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Your K-12 organization is early in its digital transformation journey. By focusing on key areas, you can help to secure your ecosystem and build a foundation to grow the digital maturity of your district. If deciding where to start, focus on infrastructure, followed by information and system integration, and access management/authentication. With infrastructure at level 3 and the other pillars at level 2 or better, you will have a robust foundation to introduce the other pillars of digital transformation within your district.
Below you will find a radar graph of your results, which provides a visual representation of your place on the digital transformation readiness maturity model. The ultimate goal is to track along the outer edges of the web for those pillars most important to your K-12 organization. Focus on those pillars closest to the center, as these are the easiest to achieve in the shortest amount of time. Further down, you’ll find our specific recommendations for each of the eight core pillars.
To receive more insight into your scores, click the Discuss Results button below to schedule time with one of our experts (don’t worry, there’s not another form!) to learn how a digital identity platform can serve as the foundation of your district’s digital transformation strategy and solve many of the challenges that slow down your journey.
Your K-12 organization is early in its digital transformation journey. By focusing on key areas, you can help to secure your ecosystem and build a foundation to grow the digital maturity of your district. If deciding where to start, focus on infrastructure, followed by information and system integration, and access management/authentication. With infrastructure at level 3 and the other pillars at level 2 or better, you will have a robust foundation to introduce the other pillars of digital transformation within your district.
Below you will find a radar graph of your results, which provides a visual representation of your place on the digital transformation readiness maturity model. The ultimate goal is to track along the outer edges of the web for those pillars most important to your K-12 organization. Focus on those pillars closest to the center, as these are the easiest to achieve in the shortest amount of time. Further down, you’ll find our specific recommendations for each of the eight core pillars.
To receive more insight into your scores, click the Discuss Results button below to schedule time with one of our experts (don’t worry, there’s not another form!) to learn how a digital identity platform can serve as the foundation of your district’s digital transformation strategy and solve many of the challenges that slow down your journey.
Your K-12 organization is moving along the digital transformation path nicely. Focus on less mature areas that help to improve the security, usability, and accountability of technology in your district. With a score in this range, you have a good foundation that just needs a little boost in a few areas to become a strong, comprehensive digital ecosystem. At this stage, technology should work for your district—not against— to enhance workflows, as well as the learning experience. The next step is to ensure that all of your technology works together and is functionally simplifying your workflows and processes.
Below you will find a radar graph of your results, which provides a visual representation of your place on the digital transformation readiness maturity model. The ultimate goal is to track along the outer edges of the web for those pillars most important to your K-12 organization. Focus on those pillars closest to the center, as these are the easiest to achieve in the shortest amount of time. Further down, you’ll find our specific recommendations and resources for each of the eight core pillars.
To receive more insight into your scores, click the Discuss Results button below to schedule time with one of our experts (don’t worry, there’s not another form!) to learn how a digital identity platform can serve as the foundation of your district’s digital transformation strategy and solve many of the challenges that slow down your journey.
Your K-12 organization has embraced digital transformation in many of the pillars. With a score in this range, you have established a robust ecosystem where many pillars of digital transformation are ingrained in your district’s culture. At this stage, you are continuing to fine-tune your processes in order to optimize your digital transformation journey. The next step is to look at the pillars that are not as mature, and determine if moving to the next level makes sense for your district.
Below you will find a radar graph of your results, which provides a visual representation of your place on the digital transformation readiness maturity model. The ultimate goal is to track along the outer edges of the web for those pillars most important to your K-12 organization. Focus on those pillars closest to the center, as these are the easiest to achieve in the shortest amount of time. Further down, you’ll find our specific recommendations and resources for each of the eight core pillars.
To receive more insight into your scores, click the Discuss Results button below to schedule time with one of our experts (don’t worry, there’s not another form!) to learn how a digital identity platform can serve as the foundation of your district’s digital transformation strategy and solve many of the challenges that slow down your journey.
Your K-12 organization has reached the highest level of maturity in most of the pillars of digital transformation. At this level, the focus should be on building artificial intelligence (AI) and machine learning into the pillars and evolving your district’s technology program to where it can evolve interoperable data in real time using patterns and predictive algorithms. Additionally, you should concentrate on formative assessments that allow AI to begin to make educated decisions on interventions and supplementary materials based on historical data, as well as eliminating manual tasks, wherever possible.
