Case Study: Olathe Public Schools scales meaningful assessment with Mastery Connect by Instructure

Olathe Public Schools trains 3,000+ teachers with Instructure

Olathe Public Schools, a large district in Kansas, faced the challenge of narrowing the learning gap by moving to a more data-driven, formative assessment culture. Their goal was to find an assessment management system that could provide instant data, foster teacher collaboration, and support standards-based instruction. District leadership partnered with the vendor Instructure and selected its product, Mastery Connect, to serve as the comprehensive tool for this initiative.

Instructure's Center for Leadership & Learning provided crucial professional development, beginning with training for district leaders at a Mastery Leadership Institute. This top-down approach ensured leaders were equipped to support a subsequent rollout to over 3,000 teachers. The implementation established a collaborative, data-driven culture where teachers could effectively use assessment data to personalize learning. The results were a seamless transition to online learning during the pandemic and the ongoing development of a long-term vision for innovative, machine-learning-based assessment models.

Olathe Public Schools