The Achievement Reporting and Innovation System (ARIS) is a first-of-its-kind, integrated, Web-based data management system that will collect and analyze information about student academic performance to help educators and parents make smart decisions that improve the academic progress of New York City students and schools.

The goal of ARIS is to empower educators in support of the Children First Initiative, improving student outcomes by:
  • transforming information into improved classroom practice
  • stimulating, capturing, validating, and disseminating effective instructional and organizational strategies and resources
When ARIS is fully released, it will provide:

Access. ARIS will give educators and families detailed information on student performance in key subject areas.

Timely updates. Information will be updated regularly, allowing educators to help students quickly and effectively. By the 2008-2009 school year, parents will be able to access ARIS directly through the Internet.

Consolidated information. ARIS provides the ability to view data from different sources in a single place, giving educators a consolidated view of student-achievement-related data to gain an overall profile of each student, classroom, and school.

Long-lasting records. ARIS stores multiple years of information. With detailed records tracking student progress over time, families and educators will be able to shape strategies and teaching techniques to target students’ needs.

Ability to spot classroom-wide trends. ARIS will help principals identify whether multiple students in a classroom are struggling with a particular concept, so they can provide appropriate professional development or mentoring to the teacher.

Power to share knowledge. ARIS provides a shared workspace to enable educators to collaborate and share effective, innovative teaching and organizational practices and to find useful resources to support their students.

ARIS is currently available to principals and Inquiry Team members and will be released to all teachers later in the 2007-2008 school year.