Edsby Unison™ addresses the biggest challenges of education data: interoperability, privacy and security
Summary
Educators and government agencies in New Zealand found it hard to access valuable information about learners when they moved between the country’s 2,536 schools. “We heard needless stories of kids missing out on learning support like reading recovery, because by the time it was identified that they’d already been assessed for it, they were too old,” said Lisa Cheney, Business Design Lead in a New Zealand Ministry of Education Te Rito video. “The Ministry is now also deploying other secure applications based on Unison, including a national standardized Learner Support Registry (sLSR) to ensure children with learning needs get the support they’re entitled to.” Unison interfaces with outdated and modern systems and uses a mix of secure open and proprietary standards to connect to data as needed. The companys close relationships with education customers over three decades have given it insights into problems faced by teachers, students, parents and administrators. This gave the team inspiration in 2010 to create a completely new digital learning and data foundation for K–12 districts, regional and national governments using latest software technology.
