Kenosha Unified proposes $94,000 NextPath data platform to centralize student plans and reports savings
May 16, 2025 | Kenosha School District, School Districts, Wisconsin
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Kenosha Unified staff recommended the district purchase the NextPath data platform for approximately $94,000 to centralize student records, intervention plans and assessment reporting and to make instructional data easier for teachers to use.
Staff said the platform matters because it pulls multiple student data streams together — IEPs, language plans, reading plans, Tier 3 interventions, assessment scores and behavior plans — into a single student profile so educators can act on timely insights.
Wendy (presenter) and Jody Cascio, coordinator of learning systems, described the product and its benefits. “When I pull up as a teacher… I can see all of their plans in one place,” Cascio said, explaining that the platform can house a student’s IEP, language plan and reading plan and can accept curriculum-based measures districtwide. Cascio said the platform’s “insights” feature generates suggested next instructional steps for students based on the data.
Staff told the board the platform should reduce time spent aggregating data, improve teachers’ ability to monitor intervention effectiveness (including for Act 20 reading plans) and remove duplication across multiple paid systems. The presentation included a staff estimate that replacing existing programs with NextPath would produce a net savings of roughly $180,000 over current combined costs.
Board members asked about data inputs and cost-savings. Cascio said the platform pulls state and local assessment data, MAP scores, diagnostic data and local curriculum-based measures, and that it had been developed by Wisconsin partners who already aligned tools to Act 20 requirements. Staff framed the $94,000 price as a recurring cost to be weighed against elimination of other platforms and staff time spent aggregating data.
No final procurement vote was recorded at the meeting; staff presented the purchase as a request to be considered on the consent agenda or in a later action item.
Ending: Staff said they will return with procurement paperwork and net-cost comparisons if the board advances the purchase for approval.
Staff said the platform matters because it pulls multiple student data streams together — IEPs, language plans, reading plans, Tier 3 interventions, assessment scores and behavior plans — into a single student profile so educators can act on timely insights.
Wendy (presenter) and Jody Cascio, coordinator of learning systems, described the product and its benefits. “When I pull up as a teacher… I can see all of their plans in one place,” Cascio said, explaining that the platform can house a student’s IEP, language plan and reading plan and can accept curriculum-based measures districtwide. Cascio said the platform’s “insights” feature generates suggested next instructional steps for students based on the data.
Staff told the board the platform should reduce time spent aggregating data, improve teachers’ ability to monitor intervention effectiveness (including for Act 20 reading plans) and remove duplication across multiple paid systems. The presentation included a staff estimate that replacing existing programs with NextPath would produce a net savings of roughly $180,000 over current combined costs.
Board members asked about data inputs and cost-savings. Cascio said the platform pulls state and local assessment data, MAP scores, diagnostic data and local curriculum-based measures, and that it had been developed by Wisconsin partners who already aligned tools to Act 20 requirements. Staff framed the $94,000 price as a recurring cost to be weighed against elimination of other platforms and staff time spent aggregating data.
No final procurement vote was recorded at the meeting; staff presented the purchase as a request to be considered on the consent agenda or in a later action item.
Ending: Staff said they will return with procurement paperwork and net-cost comparisons if the board advances the purchase for approval.
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