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USIMS team outlines student achievement "backpack," APIs and SIS vendor engagement
Summary
USIMS staff described progress on a student achievement 'backpack' to let student records and assessment scores follow learners across LEAs, published API endpoints for attendance and assessments, and plans to engage SIS vendors for technical integration.
Katrina Brinkley, chief product owner and program manager for USIMS, and Mark Waddupps, product owner for the student domain, presented an update on Utah’s USIMS (Utah School Information Management Structure) student achievement backpack and related APIs.
What the backpack does Mark explained the backpack is a learner‑profile approach intended to make key student data (attendance summaries, assessment scores and select demographics) follow a student when they move between LEAs or SIS systems. The goal is to reduce delays that occur…
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