Below you will find a radar graph of your results, which provides a visual representation of your place on the digital transformation readiness maturity model. The ultimate goal is to track along the outer edges of the web for those pillars most important to your K-12 organization. Focus on those pillars closest to the center, as these are the easiest to achieve in the shortest amount of time. Further down, you’ll find our specific recommendations and resources for each of the eight core pillars.
To receive more insight into your scores, click the Discuss Results button below to schedule time with one of our experts (don’t worry, there’s not another form!) to learn how a digital identity platform can serve as the foundation of your district’s digital transformation strategy and solve many of the challenges that slow down your journey.
Data-driven insights give you the ability to leverage meaningful data reports, dashboards and visualization to provide actionable insights at the individual, class, campus, and district levels.
When leveraging analytics to drive student outcomes, it’s critical to ground your analytics at the student level. That means the foundation of digital identities will ultimately allow you to assess learning loss, understand which learning applications and resources are achieving your return on investment (ROI), as well as those that are not, and more.
A level 0 score indicates that your district has traditionally experienced a lack of consistent data. This gap has likely caused stakeholders to speculate with the data available or disregard it entirely. At this level, your district’s data analysis likely consists of grades, attendance, benchmarks, and standardized testing; but in all likelihood, these data categories are not easily tied to individual students. To move to level 1, focus on incorporating data points throughout the current term, rather than simply the summative grade from the previous term.
Data-driven insights give you the ability to leverage meaningful data reports, dashboards and visualization to provide actionable insights at the individual, class, campus, and district levels.
When leveraging analytics to drive student outcomes, it’s critical to ground your analytics at the student level. That means the foundation of digital identities will ultimately allow you to assess learning loss, understand which learning applications and resources are achieving your return on investment (ROI), as well as those that are not, and more.
A level 1 score indicates that your district’s administrators likely needed a way to allocate and effectively interpret data in a central source. As a result, your district has started analyzing some elements or portions of present term data to inform instruction and make administrative decisions. As you implement this aggregated data source, consider using digital identities as a unique identifier for students. To move to level 2, focus on incorporating formative assessment results into a weekly data review model to track student progress throughout the term.
Data-driven insights give you the ability to leverage meaningful data reports, dashboards and visualization to provide actionable insights at the individual, class, campus, and district levels.
When leveraging analytics to drive student outcomes, it’s critical to ground your analytics at the student level. That means the foundation of digital identities will ultimately allow you to assess learning loss, understand which learning applications and resources are achieving your return on investment (ROI), as well as those that are not, and more.
A level 2 score indicates that your district’s department stakeholders were likely lacking confidence in reporting data analytics to make informative decisions. As a result, present term data is now leveraged across departments for greater insight and data-driven decision-making. To move to level 3, integrate your learning management system (LMS) to an analytics engine and anchor your analytics with digital identities for each student in order to provide real-time updates on student progress via visualizations and dashboards.
Data-driven insights give you the ability to leverage meaningful data reports, dashboards and visualization to provide actionable insights at the individual, class, campus, and district levels.
When leveraging analytics to drive student outcomes, it’s critical to ground your analytics at the student level. That means the foundation of digital identities will ultimately allow you to assess learning loss, understand which learning applications and resources are achieving your return on investment (ROI), as well as those that are not, and more.
A level 3 score indicates that your district’s stakeholders likely needed a uniform process to interpret data in an attempt to provide timely prompts for individual interventions. As a result, data representing formative insights needed on a real-time basis is available to inform instructional and administrative decisions. To move to level 4, focus on integrating your EdTech applications to an AI-driven analytics engine that can correlate performative data to past metrics, attendance, and behavior markers as well as identify trends/patterns that will allow for actionable insights to be provided in real-time. To get the most out of AI, your data must be grounded in digital identities for each student.
Data-driven insights give you the ability to leverage meaningful data reports, dashboards and visualization to provide actionable insights at the individual, class, campus, and district levels.
When leveraging analytics to drive student outcomes, it’s critical to ground your analytics at the student level. That means the foundation of digital identities will ultimately allow you to assess learning loss, understand which learning applications and resources are achieving your return on investment (ROI), as well as those that are not, and more.
A level 4 score indicates that your district likely required real-time, AI driven actions to automatically occur based on real time data insights. As a result, your district has established a culture of using predictive and prescriptive analysis to increase student learning and administrative efficiency. Continue to expand the use of real-time data used across the district (such as student performance, finance, HR, and IT) to inform decisions. Most likely, you’re already using digital identities in your analytics. If not, consider adding digital identities as a capability to allow you to put your students at the center of your digital ecosystem.
