Class Composer

Class Composer is an online student placement software tool designed to assist elementary schools in creating well-balanced class lists. According to the vendor, this solution aims to streamline the student placement process, ensuring that students are assigned to classes that cater to their academic and social-emotional needs. Class Composer is specifically tailored for elementary schools and is utilized by school administrators, teachers, school districts, education consultants, and school counselors.

Key Features

Class List Creation: According to the vendor, Class Composer provides an online tool that simplifies the process of creating class lists in elementary schools. Administrators and teachers have the ability to create custom identifiers and assessment fields to align with their school's requirements. Student data, including teacher names, academic scores, life skills scores, identifiers, assessment scores, notes, progress monitoring data, and placement requests, can be entered and stored on the Student Card. The algorithm developed by a Carnegie Mellon University Ph.D. mathematician instantly generates balanced classes based on the entered data, while also taking into account placement requests from teachers.

Virtual Whiteboard: Class Composer offers a virtual whiteboard feature that transforms the Digital Data Wall into a flexible workspace for creating student groups, note-taking, and collaboration. According to the vendor, teachers can utilize the virtual whiteboard to create seating charts, guided reading groups, project-based learning groups, and other flexible student groupings. They have the ability to manipulate student cells by dragging and dropping, highlight identified students, and add custom text to the whiteboard. Collaboration with colleagues is possible by sharing the whiteboard, and it can be displayed in full-screen mode with a print option for convenience.

Historical Student Record: Class Composer provides access to the historical data of each student, allowing teachers and administrators to view compiled student card data from previous years. The historical student record includes information such as reading, math, and writing scores, behavior and work skills ratings, identifiers, assessment scores, placement requests, and notes. According to the vendor, this feature enables teachers to have a comprehensive view of individual student progress and history across multiple years.

Progress Monitoring: Class Composer offers a progress monitoring feature that simplifies the tracking and recording of student growth towards individualized goals. Teachers can create customizable progress monitoring categories to track specific areas of student progress. They can record progress towards goals, enter scores, add notes, and create hyperlinks for additional resources. The end goal number in each progress monitoring category can be customized to meet the unique needs of each student. According to the vendor, the progress monitoring data is stored in the student card, providing a comprehensive view of student progress and reducing data silos.