Illuminations and Insights
We shine a light on our partners, the work we've done across the country, and insights from our team members.
Introducing Podium, an Ed-Fi enabled set of common dashboards to support school and district decision making
The amount of data generated by schools and school districts continues to grow and it is a challenge to bring together all of those data in a manner that informs timely action. Our latest product, Podium, empowers schools and school districts with actionable data to help better serve students, families, and staff. In this blog, we describe how Podium helps to deliver the right data at the right time.
Focusing on users to “Focus on Students:” How EA collaborates with partners to develop dashboards and features that meet their needs
Designing dashboards that help turn data from numbers into actionable guidance for our partners requires a mix of user-centered design principles, technical expertise, and a strong data narrative. In this blog, we describe how we apply these elements at EA, and we walk through the development of the recent “Focus on Students” feature added to our Rally Analytics Platform.
Using Shiny to enhance the interpretation and utility of educational data
Making data useful and engaging is one of the most important aspects of our work at EA. This blog discusses reactive data displays, called Shiny dashboards, and showcases several features that make Shinys helpful to education stakeholders and data analysts alike.