based utilities, valuable reporting tools were further added to provide convenient access to reliable information.  The reports generated would benefit parents and teaching faculty alike, and became centric to the strong communication plan the district had hoped to achieve.