The Role of Attribution based Education

One of the great unsolved challenges facing the education system is determining what actions a jurisdiction can take that contribute to successful student outcomes (attribution). Currently, educational attribution is based primarily on methods, including human observations, assumptions and opinion. However, tools and methods are emerging that tap into information on what actions and steps can be taken by a jurisdiction, a teacher and the system to improve student outcomes.

By tracking the clickstream of daily online activities and interactions, and following the usage of educational resources, teachers and administrators can understand the impact of a student’s daily learning activities and the real-world application of resources. This is critical in understanding what methods work best for students, what resources are successful, what outcomes are being achieved, and what areas require improvement. This form of granular analysis provides insights at all levels, including for jurisdictions, school boards, schools, classrooms, and even individual students.

Peeristics makes attribution modelling possible by unlocking teaching materials into granular datasets that are context rich. By breaking material into smaller building blocks, and tracking that information through the pedagogical lifecycle, Peeristics helps inform data-driven analytics and recommendations, as well as improved collaboration. By tracing resource development and usage patterns, Peeristics network members gain access to a clear line of sight regarding how resources are being adopted, implemented, and supplemented. This results in clear and improved feedback for educators on what was helpful in their classes, as well as usage analytics and insight necessary for schools and jurisdictions to improve curricula, resources and policy.shared drive, SIS or most educational systems to collect data with the goal of understanding educational attribution. By tracing granular data on resources and user interactions, Peeristics provides in-the-moment understanding of how resources are assembled, the contexts in which they are used, and how they contribute to learning success. This allows teachers to understand what works for their students, and supports jurisdictions in the development of educational policy by tying together standards, resources, and measured outcomes.

Atomic level Content and Control 

The traditional "store and sort" model for education document management seals off the most valuable information within documents. This was never an effective way to drive progressive data-based decision-making and did not lend itself to using educational materials when students, teachers and school boards are in desperate need of resources.

The key to Peeristics' attribution is its dissection of content into atomic level units so it can be tracked through the jurisdiction, school, teacher and student life cycle.  Unlike traditional Learning Management and educational systems that focus on storing existing content and sorting resources, Peeristics provides a new perspective on how acquired content can be more useful at the jurisdiction administrative level, as a service enabler for educators (through teaching communities of practice) and most importantly, be of tangible value to students.

Peeristics creates and consumes "atomic-level data" on resource activity, utilization, and alignment to provide next-level analytics, tailored recommendations, and customized platforms for educators to better explore, share, and improve classroom resources and teaching strategies. Tagging algorithms and data categorization functions help elevate learning objects to inform pedagogical processes and provide metadata and data intelligence that can be customized to the education system needs.

In conjunction with other markers of academic success, Peeristics leverages its data-driven approach to provide insight on students’ learning risks, strengths and weaknesses, becoming an essential aid in assisting each stakeholder whether they are an administrator, an educator or a learner.