Smart Learning Platform Recognized as Finalist in Gartner Data & Analytics Award

Data has hit the classroom! I repeat… the classroom has been struck by data!

OK, maybe I’m being a little dramatic. Data is no stranger to the classroom. How else would teachers dish out those highly anticipated report cards at the end of the semester? As the system goes: students complete assignments, teachers grade them, the results are logged in some sort of database, and your lovely scorecard is generated every five or so months (Of course, if it’s not so lovely, you quickly proceed to stash it under your mattress before your parents can get their hands on it).

This is a fine method to track student performance. A system that has been around for decades. But is there a better way? One that allows teachers to not only track performance but actively improveit? One that could result in fewer students playing the dreadful game of cat and mouse with their parents?

Waggle—an online learning platform for students grades 2 through 8—believes there is. The award-winning platform continues to gain recognition for its progressive approach to solving this issue, using embedded analytics and new inputs of data to fuel the charge.

However, Waggle’s path to success wasn’t without its challenges. In the early stages of development, Waggle recognized an obstacle to its mission: How do you create a product that revolves around data for users who don’t have the skills or time to be data analysts? It didn’t take long to realize that the application’s success would be contingent on making the data accessible and actionable to its non-analyst end users. To address this issue, Waggle doubled down on a few key areas:

1. Creating an intuitive and interactive user experience 2.