United States Log In Home About Us Customers Customer Success Stories Washington State ERDC - Informatica Customer Story Washington State ERDC Washington state’s goal is to improve the quality of the statewide education system, basing policies and programs on a clear understanding of the variables that cause some students to prosper while others struggle once they finish school. View the PDF "Our belief is that better data makes for better information. The research or data we produce leads to something meaningful and something that improves the lives of our citizens." — Jim Schmidt, Manager of Education Research and Data Center, Office of Financial Management, Washington State Business Need Washington State was awarded a $17 million grant to enhance the statewide P-20 integrated education system, extending from preschool through higher education. Legislators, researchers, educators and program owners analyze key risk factors (such as income, foster placement and school enrollment history) and their impact on academic achievement, and varying educational--and life--outcomes. Challenges ERDC integrates large amounts of data from multiple external agencies (e.g. the Department of Social and Health Services and Department of Corrections). It took four months for the ERDC team to manually integrate, cleanse and consolidate academic, student and external agency data before analysis could begin. Inaccurate and inconsistent data dented causality analysis (e.g. non-standard dates and Social Security numbers, missing data, gaps in collection of some fields of data over time). Solutions & Results The Informatica platform created a data foundation for analyzing the variables that drive education and work outcomes. 100+ key policy questions have been identified to be addressed with a data-driven approach, affecting the development of policies and programs. ERDC has produced 10 research studies and four legislative reports during the past twelve months. Products & Services Informatica MDM Provides flexible multidomain MDM technology to enable rapid deployments and extensibility across the enterprise. Informatica Data Quality Transforms the way your business works by instilling trust in data at all times. Informatica PowerCenter Accesses, integrates, and delivers any and all data quickly and cost-effectively, without hand coding. Informatica Professional Services Provides a full range of professional services based on Informatica’s proven implementation methodology. Products Big Data Cloud Integration Data Integration Data Quality Data Security Informatica Platform Integration Platform as a Service Master Data Management Solutions Application Consolidation and Migration Cloud Integration and Data Management Data Governance Next-Generation Analytics Total Customer Relationship Marketplace Solutions Solutions for Business Solutions for IT Industries Banking & Capital Markets Healthcare Insurance Public Sector Retail Life Sciences Services & Training Certification Glossary of Terms Informatica University Professional Services Support Services About Us Blog Careers Company Information Customers Events Informatica Network News Partners Potential at Work Webinars Contact Us Locations Trademarks Terms of Use Privacy Policy Webmaster © 2016 Informatica All Rights Reserved