April 29, 2009 – Charlotte, NC – Mariner, an industry-leading business intelligence and performance management solutions provider, will develop a comprehensive longitudinal data warehouse and decision support system for the New Hampshire Department of Education (NH DOE) that will help improve student achievement.

New Hampshire’s data warehouse will provide student, school, district, program, assessment, policy, and Census data to NH DOE program managers, policy analysts, and other educational leaders. The complete solution will ensure that all policy development, management, and funding decisions tie back to improving student achievement.

New Hampshire’s DOE selected a team of leading companies to help them use their data more effectively. The team is led by Center for Educational Leadership and Technology (CELT) and includes Mariner and ESP Solutions Group.

Mariner will provide the business intelligence and performance management foundation for the project. Mariner, a Microsoft Gold Partner, has extensive business intelligence and performance management knowledge specifically geared for the challenges of school districts and Departments of Education based on its work in the K-12 Education sector. This body of work also earned Mariner worldwide Partner of the Year for Performance Management in 2008 from Microsoft.

ESP Solutions Group will contribute their knowledge as a PK-12 data consulting and technology firm that specializes in education data systems and psychometrics.