Getting Ready for PowerSchool 9.0!

The preview release of PowerSchool 9.0 is now available! PowerSchool 9.0 is an exciting release with many new features, improvements, and data optimizations.

The following resources will help you get ready for the release:

• Detailed List of New Features—A concise list of all the new features in 9.0.
• Preview Release Site—The preview release site is now available. Log in to test drive the great new features.
• Data Check Plugin—In PowerSchool 9.0, standards and standards grades are being migrated to a more robust data model. The data check plugin identifies any legacy problematic standards data (for example, orphaned records). For the vast majority of customers, this data is benign and currently has no impact to PowerSchool. However, if you are concerned, the plugin helps preview exactly how your data will be processed. The actual migration will be extraordinarily helpful in cleaning up as many of these records as possible, and seeing results in the plugin is not a cause for concern.
• PowerSchool 9.0 Frequently Asked Questions—Detailed explanations, troubleshooting tips, and solutions for your unique 9.0 data and standards questions.
• Getting Ready for Parent Single Sign-On (released in 2010)—A quick reference card to help you transition to Parent Single Sign-On (SSO). The option for parents/guardians to see all of their student records with one login account was a top enhancement request, and was released in 2010. In PowerSchool 9.0, Parent SSO is the only supported sign-on method to the PowerSchool Parent portal. The legacy method (parents had separate logins for each student) is no longer supported.
• Announcing PowerSchool Registration—Information about the new add-on module available for new and returning student enrollment (additional fee).
• Enterprise Management Services—Remote managed service providing self-hosted customers with all PowerSchool, Oracle, and operating system updates, upgrades, state/provincial updates, and more!
• Keys to Ownership Services—Special offering for customers to work with expert consultants to understand, setup, and use the breadth of important PowerSchool features, including new 9.0 functionality.

Look for future tech notes announcing PowerSchool 9.0 general availability. The release includes a major update to the area of standards and standards grades, and new data visualization and grid features. It also includes key usability items along with enhancements to data export, scheduling, PowerSchool APIs, grade scales, an updated mobile app, and an Oracle security update.