Compass

Document Type

Abstract

Publication Date

Fall 12-1-2024

Abstract

According to the National Center of Education Statistics (NCES), 15.4 million students were enrolled in an undergraduate, degree-earning program during the 2021 academic year (NCES, 2023). By comparison, there are an estimated 1.5 – 1.6 million teachers in post-secondary education (NCES, 2024). Across all types of degree offering institutions (such as private or public colleges), this results in a student-to-teacher ratio ranging from 10:1 and 24:1 (NCES, 2024). This ratio implies that one teacher who may teach at least three courses a semester is responsible for ensuring a quality education and academic success to anywhere between 30 - 72 students (Canyons, 2024). These are 30-to-72 names, final exams, and grades that a professor should ensure success toward. However, this high workload and large pool of people seldom allow teachers to keep up with all students. Compass addresses this problem by providing educators with a data-driven approach to help students succeed academically. Compass aims to give teachers specific insight into their student’s performance – whether strong or weak – and advise the teacher on particular approaches the student can take to improve their performance. It uses data commonly available to teachers to achieve this goal, such as class size, student demographics, quiz/test scores, and letter grades. Its interactive interface and minimal design allow teachers to access academic data at different levels. These scopes include but are not limited to: overall student performance, student performance by class/subject, student performance by assignment type, and individual student performance. With Compass, there is less generalization in feedback and greater accuracy in outlining student success.

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Completed as part of the Computer Science Senior Capstone Project.

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