Confluent Technologies to Provide ConfluentEDU Solutions to the Hamilton Public School District in Wisconsin

ConfluentEDU Will Help Hamilton Public Schools Address the Analytical Challenges of Educating Today’s Students

Louisville, KY – April 29, 2004 - Confluent Technologies, a leading provider of Data Driven Decision Making Services, announced today that the Hamilton Public School District in Wisconsin will use its ConfluentEDU solution. The ConfluentEDU solution was designed to help K-12 educators address many of the new data analysis issues resulting from increased regulatory pressure.

Regulatory programs from local, state, and federal agencies (such as the “No Child Left Behind” act) place substantial new requirements on educators to track and report numerous educational performance metrics, manage curricula and demonstrate annual improvement in student achievement. In response to this situation, K-12 administrators are now adopting advanced Data Driven Decision Making tools. The goal is to automate data collection for meeting federal reporting requirements while enabling data driven analysis to support a scientific, decision making process and a closed loop system for continuous improvement.

ConfluentEDU was designed to help K-12 administrators and teachers address many of the new data analysis issues they face. This fast and powerful knowledge tool automatically pulls data from disaggregated sources, including industry standard student information systems and testing programs and empowers users to easily answer pressing questions. These answers are delivered through a user-friendly graphical interface that allows them to create customized pie charts, bar graphs and other visual renderings. ConfluentEDU users also have the ability to create basic reports. With ConfluentEDU, K-12 administrators can easily view data and answer questions about what's going on in their districts, schools and classrooms.

The ConfluentEDU solution will empower Hamilton Public Schools to adjust the way they use data and find answers in their 3,900 student district.

About Confluent Technologies

Confluent Technologies, based in Louisville, KY, provides knowledge and decision making services that aggregate, manipulate and visualize data from multiple sources, across any platform. Leaders in business and education invest in Confluent services to gain a higher level of knowledge in order to surpass organizational goals. For more information, visit the company's Web site at www.ConfluentTECH.com or call (502) 515-4916.

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