Integrated Notification System
Definition: When something happens of significance, the Integrated Notification System alerts the appropriate person. What This Means: Applications with an integrated notification system ensure that important events, changes, or problems get immediate attention. Notification can be by e-mail, posting of a message ...
Infrasturcture
Definition: The basic underlying framework and components of an education agency’s information system is the infrastructure. What This Means: The infrastructure needs to be up-to-date, robust, and well-maintained or the more evident technology features such as software applications and web sites will ...
Information Systems Architecture (ISA)
Definition: The information systems architecture is the reference to which everyone goes to when a decision needs to be made regarding the technology, standards, systems, and policy that guide the use of data within an education agency for data-driven decision making. What ...
Indicator
Definition: An indicator is a statistic that is calculated and reported to measure a useful condition or status. What This Means: Indicators are also called metrics or analytics. They are used to provide guidance to answer a key policy question or make ...
Index
Definition: An index combines metrics and indicators into a high-level measure. What This Means: AYP is an index combining annual objectives, participation rates, and alternative indicators. The advantage of an index is that the decision maker is using fewer measures which have ...
IEP (Individualized Education Plan)
Definition: IEP refers to a written statement for each individual with a disability that is developed, reviewed, and revised in accordance with Title 42 U.S.C. Section 1414(d). (As defined by the SIF Association.) What This Means: Each student has a personally customized ...
HTTPS (HyperText Transfer Protocol Secure)
Definition: Hyper Text Transfer Protocol that provides security to protect data and identities. What This Means: A secure HTTP engine is referred to as HTTPS. Education agencies insist on HTTPS to protect their data from unauthorized access. Need another definition?
HTTP (HyperText Transfer Protocol)
Definition: Hyper Text Transfer Protocol is the protocol used most commonly to transfer web pages and accompanying data over the Internet. What This Means: HTTP is the engine of the World Wide Web that allows separate documents to be quickly accessed. Need another ...
HTML (HyperText Markup Language)
Definition: HTML defines the page layout, fonts, and graphic elements as well as the hypertext links to other documents on the Web. What This Means: HTML is not a programming language. However, the complexity of an education agency’s web pages demands complex ...
Hot Back-Up Site
Definition: A hot back-up site provides all the major services of an agency’s primary IT infrastructure in the event the primary site crashes or is taken out of service. What This Means: The hot back-up site is essential for those services that ...
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