Digital Learning Capability is defined as any type of learning that is accompanied by technology or by instructional practice that makes effective use of technology. It encompasses the application of a wide spectrum of practices including, blended and virtual learning.
The most effective digital learning environment is both scalable and responsive to the unique needs of each student. In order to satisfy both of these characteristics, your district needs to implement digital identities in order to automate provisioning and deprovisioning, as well as identity changes throughout a student’s lifecycle as they move through grades, classes, and schools.
A level 0 score indicates that most of your district’s instruction is likely performed in person and in class. Teachers and students have network logon accounts, district email addresses, and some online applications for supplementary materials.To move to level 1, focus on adopting a 1:1 device policy across your district. In addition, put digital identity management in place to allow your district to deliver automated account creation.
Digital Learning Capability is defined as any type of learning that is accompanied by technology or by instructional practice that makes effective use of technology. It encompasses the application of a wide spectrum of practices including, blended and virtual learning.
The most effective digital learning environment is both scalable and responsive to the unique needs of each student. In order to satisfy both of these characteristics, your district needs to implement digital identities in order to automate provisioning and deprovisioning, as well as identity changes throughout a student’s lifecycle as they move through grades, classes, and schools.
A level 1 score indicates that students and faculty require remote access to EdTech applications. As a result, students primarily utilize online, digital materials and no longer carry physical textbooks. Your district uses an SIS system that is accurate and complete for student records, and most classes leverage a learning management system (LMS) for grading and organization. Once your IAM foundation is established, focus on incorporating single sign-on (SSO) with multi-factor authentication (MFA) and application rostering to provide a fully automated and accessible ecosystem.
Digital Learning Capability is defined as any type of learning that is accompanied by technology or by instructional practice that makes effective use of technology. It encompasses the application of a wide spectrum of practices including, blended and virtual learning.
The most effective digital learning environment is both scalable and responsive to the unique needs of each student. In order to satisfy both of these characteristics, your district needs to implement digital identities in order to automate provisioning and deprovisioning, as well as identity changes throughout a student’s lifecycle as they move through grades, classes, and schools.
A level 2 score indicates that students likely require curated access to remote applications based on qualifiers, such as grade, school, and subject. As a result, application rostering has been fully automated, so teachers and students have their appropriate resources available in real-time. These resources are also accessed through a central single sign-on (SSO) portal. To move to level 3, focus on reviewing best practices for digital curriculum and look to develop a Learning Object Repository (LOR) based on standards.
Digital Learning Capability is defined as any type of learning that is accompanied by technology or by instructional practice that makes effective use of technology. It encompasses the application of a wide spectrum of practices including, blended and virtual learning.
The most effective digital learning environment is both scalable and responsive to the unique needs of each student. In order to satisfy both of these characteristics, your district needs to implement digital identities in order to automate provisioning and deprovisioning, as well as identity changes throughout a student’s lifecycle as they move through grades, classes, and schools.
A level 3 score indicates that your district likely requires students and faculty to leverage remote learning. As a result, your district has created a specific digital curriculum and has a segment of teachers trained specifically for delivering effective online or remote learning, as opposed to simply making digital copies of the in-person curriculum. Most likely, your district is already using identity management or authentication to some degree. If not, make sure to explore these areas, as they lay the foundation for cybersecurity and personalized learning. To move to level 4, focus on developing full playlists of lesson content that can be delivered asynchronously and made available for students enrolled in a full-time virtual program or who are unable to attend their in-person class.
Digital Learning Capability is defined as any type of learning that is accompanied by technology or by instructional practice that makes effective use of technology. It encompasses the application of a wide spectrum of practices including, blended and virtual learning.
The most effective digital learning environment is both scalable and responsive to the unique needs of each student. In order to satisfy both of these characteristics, your district needs to implement digital identities in order to automate provisioning and deprovisioning, as well as identity changes throughout a student’s lifecycle as they move through grades, classes, and schools.
A level 4 score indicates that curriculums were required to be adaptive to remote or in-person learning and provide expected outcomes for students. As a result, your district has trained staff, curriculum, and structures in place to offer in-person, remote, synchronous, or asynchronous learning as dictated by the individual student's situation and needs. Continue to expand options for students and provide comprehensive learning opportunities, regardless of the student’s environment. Most likely, your district is already using identity management or authentication to some degree. If not, make sure to explore these areas as it lays the foundation for cybersecurity and personalized learning. Focus on continuous innovation of digital identities to automate the personalization of learning.
