Gwinnett County Public Schools Tricia Kennedy Executive Director, eClass Transformation Gwinnett County (GA) Public Schools
176,000+ Students 13 th largest district 136 Schools 58% FRL lowest – 6% highest - 96% White - 26%, Black - 31% Hispanic - 29% Asian - 10% Other - 4% 2010 and 2014 Broad Prize for Urban Education
1996 – district-wide content standards 1998 – laptops for all teachers 1999 – district-wide gateway measures 2000 – certified instructors as technology coordinators 2000 – ILPs and acceleration year for students not meeting gateways 2000 – data analysis of student progress to all teachers 2001 – district-wide framework for individualized instruction 2003 – ILPs for students not meeting grade 1-8 standards 2005 – district-wide formative assessments and data analysis 2006 – district-wide research-based instructional strategies 2008 – formative and classroom assessment item analyses 2011 – distractor analyses development 2011 – launch of eCLASS digital conversion initiative This is not a new journey...
First of a Kind: Personalized Education Through Analytic Learning Systems integrated proof-of-concept prototype identify at-risk learners detect latent patterns associated with learners (at both ends of the risk spectrum) recommend personalized learning pathways by analyzing student-intervention history
Promising But As Yet Unfulfilled Distractor Analyses (student misconceptions) Tagging content based on student misconceptions
Shareable Content, Items, Tagging, Curriculum Standards Promising But As Yet Unfulfilled