DIY K-12 DATA VS ABRE

The efficient alternative to doing it yourself

Abre allows you the customizability and control that DIY methods offer you — but with so much greater efficiency and capabilities.

K-12 data, your way

Determine what data you want see and how.

Data from all sources

Limitless options for what data sources you want to see and analyze.

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Take the burden off staff

With Abre, your district staff and teachers don’t have to hunt through data for insights or enter data points on 10+ spreadsheets.

Strategic planning dashboards

Bring your district strategic plan into one dashboard to monitor it, track progress, and ensure goals are met.

Cost savings

Save hours of staff time every week by giving them at-a-glance insights over manual data analysis.

Privacy and FERPA compliance

Permission data can only be seen by the right people at the right time.

Automated data collection

Data is compiled into dashboards from all sources automatically, without requiring staff to take time away from children.

Early warning dashboards

Spot struggling students earlier with at-risk alerts based on customized criteria.

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Springfield City Schools ditched DIY data collection for Abre

Now Superintendent Bob Hill and his staff can make better decisions for students faster — saving 370 hours per week across the district and $850k in staffing expenses per year.

DIY: Notable Gaps

You might think DIY just takes a bit more effort to execute, but can it actually deliver results?

Cost Savings

Why DIY can’t save costs

DIY K-12 data is heavily taxing on internal resources. In large districts, manual data collection and analysis can take over 350 hours for admins and hundreds of hours for teachers. These hours mean more of your budget is going to busy work, and less of it is going to students.

How Abre saves costs

With one tool to manage, administrators save nearly 14,000 hours a year, and teachers save 4,200 hours, boosting overall efficiency. Additionally, Abre provides comprehensive, at-a-glance insight into the efficacy of K-12 investments, so admins can know what interventions, staffing allocations, programs, and tech are actually worth spending on.

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Early Warning

Why DIY can’t spot struggling students early:

DIY requires staff to spend time entering and analyzing data, often leaving admins to identify struggling students months too late to intervene effectively. This delay limits opportunities for early intervention and prevents addressing problems before they escalate.

How Abre spots struggling students early

Abre’s K-12 early warning system consolidates all student data into a centralized hub, expands the criteria beyond traditional metrics like attendance and grades, and allows for customized parameters and alerts to meet the specific needs of different districts. Now, districts can implement successful plans earlier than ever.

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Chronic Absenteeism

Why DIY struggles to address absenteeism

Handling K-12 data with spreadsheets can cause delays in identifying students at risk for chronic absenteeism or spotting district-wide absenteeism trends. By the time patterns are noticed, it’s often too late to implement timely interventions, leading to missed opportunities to support students effectively.

How Abre lowers chronic absenteeism

Abre utilizes real-time data from all sources to give admins dashboards to help them identify students at risk of chronic absenteeism and intervene effectively. It supports targeted intervention plans, ongoing monitoring, and resource allocation, all aimed at reducing absenteeism through active engagement with students, families, and community partners.

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Strategic Planning

Why DIY data can’t help you achieve your strategic plan

Using DIY data spreadsheets hinders districts’ confidence in setting and achieving strategic goals because manual processes lead to slow monitoring and outdated insights. Goals and metrics cannot be securely shared with the community and stakeholders, limiting transparency and collaboration.

How Abre helps you achieve your strategic plan

Abre’s platform gives districts a single source of truth to execute strategic goals. On one platform, you can set up custom data dashboards on any strategic topic, engage your community, execute strategic goals with a suite of purpose-built tools, monitor progress in real-time, and make adjustments to ensure goals are accomplished.

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K-12 Data and Insights

Why DIY data can’t help you answer your biggest questions

DIY K-12 data methods often result in incomplete or fragmented information, making it tough to answer key questions with confidence. Without real-time, integrated data, insights lag, leading to delayed or ineffective decisions.

How Abre helps you answer your biggest questions

Abre’s K-12 data intelligence uniquely integrates and reports real-time, comprehensive data across academic, behavioral, and wellness aspects on a single platform, enabling schools to make informed, timely decisions that improve student outcomes.​

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Let's talk admin to admin

Hear from other K-12 leaders about why Abre is the perfect data partner:

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What K-12 admins are saying about Abre

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Dr. Melvin Brown, Superintendent
Montgomery City Schools (AL)
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“Abre brings all our data together in one place and allows us to customize it to meet our specific needs and those of our community. Unlike many programs that offer a one-size-fits-all approach, Abre gives us a custom solution.”
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Dr. Karen Cheser, Superintendent
Durango School District (CO)
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“Adopting Abre is one of the best decisions you can make. Abre makes our work more efficient, productive, and effective. It's a one-stop shop that simplifies our work and makes a meaningful impact on our students.”
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Dr. Bob Hill, Superintendent
Springfield City Schools (OH)
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“Abre helped Springfield City Schools save $850k in staff expenses, allowing the funds and staff to be redeployed towards more meaningful tasks.”
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Keith Millard, Superintendent
Batavia Local School District (OH)
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“Abre serves as our central hub for essential daily tasks, eliminating the need to visit multiple websites. Staff can start their day on the Abre homepage, streamlining their workflow”
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Dean Mader, Director of Federal Programs
Dawson-Bryant Local Schools (OH)
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With Abre we spend less time compiling data and more on making informed decisions. This efficiency allows us to document the effectiveness of our interventions and strategies.”
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Keith Pomeroy, Chief Academic Officer
Upper Arlington Schools (OH)
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“Abre is allowing us to focus on students rather than focusing on preparing the data. We can clearly see the next steps to make processes more efficient for teachers and administrators, which will benefit our students by making them the main focus.”
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Dr. Dylan Connell, Chief Academic Officer
Durango School District (CO)
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Abre is the kind of partner we want in public education. They are simultaneously experts in their craft and empathetic in their collaboration. Their whole team seeks to understand the kinds of impact we're trying to make for our students locally.”
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Jake Richards, Dir. of Curriculum & Instruction
Ross Local School District (OH)
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“In my 16 years in education, I've never worked with a company more committed to meeting customer needs. When we requested two professional learning modules mid-year, the Abre team made them a top priority.”
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Raechel Purdon, Assistant Superintendent
Blanchester City Schools (OH)
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“When we signed with Abre, we expected a solution for our siloed data. We got that AND gained a partnership with data experts who created tailored solutions for our district.
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Deann Burns, Director of Technology
Kings Local Schools (OH)
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“One of the standout features of Abre is its flexibility. Whether it's managing student data, posting an announcement or reviewing professional development opportunities for our staff, Abre provides customizable solutions tailored to our specific needs.
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Laura Spencer, Chief Academic Innovation Officer
Charter School, CA
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“Abre helps our teachers stop saying, "I wish I had known that" by centralizing access to a myriad of data points. It paints the full picture of a student in a way that is easily accessible, digestible, and actionable.”
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Jamie Shields, Curriculum & Instruction Coor.
BChesapeake UEVSD (OH)
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“Abre is a game changer when it comes to early warning. The system allows us to see students and groups of students who need support in the areas of attendance, behavior, course work, testing, and wellness all in one place.