Re: [school-discuss] Progress Database

[Garry Saddington <garry@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Phil Carinhas wrote:

>  Some friends of ours are supporting a school in a rural area of Mexico 
>  and need some sort of progress database tool that can help them identify
>  students that need help. Unfortunately many of their tools are windows
>  based, but perhaps there is a Linux tool that allows them to tie into
>  those anyhow.
>
> Is there such a DB tool that can monitor reading, writing, and math skills?
> What should we be looking for if not? Thanks,
>
> -Phil Carinhas
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It would be useful to know what they are using at present that needs 
tying into. I am willing to write something new for them using Zope and 
Postgres that can run on Windows or Linux if they would like. I would 
need some detailed specs though.
Kind Regards
Garry Saddington
ICT co-ordinator
Skegness Grammar School
England