TOWER

Data platform that delivers info relevant to evaluations to teachers in real time in order to make to quick, well-informed decisions

Overview

TOWER is a highly customizable platform facilitating teacherobservation, evaluation, and reporting. TOWER (developed by RANDA Solutions) aims to remove the time-intensivehassles associated with teacher reviews through automation.  RANDA’s experience managing assessment dataand providing secure cloud hosting services makes the TOWER system a naturalextension of previous business ventures.

TOWER is designed to be both rubric- and platform-agnostic,meaning that the system can be set up to host any evaluation rubric and to runon any platform (e.g. iOS-based, Android-based, browser-based, etc.).  Administrators choose which rubrics andreports will be needed and work directly with RANDA project managers to designthe system. Once completed, administrators can manage the observation processfrom a central admin page, assigning and scheduling observations, and viewingthe status of each one. Observers can see their schedule from their mobiledevice, and can use the device to perform the observation on the chosen rubric,attaching pictures of artifacts when necessary. These devices do not need to beconnected to wi-fi during the observation; observations can be saved locallyand synched later. Administrators may choose what types of reports will beavailable, customize the release of those reports and can upload them to stateor district authorities if desired.  Additional,pre-existing data can also be brought into the reports to supplementobservations.