Schools Interoperability Framework

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This paper illustrates why it is critical for schools and the districts that serve them to aggressively pursue strategies to attain a high level of integration across their many systems. It discusses the importance of adopting the Schools Interoperability Framework (SIF), enabling systems integration and therefore higher levels of compliance to the No Child Left Behind (NCLB) requirements in the process.

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Synopsis
Schools Interoperability Framework (SIF) Defined
The Return on Integration Investment: Why the SIF Framework Matters

From the Paper:

"The Schools Interoperability Framework Association is comprised of government agencies, partners, schools and school districts, and vendors who have created and manage this association to solve the lack of data and process integration between school, district, city, state and federal government educational systems. The association was launched formally on April 25, 2003 and develops integration standards to ensure 3rd party validation of application conformance to the SIF specification. The association also has a wide variety of programs that promote the adoption of the SIF specifications and framework. In collaborating with its many members to create the specification, the decision was made to base its foundation on XML specifications, a technology standard which as emerged in enterprise software and Software-as-a-Service (SaaS) platforms including many of the companies who rely on XML as their primary messaging platform, including salesforce.com for example."

Sample of Sources Used:

• NCLB (2002) - The White House Fact Sheet: No Child Left Behind Act. White House press announcement. Accessed from the Internet on August 12, 2007 from location: http://www.whitehouse.gov/news/releases/2002/01/20020108.html
• Open Group (2003) - White paper titled, "The SIF Plan: Advance Education through Interoperability". Published November, 2002. Updated April, 2003. San Francisco, CA. Accessed from the Internet on August 11, 2007 from location: http://www.opengroup.org/comm/case-studies/SIF-casestudy.pdf
• SIF Architecture (2007) - Schools Interoperability Framework (SIF) Association. Presentation of the architectural elements of the SIF standard. Titled "SIF NCLB State Architecture and Community of Practice" accessed on August 12, 2007 from location: http://sif.edreform.net/download/102/1-6%20SIF%20NCLB%20State%20CoP.ppt
• SIF (2007) - Why Interoperability. Description of the Zone integration server in the SIF networking topology. Schools Interoperability Framework Association website content. Accessed from the Internet on August 12, 2007 from location: http://www.sifinfo.org/why-interoperability.asp

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