Edsby introduces Destinations, bringing competency-based education to K‑12 at district and regional scale
Edsby Destinations is a scalable competency- and outcomes-based assessment and reporting system for school districts and regional governments.
For school districts
Run every school in your district on one platform.
Most K‑12 organizations run a dozen disconnected digital tools. Edsby replaces them with a single, centrally managed system for all digital learning, assessment and reporting.
One environment
More than parent communication. More than a gradebook. More than an LMS.
Edsby is the most comprehensive single digital environment for all things K‑12.
Edsby keeps everyone in the loop & engaged
Students see their schedules and assignments. They interact in a familiar, private social media-like system, safe from the public Internet. Parents see their kids’ homework and grades. Teachers get course planning, attendance and assessment tools. Administrators can access district-wide analytics and find students at risk. Everyone gets what they need in real time, in one app.
Built for every grade, K-through-12
Edsby is purpose-built for younger grades as well as senior ones, including learning evidence capture and reporting, subjective performance indicators, portfolios of best work, input from and connections with everyone involved in a student’s education and more.
Outstanding parent engagement
Parents are critical to a child’s education in K‑12. Only Edsby has such well-designed support for them. Parents get realtime insight into what’s happening in all classes from a single app—no navigating separate apps for different teachers or classes. Edsby also handles field trip and other approvals, parent-teacher conference scheduling and more.
Features for the future of K‑12
Give your teachers the ability to use new methodologies like rubrics & other emerging assessment schemes. Assess to standards. Capture observations and other learning evidence. Edsby is where K‑12 is going.
K‑12, and only K‑12
Systems originally built for higher education have problems in K‑12. Consumer solutions have privacy concerns. And “free” solutions can cost in unexpected ways. Edsby is only sold to K‑12, not universities or businesses.
Integration
Built on an integration framework that works with what you already have.
Two-way sync with existing systems
Student, teacher, class, schedule and other info comes from the district’s SIS/SMS and other systems—not from manual input. So Edsby can deploy quickly and stay up to date as enrollment and other data changes. It even connects to the district’s HR system, info in CSVs or other structured data.
No setup: teachers open Edsby and their classes are already there
Because it connects to existing systems, classes in Edsby are pre-loaded with the right students and parents automatically. Attendance, grade books, parent communication and other features are automatically set up.
Role-based analytics with built-in data governance
Powerful analytics use the Edsby permissions system already synced with a region’s databases, to ensure users only see information on students they’re entitled to.
Built for districts
Built for the unique needs of K‑12 school districts.
Customizable, because no two districts do things the same
Districts all have different ways of doing assessments, calculating and sharing grades, choosing what to share with parents and more. So unlike fixed systems that impose their structures, Edsby gives districts freedom to work exactly how they’re used to.
- Use local assessment schemes
- Apply local, state or federal standards, expectations or outcomes
- Customize with local terms
- Support for custom reports
- Custom forms, workflows and apps
- Use your district’s existing report card
- Customizations preserved when system is updated
Consistency across every classroom, every school
Improve consistency by pre-loading approved curriculum into Edsby and making it available to district schools year-after-year. Configuring Edsby to use only approved assessment schemes, standards, report card templates and workflow removes ambiguity for teachers and helps ensure all students get the same opportunities to learn.
A genuine partner
Since 2010, Edsby has been trusted by districts and governments across North America, Europe, Australasia and beyond—and has received more than 90 industry awards.
Customer story
When you see all of your stakeholder groups engaging with one tool, you know you chose the right tool.
Rita RussoDirector of Education and CEO, Kawartha Pine Ridge DSB · 34,000 students
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Student data your district controls.
Reduces liability of teachers “going rogue”
Well-intentioned teachers often introduce privacy and security risks by adopting free or consumer-grade software outside district control. Edsby eliminates that exposure. As a centrally managed, enterprise-grade platform with outstanding permission & access control sold exclusively to K‑12 organizations, Edsby gives districts full visibility and control over student data handling. Edsby is one of the original signatories of the Student Data Privacy Consortium’s National Data Protection Agreement — widely recognized in K‑12 procurement as a comprehensive framework addressing the student privacy obligations that federal law and state-level legislation impose on edtech vendors.
Best-in-class student data handling
Edsby is adopted by districts, states and provinces worldwide after rigorous evaluation of its data practices — including review against FERPA, COPPA and CIPA in the United States; PIPEDA and provincial privacy legislation in Canada; GDPR in Europe; and equivalent frameworks in other jurisdictions. Edsby is ISO 27001 certified. Student data is never monetized, and Edsby is never sold to universities, businesses or any organization outside K‑12. Learn more about how Edsby approaches privacy and security.
Keeps your data in your neighborhood
A leading global Microsoft partner, Edsby is hosted in Microsoft Azure datacenters around the world. Wherever your district is located, your student data can reside nearby. Guaranteed. There are never cross-border transfers of sensitive information or out of region backups unless you request them.
In their own words
What Edsby customers say
167School district testimonials
With Edsby, everything in one place for students, for staff, and for families.
Edsby saves teachers time and helps us focus on students.
A secure, intuitive tool that brings classroom collaboration into the modern age.
Edsby helps students stay caught up and makes attendance easy to manage.
Big fan of Edsby. Great product and phenomenal support.
Enhances assessment quality and easily shares progress with families.
Edsby is user-friendly for everyone. I love that grades update in real time and students can easily catch up on missing work.
I saw in Edsby the fulfillment of a wish list that I’ve had since I started teaching.
We’re just scratching the surface and Edsby is already changing how we work.
I love having all academic and classroom management tools integrated in one app.
Edsby's intuitive, modern interface engages students, teachers, and parents alike.
Edsby makes assessment easy with everything in one place. I love it!
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