Keeping track of how the tasks are and the evolution of a student is complex. Parents usually don't know anything about overall progress until they get the periodic report card. If something happens that causes a student or students to slip academically, teachers, already very busy, have to review and identify that drop in performance themselves.
schoolytics is a startup that seeks to change this model. It is presented as an "all-in-one information center" for students, parents, teachers and administrators, schoolytics it's an analytics dashboard that keeps everyone aligned on how students are doing day-to-day, pinpoints notable changes, and provides an overview of trends.
The dashboard schoolytics has four versions, each with a broader view than the last:
- The Student Dashboard, which allows an individual student to track their own grades, upcoming assignments, what they've missed, and metrics like how often they turn things in on time.
- The parent dashboard, which allows a parent/guardian to view those metrics for each of their children or wards in the home.
- The Teacher Dashboard, which allows you to view metrics for individual students or view things like assignment completion rates across the class. It can also help identify when a student suddenly starts missing assignments, or automatically generate things like honor roll (based on assignment completion rates) or progress reports.
- The administrator dashboard, which allows you to view metrics by school, grade, or drill down into individual class reports.
schoolytics was founded by Aaron Wertman and Courtney Monk, who previously worked in data analytics in textbook rental/online tutoring. Monk also spent more than half a decade working with Teach For America and is a school board member in his local school district. While volunteering at KIPP schools in the Bay Area, Wertman found that many of the tools the schools relied on were basic and the data was raw. He started looking for ways to modernize everything in early 2020; by year's end, the two formalized their efforts and launched schoolytics.
schoolytics gets most of its data from a learning management system that many teachers are already using: Google Classroom. This environment saw a tremendous increase in usage during the pandemic, as many teachers had to quickly virtualize their classrooms and assignments. But even if Google Classroom helps collect basic data on what students have turned in, it's up to teachers to figure out how to graph or analyze it. schoolytics it gives that data an interface and removes manual work and spreadsheet work from the teacher's to-do list.
Schoolytics teacher view showing trends for the entire class
The company is also working on a built-in messaging system to give teachers a dedicated and safe place to communicate with students or broadcast messages to the whole class.
Ideally, schoolytics Its clients are the local public administration. If a teacher wants to experiment with the tool for himself, schoolytics It currently offers two plans: a free option for teachers with up to 10 Google Classrooms, and a paid option starting at $10 per month for teachers who need up to 100 Google Classrooms.
The company has raised $2,8 million in a seed round backed by Haystack, Audacious Ventures and Accelerated Ventures. Currently, the team is made up of about ten people, and they are currently working with more than 500 schools, from K-12 to universities.
Schoolytics parent demo environment showing details of each student
