Progress Desk
Progress Desk is a case management application for special education professionals, including case managers.
What Progress Desk is
Progress Desk is a case management application for special education professionals, including case managers. It creates 18 document types, such as PLAAFPs, quarterly progress reports, family summaries, prior written notices, and meeting invitations. For goal monitoring, it supports 15 measurement methods and displays a baseline, target, data points, and trend on a goal card. Its schedule brings sessions, meetings, deadlines, and class availability into one view; moving a session 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 licence check and can work offline afterward. The iPad edition costs $59, paid once per iPad, while the Mac edition costs $99, paid once for up to two Macs. A 14-day trial and a 30-day money-back guarantee are listed.
Good
- Builds 18 kinds of special education documents.
- Offers 15 goal measurement methods.
- Schedule recalculates service-minute totals when sessions move.
- Student records are stored and processed locally.
Watch out
- The iPad edition costs $59, paid once per iPad.
- The Mac edition costs $99, paid once.
- Mac requires internet for a one-time licence check.
Who it suits
Progress Desk suits special education professionals who manage documentation, goals, services, and schedules. Its local data handling may appeal to users who want student records kept on their device.
Verdict
Progress Desk brings documentation, goal tracking, and scheduling into one case management application. Its one-time license costs and platform requirements are worth checking against the devices used by your team.
Plans and prices
From Progress Desk's own pricing page, checked 29 Sep 2001.
| Plan | Price | What it gives you |
|---|---|---|
| Progress Desk for iPad | $59, paid once | Per iPad · iPadOS 16+ · One-time |
| Progress Desk for Mac | $99, paid once | Up to 2 Macs · macOS 12+ · One-time |
The facts
Each one read from Progress Desk's own pages, with the date it was checked.
What it does
- Connectivity
- The maker says the Mac app needs internet for a one-time licence check and can work offline afterward.checked 29 Sep 2001
- Districts
- The maker offers volume pricing and case-by-case help with deployment, custom templates, workflow setup, and data agreements; it does not publish district pricing tiers.checked 29 Sep 2001
- Documentation
- It builds 18 documents, including PLAAFPs, quarterly progress reports, family summaries, prior written notices, and meeting invitations.checked 29 Sep 2001
- Goal measurement
- It supports 15 ways to measure a goal and shows baseline, target, data points, and trend on a goal card.checked 29 Sep 2001
- Privacy
- Student records are stored and processed locally, and the maker says it does not collect, access, transmit, store, or process student data through the software.checked 29 Sep 2001
- Purpose
- Progress Desk is a case management application for special education professionals, including case managers.checked 29 Sep 2001
- Refunds
- The maker advertises a 30-day money-back guarantee.checked 29 Sep 2001
- Scheduling
- Its schedule brings sessions, meetings, deadlines, and class availability into one view, and recalculates make-up time and service-minute totals when sessions move.checked 29 Sep 2001
- Security
- The help center says data is encrypted at rest with a key sealed in the device’s macOS Keychain; backups can optionally be password-protected.checked 29 Sep 2001
- Support
- Support is available by email at [email protected], and the same person who built the software answers the support inbox.checked 29 Sep 2001
The company
- Founded
- 2025checked 28 Sep 2001
- Headquarters
- Columbus, Ohio, United Stateschecked 28 Sep 2001
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