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Concord School District demonstrates EduCLIMBER to track attendance, interventions and MTSS alerts
Summary
District staff demonstrated EduCLIMBER, the student-data platform adopted in 2023 to replace the state'provided Performance Plus, and explained how two-week thresholds, automated alerts and MTSS teams help identify students needing supports.
Chris DeMars and Assistant Superintendent Kim Yarlott demonstrated EduCLIMBER to the Concord School District Instructional Committee, saying the district moved to the platform in 2023 after the state's Performance Plus program ended in 2022. DeMars said the tool provides a simplified, teacher-facing "baseball-card" view of each student's attendance and academic tiles and is used to surface trends for teachers and MTSS teams.
DeMars described how the district configures two'week thresholds to detect sudden changes in attendance, discipline or nurse visits. He gave the district's cut points as an example: missing 1'4 periods in two weeks remains green, 5'9 periods is yellow, 10'14 is orange and more than 15 is red. Those cut points feed automated lists that are emailed to principals, counselors and MTSS teams on Monday mornings so teams can review students during regularly scheduled meetings.
DeMars showed a Check-In/Check-Out (CHECO) progress-monitoring example in which a team set a 63% success goal; the sample student was recorded at 71% on that plan. He said intervention data (frequency of meetings, progress checks) is stored in EduCLIMBER and that staff are working to add regular math-growth measures so progress-monitoring can be more robust.
On privacy and access, DeMars emphasized the district did not display student names during the demo: "it is all real data, but no names attached," he said. Presenters said the platform is primarily a staff tool (teachers, counselors, nurses and administrators), though selected visuals and summaries can be shared with students, particularly at the high-school level.
Kim Yarlott said the district is still evolving its use of EduCLIMBER but stressed its value for combining multiple indicators so teams can determine whether an intervention is being implemented and whether it is producing progress. The presentation ended with staff noting MTSS teams meet every other week to reconcile system-flagged lists with local knowledge and to set next steps for students.