Leadership and Vision is defined by the acceptance of and willingness of key leadership to actively support, participate in, and promote collaborative efforts to innovate and advance technology.
It’s no secret that innovation within K-12 districts requires a unified vision, as well as open collaboration and communication across IT and Curriculum. As a result, Leadership and Vision must be unified. Technology needs to become a means of accelerating and enabling the vision for learning. Digital identities philosophically and technology represent putting the student at the center of both the vision and the technology strategy, while setting the foundation for cybersecurity and personalized learning.
A level 0 score indicates that traditionally, technology use at your district has been perceived as more of a burden than an empowering tool for IT management and Instruction. As a result, your district is currently developing an understanding of the value and purpose of interoperable systems. To move to level 1, focus on identifying the impacts and desired outcomes of all initiatives that include technology in order to gain clarity on the prioritization between security and usability.
Leadership and Vision is defined by the acceptance of and willingness of key leadership to actively support, participate in, and promote collaborative efforts to innovate and advance technology.
It’s no secret that innovation within K-12 districts requires a unified vision, as well as open collaboration and communication across IT and Curriculum. As a result, Leadership and Vision must be unified. Technology needs to become a means of accelerating and enabling the vision for learning. Digital identities philosophically and technology represent putting the student at the center of both the vision and the technology strategy, while setting the foundation for cybersecurity and personalized learning.
A level 1 score indicates that some type of technology-based disruption may have interrupted the instructional process. As a result, your district’s IT and academic departments are beginning to engage in cross-departmental communication in order to mitigate issues. To move to level 2, focus on implementing a formal change management process to control upcoming changes in a way that minimizes end user impact and disruption, as well as maintains alignment between technology and curriculum leadership.
Leadership and Vision is defined by the acceptance of and willingness of key leadership to actively support, participate in, and promote collaborative efforts to innovate and advance technology.
It’s no secret that innovation within K-12 districts requires a unified vision, as well as open collaboration and communication across IT and Curriculum. As a result, Leadership and Vision must be unified. Technology needs to become a means of accelerating and enabling the vision for learning. Digital identities philosophically and technology represent putting the student at the center of both the vision and the technology strategy, while setting the foundation for cybersecurity and personalized learning.
A level 2 score indicates that at your district, the potential positive impact of technology in the classroom is recognized, but understood to only be able to reach its potential if built upon a solid and secure IT-driven foundation. As a result, your district’s departmental leadership proactively plans for change management and provides resources to grow access, reliability, and capacity ahead of the demand. To move to level 2, focus on reviewing best practices for digital curriculum and developing a fully virtual option for the entire course catalog.
Leadership and Vision is defined by the acceptance of and willingness of key leadership to actively support, participate in, and promote collaborative efforts to innovate and advance technology.
It’s no secret that innovation within K-12 districts requires a unified vision, as well as open collaboration and communication across IT and Curriculum. As a result, Leadership and Vision must be unified. Technology needs to become a means of accelerating and enabling the vision for learning. Digital identities philosophically and technology represent putting the student at the center of both the vision and the technology strategy, while setting the foundation for cybersecurity and personalized learning.
A level 3 score indicates that your Superintendent of School Board likely desires to be an innovative leader in K-12, focused on transforming the traditional model of education to a modern, next generation approach. As a result, your district’s executive team works together to develop and implement a shared vision with all stakeholders for effective and strategic use of technology. To move to level 4, focus on maximizing the individualization of the student journey by providing students in-person, virtual, synchronous, and asynchronous delivery methods for all courses required to graduate.
Leadership and Vision is defined by the acceptance of and willingness of key leadership to actively support, participate in, and promote collaborative efforts to innovate and advance technology.
It’s no secret that innovation within K-12 districts requires a unified vision, as well as open collaboration and communication across IT and Curriculum. As a result, Leadership and Vision must be unified. Technology needs to become a means of accelerating and enabling the vision for learning. Digital identities philosophically and technology represent putting the student at the center of both the vision and the technology strategy, while setting the foundation for cybersecurity and personalized learning.
A level 4 score indicates your district has demonstrated the ability to provide equity in the educational experience for its constituents and is embracing an anywhere/anytime learning model. As a result, your district has established a culture of collaboration. Continue to allow students to determine their own instructional pathway through individual voice and choice. Continue to enable administrators to leverage information holistically for continuous improvement.
