REAP

Real-time Evaluation of Academic Progress

With access to real-time performance data from every student, class and school, REAP gives you an edge on standardized testing. You can diagnose an entire district instantly. REAP also simplifies the administration and grading of common assessments, making it easy to test often. With instant data and streamlined test administration you can address problems while there's still time.

Created using powerful assessment technology, the software compiles data on common assessments. The program's Dashboard function then analyzes the data to pinpoint academic weaknesses by district, school, classroom, subject, even demographics. This detailed information gives you the resources you need to help schools improve their performance. And since REAP makes it easy to administer assessments, you can test as often as needed.

Frequently Asked Questions About Security

Question: How is our data secured when sent from CPS™ to CPSOnline? Is it encrypted?

Answer: CPS™ and CPSOnline use SSL encryption to ensure that all data is transmitted securely. This is the same technology used by banks and financial institutions. SSL uses what is called public key cryptography encryption. Public key encryption is a technique that uses a pair of asymmetric keys for encryption and decryption. Each pair of keys consists of a public key and a private key. The public key is made public by distributing it widely. The private key is never distributed; it is always kept secret. Data that is encrypted with the public key can be decrypted only with the private key. Conversely, data encrypted with the private key can be decrypted only with the public key. This asymmetry is the property that makes public key cryptography so useful.

Question: How is our data secured once uploaded to CPSOnline?

Answer: Our site offers complete redundancy in power, HVAC, fire suppression, network connectivity, security, drive arrays, web servers and database servers. We have multiple power grids driven by TXU electric, multiple Liebert and PowerWare UPS battery backup power, and onsite permanent generator power. Our HVAC systems are a combination of glycol, chilled water, and condenser units by Liebert and Data Aire to provide redundancy in cooling coupled with 6 managed backbone providers. Twelve third party backbone providers are available via cross connect. Fire suppression includes a pre-action dry pipe system including VESDA (very early smoke detection apparatus) along with over 600 smoke detectors. Onsite security is also a concern so we utilize key card access with CCTV for maximum security. All visitors must check in and out of the facility. The goal is to provide maximum redundancy in every facet of the datacenter environment to facilitate 100% uptime for your school's data.

As far as data security, we have built in security from the start. Your data is never on any server that is accessible on the web. Our databases are accessible only via database specific NIC cards utilizing non-routable IP addresses. Our sites utilize a combination of hardware firewall solutions as well as multiple network separations. All security appliances feature very low latency, high throughput IPSec encryption.

Question: How is parental access to their children's data secured?

Answer: CPSOnline provides parents access only to their child's data via a secure login screen. Schools decide whether or not to offer this functionality based on their particular needs.

Question: Isn't it more secure to keep our data on-site rather than in a web-based application?

Answer: School districts and schools are in the business of teaching our children; we are in the business of managing and securing your data. Because of the continued threat of computer hacking, many districts and schools have a difficult time managing and/or securing the hardware, software and network issues involved in protecting the volume of data inherent in schools. CPSOnline solves this problem by being able to do what we do best, manage both the data and the application. This leaves school and district staff personnel better able to focus on student needs rather than hardware and software security.

  • Features & Accessories 

With REAP you can create and distribute tests and gather results electronically. Here's how it works:

  1. The curriculum director creates an assessment and distributes it electronically to the appropriate teacher group. It's easy to create new assessments or to use existing assessments with REAP.
  2. Students take the assessment with paper, pencil, and CPS™ response pad. This way students can respond instantly and have a record of their answers.
  3. The assessment is graded automatically and uploaded to the campus and/or district REAP Dashboard. Since grading is automated by CPS™, the information is up-to-the-minute. The REAP Dashboard gives a graphical representation of the results that is rich and easy to understand.
  4. You're immediately given results that you can act on.
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