Spotlight Personalized Reporting Technology

Spotlight tells the story behind the numbers with personalized video reports and infographics designed to make educational data meaningful and accessible.

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Student data visualized

Spotlight has delivered millions of personalized video reports and infographics in over 27 languages, across 17 states and territories. Nearly 7 million reports have been delivered across the United States and Puerto Rico in 2023 alone! In spring and summer of 2022, Spotlight delivered unique, personalized video reports to the parents of thousands of students who had taken Initial ELPAC, the assessment given to students entering California’s English-language instruction system. Spotlight distributed the personalized video reports to a diverse array of parents and caregivers of students in three districts: Compton Unified, Natomas Unified, and Paramount Unified.

Video reports delivered in the student's home language

Initial ELPAC Video - Spring 2021
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The authenticity and personalization of each video score report is developed carefully with State Education Agencies, districts, and assessment delivery partners. In this example, our California ELPAC video was developed in partnership with the California Department of Education (CDE) and Educational Testing Service (ETS).  

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Last spring, video reports delivered to ESL families literally spoke to parents in one of five languages: English, Mandarin Chinese, Spanish, Tagalog, or Vietnamese. Of the thousands of parents who received the video reports, 444 completed surveys in their home language. The results were overwhelming — personalization is the key to engaging parents and caregivers.

Surveyed parents reported:

  • Significant preference for video reports
  • 90% better understood what the ELPAC test was after watching the video score report

Download the full survey results

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We look forward to continuing to support you in any way we can as you address your district's needs holistically--from identifying areas of strengths and weaknesses to implementing tools for enhanced success.

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