IT Governance encompasses the processes that ensure the effective and efficient use of IT in enabling your district to achieve its goals.
In K-12, IT Governance is often lacking, but there is increasing focus in this area as education’s digital footprint and the role of IT continues to expand. In order to enable the future vision for learning, IT governance will become mission-critical. For example, slow deprovisioning of accounts that are no longer in use, lax password management, and a lack of scalability will no longer be sustainable in K-12 environments. Digital identities will allow districts to improve IT governance in a scalable and reliable way.
A level 0 score indicates that your district is likely unable to account for the devices accessing its network and does not know who is using what system. As a result, there is an awareness of the need for more systematic management of basic IT and academic objectives, such as device management and the acquisition of digital content. To move to level 1, clearly define what your IT and Curriculum departments are each evaluating when reviewing device and software acquisitions.
IT Governance encompasses the processes that ensure the effective and efficient use of IT in enabling your district to achieve its goals.
In K-12, IT Governance is often lacking, but there is increasing focus in this area as education’s digital footprint and the role of IT continues to expand. In order to enable the future vision for learning, IT governance will become mission-critical. For example, slow deprovisioning of accounts that are no longer in use, lax password management, and a lack of scalability will no longer be sustainable in K-12 environments. Digital identities will allow districts to improve IT governance in a scalable and reliable way.
A level 1 score indicates that your Curriculum likely wants to standardize the applications being used by its teachers and students across the district. As a result, your district has siloed initiatives to create policies for vetting vendors and digital resources for interoperability, security, and data privacy. To move to level 2, develop a standardized procurement process that requires interoperability, security, and data privacy standards as fundamental expectations for all technology purchases or RFXs across all campuses.
IT Governance encompasses the processes that ensure the effective and efficient use of IT in enabling your district to achieve its goals.
In K-12, IT Governance is often lacking, but there is increasing focus in this area as education’s digital footprint and the role of IT continues to expand. In order to enable the future vision for learning, IT governance will become mission-critical. For example, slow deprovisioning of accounts that are no longer in use, lax password management, and a lack of scalability will no longer be sustainable in K-12 environments. Digital identities will allow districts to improve IT governance in a scalable and reliable way.
A level 2 score indicates that your district’s IT team is unable to accurately account for which applications are being used by teachers and students. As a result, cross-departmental processes are in place to vet vendors and digital resources for interoperability, security, and data privacy. To move to level 3, adopt a unified procurement approach from the district-level down to future-proof the ecosystem.
IT Governance encompasses the processes that ensure the effective and efficient use of IT in enabling your district to achieve its goals.
In K-12, IT Governance is often lacking, but there is increasing focus in this area as education’s digital footprint and the role of IT continues to expand. In order to enable the future vision for learning, IT governance will become mission-critical. For example, slow deprovisioning of accounts that are no longer in use, lax password management, and a lack of scalability will no longer be sustainable in K-12 environments. Digital identities will allow districts to improve IT governance in a scalable and reliable way.
A level 3 score indicates that a primary undertaking at your district is a district-wide curriculum equity initiative. As a result, your district’s leadership team models responsible decision-making and manages the creation, implementation, and enforcement of policies. These policies should address the social, legal, and ethical issues linked to technology throughout the school system. To move to level 4, provide a real-time dashboard with insights into user application activity and usage metrics. In addition, compare this data to the licensing costs and procurement requirement standards of each vendor.
IT Governance encompasses the processes that ensure the effective and efficient use of IT in enabling your district to achieve its goals.
In K-12, IT Governance is often lacking, but there is increasing focus in this area as education’s digital footprint and the role of IT continues to expand. In order to enable the future vision for learning, IT governance will become mission-critical. For example, slow deprovisioning of accounts that are no longer in use, lax password management, and a lack of scalability will no longer be sustainable in K-12 environments. Digital identities will allow districts to improve IT governance in a scalable and reliable way.
A level 4 score indicates that in your district, Technology and Instruction are viewed as two sides of the same coin and are seen as critical to the delivery of a successful educational process. As a result, a formal IT governance structure and culture is in place that ensures the executive decision-making body addresses the needs of all stakeholders. Continue to reevaluate and enhance your governance structure as stakeholder needs evolve.
Data Governance is a collection of practices and processes that help to ensure the formal management of data assets within a school system.
