Requestor
Todd Feathers
Organization/Agency
MuckRock News
Requested Information
To Whom It May Concern:
Pursuant to the Maryland Public Information Act, I hereby request the following records:
1) All active contracts, statements of work, and sole source agreements between the district and Powerschool. This should include individual contracts and statements of work, where available, for each Powerschool product the district uses (e.g. Powerschool SIS, Unified Insights, Classroom Intelligence, etc.)
2) For each Powerschool Unified Insights predictive model the district uses, copies of the following validation reports (instructions to access the reports are in parentheses):
a) The Predictive Factors report for each model the district uses(https://uc.powerschool-docs.com/unified-insights/latest/predictive-factors)
b) The Imputed Details report for each model the district uses (https://uc.powerschool-docs.com/unified-insights/latest/academic-factors)
c) The Cut Scores report for each model the district uses (https://uc.powerschool-docs.com/unified-insights/latest/cut-scores-risk-analysis)
d) The Group Comparison report for each model the district uses(https://uc.powerschool-docs.com/unified-insights/latest/group-comparison)
e) The End Outcome report for the district (https://uc.powerschool-docs.com/unified-insights/latest/end-outcome)
Pursuant to the Maryland Public Information Act, I hereby request the following records:
1) All active contracts, statements of work, and sole source agreements between the district and Powerschool. This should include individual contracts and statements of work, where available, for each Powerschool product the district uses (e.g. Powerschool SIS, Unified Insights, Classroom Intelligence, etc.)
2) For each Powerschool Unified Insights predictive model the district uses, copies of the following validation reports (instructions to access the reports are in parentheses):
a) The Predictive Factors report for each model the district uses(https://uc.powerschool-docs.com/unified-insights/latest/predictive-factors)
b) The Imputed Details report for each model the district uses (https://uc.powerschool-docs.com/unified-insights/latest/academic-factors)
c) The Cut Scores report for each model the district uses (https://uc.powerschool-docs.com/unified-insights/latest/cut-scores-risk-analysis)
d) The Group Comparison report for each model the district uses(https://uc.powerschool-docs.com/unified-insights/latest/group-comparison)
e) The End Outcome report for the district (https://uc.powerschool-docs.com/unified-insights/latest/end-outcome)
Date Received
Status
Complete
Response Notes
Responsive to this request, the contract award reports provided below include descriptions of those systems in place. For reference, with the exception of the Tienet award in 2021 above, all products were originally purchased from vendors other than PowerSchools prior to their acquisition. Additional work beyond these contracts, such as fees for programming needs outside the original scope of work may also be done as individual purchases. Please note, related to your request for Unified Insights, which we understand is the rebranded name for the Hoonuit system, staff indicates the school system does not utilize predictive modeling.
Responsive Documents
See PR-17 for information on the scope of work for the Special Education Student Information System (Tienet) currently in use.
See PC-71 for information on the scope of work for the Data Warehouse System (Hoonuit) currently in use.
See PC-45 for information on the scope of work for the Mass Notification System (SchoolMessanger) currently in use.
See PC-75 for information on the scope of work for Cloud-Based College Planning & Career Search Solution (Naviance) currently in use.
See PC-07 for information on the scope of work for supplemental work related to the contract above for the College and Career Readiness System (Naviance) currently in use.