FrenalyticsEDU

Description of Partnership
FrenalyticsEDU: Bridging the Gap in Special Education Data & Compliance
Indiana school districts are navigating a complex landscape of increasing pressure to collect, document, and report accurate special education progress monitoring data. Despite the critical nature of this information, the process for many remains a highly manual, fragmented, and time-consuming endeavor.
During recent Indiana AI and Special Education Summits, a staggering consensus emerged from district leaders and frontline teachers: special education teams are often spending 10+ hours per week on manual progress monitoring data tasks. This includes manually collecting student performance data, transferring handwritten notes to spreadsheets, and re-entering that information into formal IEP systems to maintain compliance.
The Challenge: Data Silos and Administrative Burnout.
In many Indiana districts, student data lives in silos. If a parent, advocate, or state reviewer asked for IEP progress documentation tomorrow, many districts lack the confidence that every student’s data would be accurate, consistent, and ready. When progress monitoring information is scattered across disconnected tools and paper files, real-time instructional adjustments and administrative oversight become difficult. This manual burden creates compliance vulnerabilities and increases the risk of inconsistent or delayed documentation.
The Solution: Audit-Ready Progress Monitoring.
A NSF & Digital Prize VITAL Prize Challenge National Winner and 2023 + 2024 IEI Supes’ Choice Winner, FrenalyticsEDU was designed to simplify special education by automating and centralizing progress monitoring. By moving away from disconnected systems, FrenalyticsEDU allows Indiana districts to achieve:
- Documentation Readiness: Ensure time-stamped, goal-aligned IEP data is available instantly for parent requests, audits, and state monitoring.
- Consistent Progress Monitoring: Implement standardized data collection across all classrooms, schools, and providers to eliminate information silos.
- Reduced Compliance Risk: Generate defensible documentation aligned directly to IEP goals without the need for retroactive data entry.
- District-Level Visibility: Provide administrators with real-time insight across all programs and buildings through a centralized dashboard.
FrenalyticsEDU gives Indiana district leaders the confidence that their IEP progress data is accurate, consistent, and ready whenever it’s needed, allowing educators to return their focus to the student.

