Student Story
Every student has a story.
Let’s listen together.
Welcome to Student Story, where we're dedicated to revolutionizing education by channeling the power of student voice in each and every school. Our mission is to empower learners and transform educational communities by centering the needs, ideas, and thoughts of students with a little help from innovative AI applications.
What is Student Story?
Student Story is an application that harnesses the power of AI to analyze student voice data, providing educators rich insights into the minds and hearts of students in minutes.
Why can't schools just collect student voice data now?
Time Consuming
Schools want to listen to the voices of the students they serve, but gathering this information is incredibly time consuming and can take months or even years to collect and analyze at scale.
Expensive
The expense associated with collecting and analyzing student voice is cost prohibitive and often leads to reliance on cheaper, low-quality methods like pre-loaded surveys that don't get to the heart of what students are truly thinking and feeling.
Dearth of Experts
The collection and analysis of student voice data requires folks with specific expertise and skill sets that are often hard to find in resource-strapped school systems.
Solutions
Student Story addresses these challenges by being:
- Fast and Efficient:
Large data sets from a variety of sources can be analyzed in seconds to minutes, not months to years.
- Accessible:
Educators at all levels can analyze their own data whenever they choose with our thoughtfully designed tools.
- Flexible:
No matter the grade level or data type, our tools are always ready to instantly analyze your data.
- Actionable:
Student Story provides rich analysis that captures our user's unique experiences, providing quick access to deep engagement that is not possible with one-size-fits-all data gathering methods.
- Affordable:
Districts spend tens of thousands of dollars on survey platforms each year in an attempt to gather student voice. Student Story offers better data, for a fraction of what just one survey platform would cost.
How It Works
Valuable results in three easy steps.
Gather
Educators identify and then collect rich sources of student voice data. Common examples are narrative essays, writing assignments, reflections, and classroom created surveys.
Upload
Users simply upload their files to the Student Story portal. Files can be in any document format, or educators can even snap a picture and upload directly from their mobile device.
Explore
Student Story identifies key themes in the student voice dataset, listing ideas hierarchically. But, Student Story doesn't stop there. It also advises educators on next steps.
BENEFITS
Equitable Access
Traditional methods of data gathering push both students and teachers to the margins, often collecting data that is incomplete at best. Student Story puts the voices of students into the rooms of decision makers from the teacher to superintendent level, with rich insights and speeds not possible before.
Learner Centered
Large scale data gathering historically centers the needs of the survey or test, not the student. Further, the data highlights systemic problems, but offers no solutions. Finally, traditional methods struggle to gather what matters most to our students because it's done outside of natural relationships and learning environments. Student Story centers authentic student voice.
Eliminating Barriers
Finally, there is a quick, accessible, cost effective way to gather and listen to the voices of what students want and need as learners in school. Student Story puts the power in the hands of educators to deeply interrogate student needs whenever and however they want without paying for an expensive survey, or shifting focus from classroom learning.
SUCCESS
is a collaborative journey
UNVEILING THE TRUTHS BENEATH THE NUMBERS
We Shape the Future
TIME
Let us lighten your workload and allow you to make a bigger impact.
DISCOVER
We'll illuminate paths to reveal where and how best to support learners.
FUTURE
The systems we craft today will shape the future and have a lasting effect.
SUCCESS
Let's listen and discover ways to promote flourishing and success.
Testimonials
AVID Teacher & Librarian
J. Rasmussen
Use: Weekly SEL Surveys
“Student Story’s ability to identify trends and patterns is remarkable. You can ask it insightful questions like, ‘Were there any red flags in the data?’ and receive thorough, actionable insights. This feature alone helps educators quickly spot areas of concern and address them promptly.”
ELA & Drama Teacher
H. Weber
Use: Evaluation Goal
“How are teachers writing their student growth goals without Student Story? I feel bad for teachers who don’t have access to this tool!”