FileMaker Press Release
FileMaker Highlighted in Workshop on Student Achievement at Maryland Instructional Computers Coordinators Association Conference (MICCA)
User-friendly student achievement analysis tools with a FileMaker database solution featured in workshop
On Thursday, April 26, from 10:30 a.m. – 3:45 p.m., Jose
Seda and Scott Hughes, information technology systems specialists
and Bill Harman, educator, FileMaker developer and trainer, the
Montgomery County Public Schools, Rockville, Maryland, will
co-present “Data Analysis Demystified: Using Data for
Meaningful Instruction.” The workshop will teach
participants how to use FileMaker to create powerful student data
analysis tools that can be used in their schools to help monitor
student achievement. Participants will learn to create an intuitive
and portable solution that allows teachers to access and analyze
both summative and formative data, allowing them to adjust learning
programs to maximize student achievement.
FileMaker database software helps schools in collecting, managing
and reporting on student and administrative data. More than 10,000
K-12 schools use FileMaker in their data-driven decision-making
processes to achieve greater operational efficiency, comply with
federal and state reporting requirements, and track student
performance. Recently, Technology & Learning magazine named
FileMaker Pro a 2006 Legacy Award winner. Educators can experience
a 30-day free trial of FileMaker Pro 8.5, the award-winning
database software, which includes the K-12 Education Starter Kit,
featuring five education starter solutions, a K-12 resource guide,
and a student assessment white paper. The trial can be downloaded
at
www.filemakertrial.com/k-12
.
About FileMaker, Inc.
FileMaker Pro is used by millions of individuals and workgroups
around the world to be more productive and efficient. Business,
education and government customers rely on FileMaker to manage
people, projects, images, assets and other information. In addition
to being the number one-selling easy-to-use database software, the
award-winning FileMaker product line also includes low-cost
Applications that automate basic business tasks, ready-to-use
Starter Solutions, and tools to create and share solutions from the
desktop to the web. FileMaker, Inc. is a subsidiary of Apple Inc.
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