System and method for supporting educational software

• US 20060121433A1
• Filed: 11/02/2005
• Published: 06/08/2006
• Est. Priority Date: 11/02/2004
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Scholastic Incorporated (Scholastic Corporation)
• Original Assignee: Scholastic Incorporated (Scholastic Corporation)
• Inventors: Adams, Juliette
• Application Number:
  US11/265,424
• Publication Number:
  US 20060121433A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 434/323
• CPC Class Codes: G09B 7/02 of the type wherein the student is expected to construct an answer to the question which is presented or wherein the machine gives an answer to the question presented by a student

Abstract

Disclosed is a system and method used for tracking and reporting student performance and for supporting data driven differentiated instruction. The method for managing students using installed software products includes creating a data structure having a hierarchy of levels. Each level comprises one or more entities. In a preferred embodiment, the lowest level of the hierarchy is students. The hierarchy of levels and entities within a particular level are displayed or presented to a user. When a particular entity in the particular level is selected, a list of reports related to the particular level and associated installed software products is presented to the user. Thereafter, a revised report is generated in response to selecting another level or entity in the hierarchy.

Claims

1. A computerized system for analyzing students'"'"' performance data and providing differentiated instruction based on the students'"'"' performance data, the system comprising:

a data acquisition section configured to receive the students'"'"' performance data indicative of each of the students'"'"' performance on specified material;

an analysis section adapted to analyze the received students'"'"' performance data; and

a feedback generation section configured to receive analysis data from the analysis section and generate a course of instruction for each of the students.

2. The system of claim 1, wherein the data source is a computer-based learning module.

3. The system of claim 1, wherein the data source is a graduated instructional program.

4. The system of claim 1, wherein the student'"'"'s performance data is indexed by state, district, school, teacher, class, group, or student.

5. The system of claim 4, wherein the student'"'"'s performance data comprises a score achieved by the student on a quiz or a test.

6. The system of claim 5, wherein the student'"'"'s performance data is lexile data.

7. The system of claim 5, wherein the performance data is any recorded interaction by the student with the instructional application.

8. The system of claim 7, wherein the analysis section determines a specific learning problem of at least one of the students and generates a remedial recommendation.

9. The system of claim 7, further comprising a database wherein the data is stored in the database.

10. The system of claim 9, wherein the database is a centralized database.

11. A method for analyzing students'"'"' performance data and providing differentiated instruction based on the students'"'"' performance data, the method comprising:

receiving the students'"'"' performance data indicative of each 5 of the students'"'"' performance on specified material;

analyzing and normalizing the received students'"'"' performance data; and

generating a recommended set of instructional material for at least one of the students based on analyzed data.

12. The method of claim 11, wherein the data source is a computer-based learning module.

13. The method of claim 11, wherein the data source is an instructional program.

14. The method of claim 11, further comprising indexing the student performance data by state, district, school, teacher, class, group, or student.

15. The method of claim 14, wherein the performance data comprises a score achieved by the student on a quiz or a test.

16. The method of claim 14, wherein the performance data is any recorded interaction by the student with an instructional application.

17. The method of claim 16, wherein the performance data is lexile data.

18. The method of claim 17, further comprising:

determining a specific learning problem of at least one of the students; and

generating a remedial recommendation.

19. A data navigation method, comprising:

creating a data structure comprising a hierarchy of levels, wherein each level comprises one or more entities, and wherein the lowest level is an individual;

presenting the hierarchy of levels and entities within a particular level;

selecting an entity in the particular level;

presenting a list of reports related to the particular level;

generating a report selected from the list of reports; and

generating a revised report in response to selection of another level or entity in the hierarchy.

20. The method of claim 19, wherein a data source for the data used to generate the reports is a computer-based learning module.

21. The method of claim 19, wherein a data source for the data used to generate the reports is a graduated reading program.

22. The method of claim 20, further comprising indexing the data by state, district, school, teacher, class, group, or student.

23. The method of claim 21, further comprising indexing the data by district, school, teacher, class, group, or student.

24. The method of claim 20, wherein the performance data comprises a score achieved by the student on a quiz or a test.

25. The method of claim 21, wherein the performance data comprises a score achieved by the student on a quiz or a test;

or any recorded interaction by the student with an instructional application.

26. The method of claim 22, further comprising:

determining a specific learning problem of at least one of the students; and

generating a remedial recommendation.

27. A system for managing student users of installed software products, comprising:

a database that stores a data structure comprising a hierarchy of levels, wherein each level comprises one or more entities, and wherein the lowest level comprises students;

a display that shows the hierarchy of levels and entities within a particular level and a list of reports;

a user interface for selecting an entity in the particular level and a report in the list of reports; and

a processor that generates the list of reports related to the particular level from the data structure and the installed software products and generates the selected report in relation to the entity selected, wherein

a revised report is generated in response to selecting another entity in the hierarchy.