Building the Early-Warning Dashboard

One page. Everything you need.

A teacher's dashboard isn't a 20-tab spreadsheet. It's one page you can look at on a Monday morning and know what to do that day. Four pieces:

1. A KPI tile — class average, at a glance
2. A subgroup comparison chart — where are the gaps?
3. A single-student trend — your assigned student's trajectory
4. A "watch list" — students you'd flag for follow-up

Let's assemble yours.

Your dashboard.

This is what real teachers wish their gradebook software showed them.

Take a minute. Look at it. Does your assigned student show up in the watch list? If they do — pay attention. If they don't — also pay attention, because no dashboard is perfect.

Now the decision.

You can only call one parent today. Looking at your watch list — which student would you call about first?

There's no single right answer. Pick the one you think most needs an adult to notice.

Quick check.