Data Governance is extremely difficult and time-consuming without a systematic approach to constantly groom and ensure high quality data inputs and outputs. An important element to ensuring high-quality data is by attaching it to digital identities. Your approach for attaching grades and demographics, as well as formative and summative data to specific students should be easy and automated.
A level 0 score indicates your district has likely been alarmed to learn that a nearby district fell victim to a data breach. As a result, your district is aware of the need for data accuracy, integrity, and management. In addition, leadership acknowledges FERPA data privacy responsibilities. To move to level 1, provide professional development for employees regarding FERPA and other relevant data privacy policies.
Data Governance is a collection of practices and processes that help to ensure the formal management of data assets within a school system.
Data Governance is extremely difficult and time-consuming without a systematic approach to constantly groom and ensure high quality data inputs and outputs. An important element to ensuring high-quality data is by attaching it to digital identities. Your approach for attaching grades and demographics, as well as formative and summative data to specific students should be easy and automated.
A level 1 score indicates that your district wants to limit the risk of an inadvertent data breach. As a result, district staff with access to personally identifiable data now receive training on FERPA and other relevant federal, state, and local data privacy policies. In addition, processes are in place to ensure data accuracy, integrity, and management. To move to level 2, establish clear definitions and values for major data elements. Furthermore, begin cross-departmental conversations for collaboration.
Data Governance is a collection of practices and processes that help to ensure the formal management of data assets within a school system.
Data Governance is extremely difficult and time-consuming without a systematic approach to constantly groom and ensure high quality data inputs and outputs. An important element to ensuring high-quality data is by attaching it to digital identities. Your approach for attaching grades and demographics, as well as formative and summative data to specific students should be easy and automated.
A level 2 score indicates that at your district, IT and Curriculum understand that any employee has the potential to unknowingly become access for malicious actors. As a result, there are now cross-departmental discussions on data governance. In addition, clear definitions and values for major data elements are established and maintained. Staff are also assigned to monitor updates on data privacy regulations. To move to level 3, define a data governance policy to ensure all campuses have equal access to meaningful and standardized data. In addition, focus on building a culture for value of data / shared responsibility to protect data.
Data Governance is a collection of practices and processes that help to ensure the formal management of data assets within a school system.
Data Governance is extremely difficult and time-consuming without a systematic approach to constantly groom and ensure high quality data inputs and outputs. An important element to ensuring high-quality data is by attaching it to digital identities. Your approach for attaching grades and demographics, as well as formative and summative data to specific students should be easy and automated.
A level 3 score indicates that your district recognizes that any user with any level of access has the potential to be a threat vector. As a result, your district leadership has established a data governance policy and a culture that reflects the value of data and the shared responsibility of protecting that data. To move to level 4, create a formal data governance structure at the district level to inform executive decision-making processes.
Data Governance is a collection of practices and processes that help to ensure the formal management of data assets within a school system.
Data Governance is extremely difficult and time-consuming without a systematic approach to constantly groom and ensure high quality data inputs and outputs. An important element to ensuring high-quality data is by attaching it to digital identities. Your approach for attaching grades and demographics, as well as formative and summative data to specific students should be easy and automated.
A level 4 score indicates that at your district, data is seen as the lifeblood of the decision-making process and therefore, must be managed, maintained and protected. As a result, a formal data governance structure and culture has been established to ensure the executive decision-making body addresses the needs of all stakeholders. Continue to reevaluate and enhance the data governance structure as stakeholder needs evolve.
Information & System Integration is defined as the level to which data passes seamlessly and uniformly between all systems and applications in the digital ecosystem.
It is widely known that K-12 has been challenged with system and data silos that have stymied innovation for years. Identity management enables districts to perform the critical role of connecting disparate applications in the edtech ecosystem by facilitating the flow of digital identities throughout the system. As K-12 works towards a nirvana state of ubiquitous data standards, digital identities provide a means to overcoming the challenge of interoperability.
A level 0 score indicates that due to the volume of users and tasks, administrators are required to manually create in-house scripts, as needed, to automate processes that would require administrative oversight. As a result, your district has manual upload/download processes for account provisioning and/or application rostering. To move to level 1, leverage open-source or free tools to script an automated execution of your processes.
Information & System Integration is defined as the level to which data passes seamlessly and uniformly between all systems and applications in the digital ecosystem.
