Here is the link to the summary of scores, which was in the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel.

http://media.jsonline.com/documents/Copy...

Skyward employs 2700 people in Stevens Point. Skyward will bluff that they are leaving Wisconsin and Walker will cave at the prospect of losing 2700 more jobs and give them what they want.

The main reason Skyward lost is that it was outscored by Infinite Campus on a majority of evaluated areas (something like 29 of 32 areas if I recall from a report my administrator read). Janesville has two systems (Oasys and Skyward) that track student behavior and academic records. These systems do not speak to each other. One common system that can do both will make things easier among schools and transferring students. Plus, the cost for a district paying for one system instead of two should be lower.

"If Skyward is such a great company, each district should be able to use what ever data portal they want."
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That's the point. They have been doing this, but the state is now requiring a standardized system. All the existing Skyward contracts in Wisconsin will be terminated and handed over to the state's chosen contractor, the Minnesota-based company.
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DPI appears to be out of the loop on the decision process, which seems to have involved in equal measure the Department of Administration, the Wisconsin Economic Development Corporation, and the Governor's office directly (which interfered in the bid process by changing the deadline, claiming to be concerned about the process used by *its own* WEDC). The DPI only set the criteria that were used and purportedly applied fairly.

Skyward also had the inferior product.

Who is the person responsible for awarding the job? Is it DPI or Scott Walker? Because I really don't think those two are on the same page - don't blame Walker for this if he didn't make the decision.

Not mentioned in the article is that Skyward had the lowest bid.

Why do we need one State system? Oh, so we can track student performance with teacher performance so we know which teachers are the bad ones. Boy the GOP are smart.

Did Infinite Campus donate to the Walker campaign?

Skyward was given tax incentives in 2004 and 2010' maybe they are just used to getting the job, without proving they can provide the best service.

Is Skyward claiming they can provide a better service? The data used in comparison was posted in the Milw Journal,.

916WI Do you have solid information or are you just guessing?

Capitalism at work.

Its a competitive bid process. The media and how pople feel -- does not factor in. If you lose -- you dont get a redo.

Offering Skyward a $12 million tax break is throwing them under the bus?? Huh?? Was the relocation of Infinite Campus to Wisconsin part of the contract deal they negotiated?

Our district has been using "Infinite Campus" for at least 5 years, and we have had no problems with it.. If Skyward is such a great company, each district should be able to use what ever data portal they want.. I just hope they will wait until next summer ( 2014) to change because my child has one more year left in school .. I am used to this system

Walker's administration was willing to offer Skyward a 12 million dollar tax break if they got the bid, so I have to wonder what kind of deal Infinite Campus is getting. Does this have anything to do with the "border war"? Is Walker willing to throw a Wisconsin business under the bus just to get a Minn. business to move to Wisconsin? Walker's WEDC board has been a failure since the day he started it.

I would hope that this contract is reopened and reconsidered. It makes no sense to have the state outsource services that can be done more efficiently and cost effectively in state.....