IEP Online vs Progress Desk

IEP Online helps school districts build and manage individualized education plans while supporting ministry requirements. Its workflows cover mandated IEP and identification and placement processes, clinical services, special education equipment, special transportation, and data analytics. Districts can customize forms and workflows for needs such as safety plans, student learning profiles, consent, and report cards. Reporting supports Ontario School Information System submissions and Ministry-compliant PDF forms. The system can connect with an existing student information system and Microsoft Active Directory, including single sign-on. It also supports meeting-planning email notifications and electronic document delivery that lets families respond. Its Equipment Online module tracks and assigns special equipment and loaner assets; Clinical Services manages referrals, consent, and service tracking; Transportation Online handles special transport requests and approvals. IEP Online offers hosted or self-hosted installations and a browser-based dashboard compatible with most browsers without special add-ons. Pricing is on request.

Progress Desk is a case management application for special education professionals, including case managers. It creates 18 documents, such as PLAAFPs, quarterly progress reports, family summaries, prior written notices, and meeting invitations. For goal measurement, it offers 15 methods and shows the baseline, target, data points, and trend on a goal card. Its schedule brings sessions, meetings, deadlines, and class availability into one view; moving sessions recalculates make-up time and service-minute totals. Student records are stored and processed locally, and the maker says the software does not collect, access, transmit, store, or process student data through the software. The Mac app needs internet for a one-time license check, then can work offline. The iPad edition costs $59, paid once, billed one-time per iPad, and requires iPadOS 16 or later. The Mac edition costs $99, paid once, billed one-time for up to two Macs, and requires macOS 12 or later. A 14-day trial and 30-day money-back guarantee are advertised.