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FileMaker Showcases New Bento Personal Database Software at 2008 Midwest Education Technology Conference

Wednesday 06. February 2008 - FileMaker Pro-based solutions for No Child Left Behind compliance and student assessment also to be featured

FileMaker, Inc. will demonstrate both Bento, the new personal database software for Mac OS X Leopard, and FileMaker Pro K-12 solutions and at the Midwest Education Technology Conference (METC), booth # 9, Feb. 5-6, at the St. Charles Convention Center, St. Charles, Mo.

Bento is the stylish new personal database software for Mac users that is as easy to use as a Mac. The iTunes-like Bento interface puts Address Book, iCal and other information in one place, making organization easy. More than 140,000 copies of Bento were downloaded during the two-month public preview. Bento trial software also is available.

The conference also will feature two sessions focusing on how schools are using FileMaker Pro, the No. 1-selling database for Mac OS and Windows, to help ensure No Child Left Behind act compliance and create powerful student data analysis tools.

On Wed., Feb. 6, from 10:50 a.m. to 11:40 a.m., a session entitled “Enhancing Student Information Systems to Ensure No Child Left Behind” will be presented by Greg Walker, data solutions administrator for Pinellas County Schools in Largo, Fla. In this case study presentation, Mr. Walker will describe how the Pinellas County school system implemented a database system to interact with its Student Information System (SIS) and expedite analysis of student data for assessing individual and grade-level performance results.

Bill Harman, technology consultant for Montgomery County Public Schools, Rockville, Md., will present “School Improvement: Student Assessment and Data Analysis,” from 2:20 p.m. to 3:10 p.m., on Wed., Feb. 6. The session will demonstrate how Mr. Harman uses a database administration program to create powerful student data analysis tools and how other schools can use this approach to help monitor student achievement. He will examine how schools have successfully devised methods to improve student achievement through effective and responsive teaching and learning programs.

FileMaker database software helps schools collect, manage and report on student and administrative data. More than 10,000 K-12 schools use FileMaker in their data-driven decision-making processes to achieve greater operational efficiency, comply with federal and state reporting requirements and track student performance.

At the FileMaker booth, educators can receive free 30-day trials of both Bento and FileMaker Pro 9 while supplies last.

FileMaker also offers the K-12 Education Starter Kit, featuring five education starter solutions, a K-12 resource guide and a student assessment white paper. A trial version of FileMaker 9 can be downloaded