EDUCATIONAL DATA SYSTEMS

Our rich history of serving the educational community dates back to 1974. That's when our founder, Bill Gilmore, started working out of his San Jose, California, home to provide computerized planning and evaluation services to local school administrators. Bill had been a high school science teacher for over 15 years but left teaching to become a Santa Clara County Office of Education administrator. His firsthand experience with many of the challenges facing educational institutions motivated the creation of Educational Data Systems as a way to service local school districts in two primary areas: (1) criterion-referenced scoring of basic skills achievement tests, and (2) boundary and demographic planning. Bill's vision was clear: Harness the power of computing to calculate, analyze, and report large volumes of educational data for improved decision-making-all geared toward benefiting students... Eight years later, Bill incorporated his business and we have continued to expand from..

Also known as: Educational Data Systems, Inc.