Strategic StudentFree tools that inform immediately
Thirteen tools across six subjects: student support, attendance, scores and growth, graduation, equity, and whether a number can be trusted. Every tool is free, needs no login, never asks for personally identifiable information, and updates its results live as you type.
Support a student
Find the need, pick the research-backed move, then check that it's working. The full support loop in three tools.
Student Support Needs Estimator
Enter what you already know across attendance, academics, behavior, and stability. The Estimator returns an overall risk read, an indicator-by-indicator breakdown, and a set of matched, research-backed interventions, all in seconds.
- An overall estimate plus a clear read on each of the four domains
- Matched interventions pulled from the 200+ vetted library
- Built on the same ABC early-warning framework used in graduation research
- For any educator looking at any student, K-12
Intervention Recommender
When you do not need a risk score, you just need to know what to try. Answer four quick questions and get seven research-backed interventions in under 30 seconds. No student data required.
- Seven matched moves, pulled from 200+ vetted interventions
- Every result tagged by MTSS tier and evidence level
- Spans eight categories, from attendance to credit recovery
- For the moment you think, I am worried about this student
Progress Monitoring Grapher
Six data points and a goal line tell you whether an intervention is working. Enter the scores and the grapher plots them against the aimline and calls the trend, so the team talks about the student, not the spreadsheet.
- An aimline from baseline to goal, drawn for you
- A trendline through the actual scores, updated as you type
- A clear call: on track, close, or time to change the plan
- For the six-week check-in that decides what happens next
Attendance
From one student's absences to the whole school's trajectory, and how many students stand between you and your goal.
Attendance What-If Calculator
Three numbers in: total school days, days so far, and days absent. The calculator shows the current absence rate, where the year is headed at this pace, and exactly how many more days stand between a student and the 10% chronic line.
- The current rate, the year-end projection, and days until chronic
- A tier gauge that marks the 5%, 10%, and 20% thresholds
- A clear read on whether this is a watch or a crisis
- For the family conversation, not the deficit dashboard
Chronic Absenteeism Goal Pacer
You set a multi-year attendance goal. This tool draws the road: where you started, where you are, the pace the goal requires, and the pace you're on right now, plus how many students have to move to close the gap.
- Required pace versus current pace, drawn on one road
- An honest on-pace or off-pace call for the year you're in
- The gap translated into students, not percentage points
- For the improvement plan with a deadline attached
Scores and growth
Where a student stands and how fast they're moving. These two read any score report with you.
Growth vs. Proficiency Explorer
A student can sit below proficient and still be one of the fastest movers in the room. Enter a growth percentile and an achievement percentile and see both instruments side by side, with a plain-English read on what the pair means.
- A gauge for growth and a thermometer for achievement, read together
- A clear profile for every combination, from catching up to coasting
- Works with MAP, i-Ready, STAR, or any percentile-based score
- For the student whose scores look low but whose growth says otherwise
Test Score Translator
A scale score means nothing to a worried parent. Enter the score and the tool writes three translations of the same result: one for you, one for the family, and one for the student, each in language that lands.
- Three versions of one result: educator, family, and student
- Plain words for percentiles, scale scores, and proficiency levels
- Strengths-first framing that never reduces a student to a number
- For the conference where the printout does more harm than good
Graduation
The strongest early signal in 9th grade, and the honest math on the rate everyone watches.
Freshman On-Track Predictor
Credits earned and core-course failures at the end of 9th grade predict graduation better than test scores or demographics. Enter both and see where a freshman stands, while there is still time to act.
- An instant on-track or off-track read on the strongest early signal
- A two-part checklist: credits earned and core courses passed
- Clear next steps, with the exact credits or failures to recover
- Built on University of Chicago Consortium graduation research
Cohort Grad Rate What-If
Your graduation rate is a fraction, and every student is one count in it. Enter the cohort and see exactly how many students stand between the rate you have and the rate you want.
- The live rate, recalculated as you change graduates or cohort size
- What five more graduates does to the percentage, instantly
- The exact count of students needed to hit any target rate
- For goal-setting that starts with names, not decimals
Equity and gaps
Surface the gaps, test whether discipline lands fairly, and turn every finding into a starting move.
Gap Finder
Enter subgroup rates side by side. The tool surfaces the gap, sizes it against the all-student rate, flags the biggest one, and pairs every gap with a starting move so the conversation leads straight to support.
- The size of each gap, with the biggest one flagged for you
- Works for chronic absence, suspension, course failure, or any metric
- Compare by race, SES, IEP, EL, gender, or any group you name
- A starting move attached to every gap, not just a chart
Discipline Disproportionality
Run the same calculation federal civil rights reviewers use. Enter discipline counts and enrollment by group, and get the risk ratio, what it means in plain words, and where to look next.
- Risk ratios for every group, computed the standard way
- A plain-English read: 2.0x as likely, not a wall of decimals
- Small-group warnings so one incident doesn't become a headline
- For the equity conversation that needs numbers, not vibes
Trust the number
A number moved. These two tell you whether it's real, and whether it's stable enough to act on.
Is This Difference Real?
You saw a number move. Before you call it progress or a problem, check whether the gap is big enough to trust or small enough to be noise. Enter two rates and the number of students behind each, and get a plain-English verdict.
- A clear "likely real" or "could be chance" call in seconds
- The 95% confidence range for the true difference
- Built-in warnings when your group sizes are too small to trust
- For the moment between "the number changed" and "so we should act"
Small Numbers Reality Check
Small groups make loud numbers. Enter a rate and the group size behind it, and see how far the true value could swing before that number goes in a slide, a newsletter, or a board packet.
- The plus-or-minus band around any rate, sized to your group
- A straight verdict: solid, use with care, or too small to report
- A side-by-side look at how the same rate firms up as the group grows
- For the 12-student subgroup that just "moved" 15 points
Every tool stands on the Research Library
100+ peer-reviewed studies from leading K-12 researchers, the science behind every tool and every intervention. Search it by topic and follow any finding straight to the source.