Watson Education (WED) is a provider of services related to collecting and analyzing data in the education setting. WED is an operating unit of Columbus Research, a California-based company that provides technology services and has been in existence since 1982, incorporating in 1995. For more information about WED, click here www.watsoned.com
FacultyTools FacultyTools is a three-in-one web-based educational data collection system. The application has three main interconnected modules, though users can subscribe to one or two modules to meet their needs. The modules are: Student Testing, On-line Surveys (for polling teacher, parents, students), Observation Forms (walk-through, coaching, SPED student evaluations). We have a number of K-12, college/university and industry users, mostly in the Western United States.
Our typical user is a school, district, college or university with up to 5,000 students (or survey/observation subjects) active on the system over a single year. These installations collect data on a combination of up to: 10,000 tests or quizzes, observation sessions, and surveys. No more than 25 administrative or faculty users or sub-users can have access to the on-line FacultyTools account. 2009-2010 pricing for our standard modules is subject to change, but includes a subscription for each module with a usage and support service agreements. These service subscriber plans range in price from $295 per year to up to $3,200. The higher priced service and support packages include on-site professional development and configuration.
Please contact us if your installation requires additional customization, training, or is a larger site (contains more students, users, subjects and/or throughput/storage requirements) than specified above. For sites with greater needs, we may recommend scaling up our system by providing additional server hardware and/or RDBMS systems, application customization, and/or customized professional development programs. These add additional support and ISP costs, and are quoted on request.