Meet the PowerSchool Student Success Cloud: Your All-in-One System for Behavior Support, MTSS, and Attendance Intervention

When the pandemic interrupted in-person learning, the world discovered what educators already knew: school is about so much more than acquiring content knowledge. The National Center for Education Statistics (NCES) found that when students resumed in-person learning, there was a 56% increase in classroom disruptions from student misconduct, a 49% increase in rowdiness outside the classroom, and a 48% increase in disrespectful encounters with adults. 

Other social, emotional, and behavioral indicators showed concerning developmental impacts that are now straining school resources, such as a 51% increase in teachers’ desiring more help with classroom management. Additionally, national data shows chronic absenteeism rose from a 16% pre-pandemic rate to nearly 30% by the 2021-22 school year.

Schools, districts, and educators face real challenges when it comes to nurturing students’ academic and behavioral growth. It is critical for today’s educators and interventionists to have an organized, collaborative system that contains all the data they need to analyze and act on the whole child’s well-being. Monitoring progress and implementing interventions at scale is vital to providing comprehensive support that helps students be their best selves.  

That’s why PowerSchool created the Student Success Cloud, bringing Behavior Support, MTSS, and Attendance Intervention into one single system. Educators can find and input data, communicate with colleagues and families, track student progress, implement interventions, and ensure students have the support they need to grow into their full potential. With the whole child at the center, the Student Success Cloud improves student outcomes and empowers teachers.

What is the PowerSchool Student Success Cloud?

The Student Success Cloud gives you centralized access to the digital tools you need to be successful in your work supporting students. Combining attendance, behavior, and MTSS initiatives, the Cloud brings together the most important software products and features you need to address your priorities.

What the Student Success Cloud Delivers:

1. Integrated functionality, data, and security  
2. Attendance metrics for data-driven interventions  
3. A family engagement approach to form family/school partnerships 
4. Evidence-based behavior solutions proven to reduce discipline and improve school climate 
5. MTSS frameworks for continuous student and school improvement

What features does the Student Success Cloud offer to educators?

Students aren’t the only ones who benefit from the Cloud. With a centralized location housing all their digital solutions, educators and staff experience streamlined workflows, easier communication and collaboration, and 24/7 access to essential data, including:  

• Simplified attendance communications and interventions 
• An inclusive, empathy-driven approach to creating partnerships with families, with tools to overcome language barriers 
• An evidence-based ESSA Level 2 behavior solution 
• Support for any MTSS framework and intervention analytics 
• Student progress tracking

What is the impact of centralized student data?

Interventions are successful only when their effect can be measured. In the 2024 Education Focus Report, surveyed respondents indicated that improving student attendance and implementing effective student behavior interventions were among their top priorities. The practicalities of addressing these challenges are where schools and districts falter.  

Connecting data across systems is vitally connected to the use of technology tools to promote more positive student behaviors. In the Education Focus Report, education leaders wanted to better visualize student behavior and connect data sources for easier insights. The Student Success Cloud addresses these needs with easy-to-read dashboards that centralize information on attendance, behavior, and interventions. Visual analytics enable at-a-glance comprehension of a student, groups of students, or classes.  

Seeing attendance and behavior data in a single place empowers staff to communicate with families and deliver timely information. It also creates a profile of the whole child, supporting staff collaboration so that interventions can be consistently practiced and monitored. With a robust amount of data on every student, educators can truly personalize student support to improve student outcomes.

How does the Student Success Cloud support whole child development?

A whole child education sees each student as a multifaceted learner with behavioral, cognitive, physical, social, and emotional dimensions. In support of this developmental approach, the Student Success Cloud integrates all the tools educators and staff need to nurture the many facets of each student. The Cloud:  

• Integrates attendance, behavior, and any data set with MTSS frameworks to give educators the data they need, when they need it, all in a central location  
• Identifies students in need of more support so individualized interventions can be implemented more effectively and efficiently  
• Improves family engagement for more impactful interventions  
• Promotes equity by facilitating interventions at scale to address gaps  
• Centralizes MTSS workflows so educators can spend less time on paperwork and more time engaging with students

How can the Student Success Cloud improve the school experience?

When a school’s culture and climate create a positive, safe space for learning, the entire community benefits. The impact of implementing the Student Success Cloud can be substantial.

Impacts of Implementing the Student Success Cloud

• Increased teacher/student time: integrated solutions simplify staff workflows, returning time to educators to spend with students and less time navigating technology  
• Increased student morale: positive behavior reinforcements improve attitudes and confidence  
• Increased student trust: students feel seen and supported when interventions are appropriate for their needs  
• Improved interpersonal relationships: everyone benefits when the culture is more positive and respectful  
• Improved family relationships: families feel more included in their student’s school life  
• Improved flexibility: easier to plan, engage, monitor, and adjust as needed

Students are not just people who come to school to absorb knowledge. They are human beings looking for connection, support, empathy, guidance, and boundaries. The job of encouraging their development and growth is a weighty one, and educators and staff need forward-looking and insightful technology to help them meet their goals. PowerSchool’s Student Success Cloud gives you a best-in-class edtech product to help each student meet their full potential.