It is widely known that K-12 has been challenged with system and data silos that have stymied innovation for years. Identity management enables districts to perform the critical role of connecting disparate applications in the edtech ecosystem by facilitating the flow of digital identities throughout the system. As K-12 works towards a nirvana state of ubiquitous data standards, digital identities provide a means to overcoming the challenge of interoperability.
A level 1 score indicates that administrators are required to use vendor products to schedule syncs or provision users to required resources. As a result, your district has an inventory of major data systems and sources with some degree of automated integration between applications and systems via homegrown scripts or application-native syncing. To move to level 2, evaluate and procure an IAM tool to establish the access foundation upon which your digital ecosystem can be built.
Information & System Integration is defined as the level to which data passes seamlessly and uniformly between all systems and applications in the digital ecosystem.
It is widely known that K-12 has been challenged with system and data silos that have stymied innovation for years. Identity management enables districts to perform the critical role of connecting disparate applications in the edtech ecosystem by facilitating the flow of digital identities throughout the system. As K-12 works towards a nirvana state of ubiquitous data standards, digital identities provide a means to overcoming the challenge of interoperability.
A level 2 score indicates that application licensing concerns have driven district stakeholders to require primary directory and high-priority district applications (such as G-Suite and Office 365) to be integrated with seamless data import/export and transformation. As a result, district information is formatted in a standard way that enables the movement of data between systems using a centralized automation tool at the department and school levels. In addition, actionable data is made available to stakeholders on a regular schedule. Once your IAM foundation is established, focus on incorporating single sign-on (SSO) with multi-factor authentication (MFA) and application rostering to provide a fully automated and accessible ecosystem.
Information & System Integration is defined as the level to which data passes seamlessly and uniformly between all systems and applications in the digital ecosystem.
It is widely known that K-12 has been challenged with system and data silos that have stymied innovation for years. Identity management enables districts to perform the critical role of connecting disparate applications in the edtech ecosystem by facilitating the flow of digital identities throughout the system. As K-12 works towards a nirvana state of ubiquitous data standards, digital identities provide a means to overcoming the challenge of interoperability.
A level 3 score indicates that your district’s growing learning ecosystem requires agnostic integration with applications using defined integration methods (APIs). As a result, systems are now integrated, interoperable, and provide each user with a simple interface to the functionality needed through the use of open standards. In addition, the system maintains appropriate controls and safeguards for student and staff personal information. To move to level 4, leverage your IAM and Rostering integrations to provide bi-directional data sharing. This will generate actionable insights from application activity and student performance to determine proactive intervention strategies and further student learning outcomes.
Information & System Integration is defined as the level to which data passes seamlessly and uniformly between all systems and applications in the digital ecosystem.
It is widely known that K-12 has been challenged with system and data silos that have stymied innovation for years. Identity management enables districts to perform the critical role of connecting disparate applications in the edtech ecosystem by facilitating the flow of digital identities throughout the system. As K-12 works towards a nirvana state of ubiquitous data standards, digital identities provide a means to overcoming the challenge of interoperability.
A level 4 score indicates that complete integration with learning outcome ecosystems requires your district to embrace agnostic standards, such as One Roster and Ed-Fi for integration among EdTech applications. As a result, your district has established an enterprise environment that is agnostic to devices, applications, and digital resources to allow for the integration of tools, data, and content that support student learning and operational decisions. Continue to require interoperability standards as a prerequisite in your technology procurement processes and keep your finger on the pulse of additional standards that can be leveraged by your district in meaningful ways, like Caliper Analytics or Learning Tools Interoperability (LTI).
Infrastructure is the composite hardware, software, network resources and services required for the existence, operation and management of a school system's IT environment.
Infrastructure is the foundation that your digital ecosystem is built upon and is most effective when developed with a unified technology strategy built around the student. As public networking replaces dedicated VPNs, walled gardens are no longer possible, and digital identities must become the new security perimeter.
A level 0 score indicates that internet and network connectivity is likely spotty across your district. As a result, your district is aware of the need for secure and robust network systems and hardware. To move to level 1, invest in a robust local networking infrastructure.
Infrastructure is the composite hardware, software, network resources and services required for the existence, operation and management of a school system's IT environment.
Infrastructure is the foundation that your digital ecosystem is built upon and is most effective when developed with a unified technology strategy built around the student. As public networking replaces dedicated VPNs, walled gardens are no longer possible, and digital identities must become the new security perimeter.
