Automate The Schools (ATS) is the school-based administrative system used by all

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public schools since 1988. It has many functions, including recording biographical data for all students, handling admissions, discharges, and transfers to other schools, and recording other student-specific data, such as

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scores, grade levels, attendance, and

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records. It also provides aggregate student and human resources data to school administrators. Access to the ATS system is strictly limited to school system personnel; however, much of the non-personally identifiable information is available online at the

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website.

Technical details

The software was written in under six months using the Computer Corporation of America's

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database management software.

References

External links

New York City Department of Education websiteGalaxy budget allocations
for all public schools {{New York City DOE, state=autocollapse Public education in New York City New York City Department of Education School-administration software