Article Personalized Learning: Developing Individualized Learning Plans for Greater Student Achievement Paul O’Malley
Recognizing a paradigm shift to personalized learning does not occur in a single day, month, or even year, Butler School District 53 adopted a multi-year plan to focus on developing individualized, personal learning plans for each student within the district. During the 2021-2022 school year, District 53 adopted Otus to support the district’s goals of providing a robust and personalized learning environment for all students. This single platform supports personalized learning, benchmarks, formative assessments, differentiated instruction, data-informed instruction, and socialemotional learning, and addresses learning loss. The goal was to compile all data into a single place in order to streamline the access of data, visualize the data, and set performance goals. Once the goals have been set, the platform allows for the creation of personalized learning places, measures progress, and supports student growth. Setting Individual Student Goals for Academic Performance By bringing together all of the data points from formative, summative, state, and local assessments, 62