A Longitudinal Monitoring-Based Information System for Tracking the Learning Progress of Street Children (Case Study: Komunitas Peduli Anak Jalanan Makassar)

The Street Children Care Community (Komunitas Peduli Anak Jalanan) Makassar still faces challenges in recording and monitoring the learning progress of children, which is currently done manually and remains unintegrated. The purpose of this study is to develop a learning progress information system for street children reliant on longitudinal monitoring, enabling the recording, supervision, and analysis of academic progress. This study utilizes the Rapid Application Development (RAD) method with a quantitative descriptive approach. The progress data encompasses 98 children mentored by KPAJ, alongside 37 respondents for usability evaluation. To identify score changes between periods, the progress analysis employs the gain score method. System testing using Black Box Testing indicated that all functions operate as expected. Furthermore, the System Usability Scale (SUS) test yielded an "acceptable" category with an average score of 86.49. The developed system is capable of managing child and progress data, storing monitoring history, calculating score changes, and presenting structured progress visualizations to support the mentoring process for street children.