Making Sense of the Data - Overview of the K-12 Data Management and Analysis Market

Authors: Outsell Client Services, Client Services; Eduventures, Inc.

While K-12 districts and U.S. states continue to tighten their budgets, they are simultaneously recognizing the need to invest in technologies and services that focus on the management and analysis of data. Administrators' demand for data management and analysis (DMA) systems has in large part been a response to federal legislation. However, these systems potentially offer exciting opportunities in terms of furthering educational outcomes.

Making Sense of the Data provides state and district administrators and vendors with an overview of the data management and analysis market. The report highlights key drivers that are causing states and districts to allocate dwindling budget dollars to these critical systems. It provides a framework for examining DMA systems, and provides clarity around each of the system components in terms of definitions, state and district challenges, vendor approaches, and issues to consider. Vendors and administrators will gain a deeper understanding of the promising $145 million data management and analysis market opportunity, including the ways in which vendors have entered and grown in this market, and which pieces of the market have experienced the most maturity. Additionally, the report highlights 23 businesses that are currently operating in the data management and analysis market, including vendors that have a history in the segment and those that are currently securing their first clients.