Datability is a data collection and reporting tool designed to help educational professionals organize student data. It allows users to create rosters and assign goals for students. Datability then sends reminders to collect data on student progress toward goals. Educators can record anecdotal notes, percentages, and artifacts. Datability produces reports summarizing student performance over time in graphs and charts. It aims to take the guesswork out of data collection and help drive data-driven instruction.
2. There's A Rift Forming In Education
Some say it's an art, others a science. Why can't it be both?
3. –Tim Berners-Lee, inventor of the World Wide Web
“Data is a precious thing and will last longer than the
systems themselves.”
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5. Features
Keep your roster, goals, and all related data right on your tablet. Datability
organizes anecdotal notes, percentage data, and educational artifacts.
Take the guesswork out of data collection. Datability reminds you to collect data
through updates and notifications. Any data points missed are stored in the Pending
Updates sections. When data is collected, it is recorded for the day missed helping to
improve compliance.
Share concise reports with colleagues and families. Datability produces full color
reports with pictures, notes, and percentages in line graph format.
Insight and suggestions. Based on the student's data, Datability will suggest a
progress report grade.
Secure and confidential. Datability is password protected and only the student's first
and last 3 letters of the last name are saved.
6. Add Your Students
Only the first and
last 3 letters of the
student's name are
shown to protect
privacy.
Your students and
their goals are
viewable in the
Student List section.
7. Assign Goals
Create your own goals
or log into your web
based IEP/RTI
service.
Copy or cut & paste
info.
Or use Import Data
function*
*Listing must be Excel
report format and be
in csv or xls file.
8. Automatically Upload Roster and
Goals Using Import Data Function
District must have the listing
function set up to use this
function.
Users must have Dropbox,
Google drive, or iCloud Drive
set up.
9. Import Data Using
IEPDirect.com
Log in to your
IEPDirect.com
account.
Select Listing
Select the List that
includes all of the users
students and goals.
Select Listing
10. Import Data Continued...
Select the Excel icon and process the report. This may take
you to a blank screen which is normal.
Tapping the screen brings up the Open In dialogue. Open the
report in Google Drive, Dropbox, or iCloud.
13.
Take Data
Bases on the schedule
of the goal, Datability
sends the user
notifications when it's
time to take data.
These same updates
are located in the
Pending Update
section.
14. Pending Updates
• Data dates remain in the
updates section until
data is collected.
• Data points are recorded
for the date that was
missed, no matter when
you put them in.
• Pending updates may be
removed from list.
16. Data Driven Education
Print and email full color
reports.
Pictures, percentages graphed,
notes.
Based on the percentage of
times the educator indicates
progress was made, Datability
will suggest a progress report
grade.
17. Other Consideration
Regular Ed teachers can collect data on their goals (BIP,
personal goals).
Reevaluate the way we write goals. More measurable.
Back map student growth to common core goals.
Tie data to special education teacher evaluations.
Students can take their own data.