Author: Stephen Wakefield
New Jersey School District Taps Otus, Discovery Education for Data Insights West Windsor-Plainsboro Regional School District (WWP) in Central New Jersey has partnered with assessment and data platform Otus and ed tech company Discovery Education to better utilize data to support student achievement. Its goal: to gain insights into student performance by enhancing the district’s ability to collect, read, and react to student assessment data, according to a news announcement. WWP will utilize the Otus platform, provided through Discovery Education, to: Centralize district assessment data for a holistic view of student learning; Utilize data to group students with similar needs…
0 As an educator who started their career in the mid 1990’s, I have seen lots of change. I spent six years teaching middle school in Davidson County North Carolina before taking a few years off to be a stay-at-home mom. During my time at home I wanted to keep my teaching license current so I registered for all of the technology PD I could find. I developed a passion for edtech and when I returned to education, I got a position in instructional technology. I have spent the last 20 years in the field of instructional technology and am…
Key points: Today’s workforce requires adaptable, skilled individuals with the confidence to creatively apply background knowledge to complex, real-world opportunities. However, many students receive inconsistent support needed to understand how the background knowledge they acquire during classroom instruction connects to the world beyond the classroom, including a future career. According to the Post Graduation Readiness Report, 83 percent of students cannot link the skills they learn in the classroom to future employment. Even more telling, recent research shows that while 88 percent of district leaders, teachers, parents, and students rate life skills as very important, only 57 percent of students…