Technology and Classroom Data

One of the ways technology can innovate in education is through changing the way that teachers use student performance data. Teachers need real-time, formative data during the lessons themselves that provides relevant and meaningful feedback about student learning. Such data would enable teachers to tweak their instructional approaches while they are teaching a lesson. Adaptive learning technology makes this kind of dynamic data available to teachers, but most adaptive learning technologies that are currently on the market are not designed for this purpose. Intelligent adaptive learning platforms make it possible to collect evidence of student thinking and learning in ways that are impossible with paper and pencil. By arming educators with rich, timely information about student growth and performance, future developments in intelligent adaptive learning platforms will likely encourage educators to re-imagine their instructional practices, resulting in increased classroom innovation and improved student outcomes.

from Forbes Education