FACTS Student Information System vs. Tyler SIS

We base our entire student data on the Student ID that is produced in FACTS. We create user accounts for technology and online textbooks as well as their lunch account, all based on the Student ID. We also can run many different reports using the SID as the data constant and all the other information variables are available as needed to report.

Incentivized

Tyler works great for Missouri schools. They are a Missouri company and they follows DESE very closely. They offer a full suite of products that most others will charge for. Their IEP program is great and they offer lunch programs as well. Overall, Tyler SIS is a great student information system.

Incentivized

• Allows full student/family information to be placed in student file.
• Can report from any field of information including custom fields.
• Creates student schedules and Classroom rosters.
• Allows parents insight into grades and discipline as well as lesson plans and daily/weekly classroom topics.

Incentivized

• Consolidated source of information
• Easy access to contact information
• Gradebook system has many helpful features

Incentivized

• The new inputting process is a bit complicated.
• Label creation is sometimes hard to get the info you want on the label.
• There is no notification when an email does not go through. You'd have to look it up to know.

Incentivized

• Sometimes it feels like things are buried.
• You have to know where items are to use them
• Looks like it's from the early 2000s

Incentivized

It's user-friendly, the customer service is great, and we have a significant amount of time invested in training our faculty and staff to use many aspects of FACTS within their areas of responsibility. I really like the variety of reports I can generate which gives important data to our administration and Board.

Incentivized

I greatly prefer FACTS to the other grade book systems we have used. I think it is far superior to Blackbaud, Renweb, and Edmodo. It is the simplest and most efficient system that we have used. We are so excited about the vast number of options we have at our fingertips with FACTS.

Incentivized

Everything about Tyler SIS has been better than 4Clicks. I remember it being a running joke in my building about how the "four clicks" was such a selling point. Sometimes it was not really four clicks until you reached what you need, but it also felt as though it required four clicks to even do a simple thing. The gradebook system alone was infuriating with how many clicks (and the loading) it took to enter grades.

Incentivized

• It keeps parents happy and therefore creates fewer complaints.
• It creates a solid record of student performance so that any discrepancies or allegations can immediately be resolved (when used with regularity and consistency).
• It allows for qualitative as well as quantitative feedback so that students can receive specific, detailed assessments of their work.

Incentivized

• Allowed the organization to transfer records of students when needed.
• Allows the administrators and authorized staff to contact parents or guardians because the information is all in the software.
• Easy way to take attendance during class.

Incentivized