A level 1 score indicates that off-network traffic has intensified and become more prevalent, and in turn, has been flagged as a risk. As a result, your district is likely in the process of creating a secure environment that enables limited access to individual systems’ data from remote locations. To move to level 2, adopt a 1:1 device policy across the district.
Infrastructure is the composite hardware, software, network resources and services required for the existence, operation and management of a school system's IT environment.
Infrastructure is the foundation that your digital ecosystem is built upon and is most effective when developed with a unified technology strategy built around the student. As public networking replaces dedicated VPNs, walled gardens are no longer possible, and digital identities must become the new security perimeter.
A level 2 score indicates that a 1:1 device policy has likely been adopted across the district. As a result, all employees and students have a district-managed device to leverage a secure environment that enables role-based access to system data from remote locations. To move to level 3, identify Wi-Fi dead spots across the district to ensure all constituents are able to access digital learning resources in an equitable manner.
Infrastructure is the composite hardware, software, network resources and services required for the existence, operation and management of a school system's IT environment.
Infrastructure is the foundation that your digital ecosystem is built upon and is most effective when developed with a unified technology strategy built around the student. As public networking replaces dedicated VPNs, walled gardens are no longer possible, and digital identities must become the new security perimeter.
A level 3 score indicates that Wi-Fi dead spots that prevented some constituents from being able to access digital learning resources in an equitable manner have been identified. As a result, your district maintains a robust Wi-Fi infrastructure that provides reliable coverage to all constituents, aligns to industry standards, and is adequate for meeting the needs of stakeholders. To move to level 4, offload infrastructure to the Cloud, so that it is automatically managed and tied into AI to insert insights derived from Big Data into educational workflows.
Infrastructure is the composite hardware, software, network resources and services required for the existence, operation and management of a school system's IT environment.
Infrastructure is the foundation that your digital ecosystem is built upon and is most effective when developed with a unified technology strategy built around the student. As public networking replaces dedicated VPNs, walled gardens are no longer possible, and digital identities must become the new security perimeter.
A level 4 score indicates that most infrastructure has been offloaded to the Cloud and is now automatically managed and tied into AI, enabling your district to insert insights derived from Big Data into educational workflows. As a result, your district’s instructional and operational practices are no longer limited by internal infrastructure. Continue building intelligence into systems to provide predictive and prescriptive analytics to students, teachers, administrators, and parents.
Access Management / Authentication ensures that the system may not be accessed by unauthorized users and provides rigorous security controls to authenticate privileged users’ identities.
A level 0 score indicates that to provide access, your district likely sends an email with access and login instructions. As a result, a system access management and authentication process is performed by individuals to the best of their knowledge. To move to level 1, take inventory of all systems and applications in which district users have accounts and understand the different levels of access each account is granted.
Access Management / Authentication ensures that the system may not be accessed by unauthorized users and provides rigorous security controls to authenticate privileged users’ identities.
A level 1 score indicates that a large amount of active, orphaned accounts have been discovered across multiple systems and applications. As a result, a standardized system access management and authentication process is in development and implemented for some systems. To move to level 2, gain alignment across all relevant parties for onboarding processes and data required by your inventory of applications. In addition, define roles of who should have birthright access to which systems and applications.
Access Management / Authentication ensures that the system may not be accessed by unauthorized users and provides rigorous security controls to authenticate privileged users’ identities.
A level 2 score indicates that an automated, policy-driven access and authentication solution has likely been purchased by your district. As a result, a standardized system access management and authentication process has been developed and documented. The plan is implemented district-wide and a managed process for the plan is in development. To move to level 3, implement an Identity Governance & Administration (IGA) program to automate access management and entitlement governance.
Access Management / Authentication ensures that the system may not be accessed by unauthorized users and provides rigorous security controls to authenticate privileged users’ identities.
A level 3 score indicates that application usage and engagement is tracked with reporting available upon request. As a result, a standardized access management and authentication process is managed and reviewed using metrics that measure effectiveness. However, stakeholder feedback is most likely received in an informal manner. To move to level 4, integrate your Identity Governance & Administration (IGA) program with AI to perform real-time risk analysis reporting on top of ongoing certification campaigns.
Access Management / Authentication ensures that the system may not be accessed by unauthorized users and provides rigorous security controls to authenticate privileged users’ identities.
A level 4 score indicates that all systems and applications in use are accounted for with automated dashboards that provide ROI analysis of application cost vs. usage/engagement. Continue to improve district policies through quantitative measurement and dynamic stakeholder feedback loops.
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