Data
Instructive brings all your teaching data together into one clear, continuous system. On this page, you’ll find four key ways data powers learning and teaching.
Instructive’s Data Engine
Instructive brings together every major source of learning data — diagnostic, instructional, day-to-day and summative — into one clear, continuous loop.
This loop keeps every student’s profile accurate and up to date, and ensures data always flows back into teaching where it matters most.
Data Engine
All four parts reinforce each other — keeping the data accurate, actionable and always moving forward.
Targeted Interventions — personalised teaching
Targeted Interventions are quick, high-impact moments where teachers step in to help a student overcome a misconception. Instructive provides clear, timely information that supports these short teaching conversations.
Clear signals to guide your attention
The Targeted Intervention overview brings together recent work, errors and progress, highlighting students who may benefit from a quick check-in.
Using this page, teachers can easily decide:
- who might need attention
- what they’re working on
- which issues look most pressing
A quick, focused teaching moment
A quick, focused teaching moment
A Targeted Intervention usually takes 2–5 minutes during independent work time.
These small moments can make a big difference for students.
- The teacher chooses when to step in
- The explanation is short and personalised
- The student tries again — often successful straight away
Insight that makes your explanation precise
With the right context, teachers can give a sharp, targeted explanation on the spot.
The Targeted Intervention page shows just the information a teacher needs:
- where the student became stuck
- any recurring misconceptions
- relevant prerequisite gaps
- what the student already understands
Mini-Lessons — small-group teaching
Mini-Lessons are targeted, small-group lessons that run for 20–30 minutes, perfect for building deep understanding through discussion and collaboration. While the group works with the teacher, the rest of the class continues their individual tasks.
1. Focused, hands-on learning with a small group
Mini-Lessons are ideal for deepening understanding of key concepts.
Teachers bring together 3–8 students for a focused, interactive session:
- guided discussion
- hands-on tasks
- space to explore ideas together
2. A smart tool that helps you plan the right groups
The Mini-Lesson Planning tool identifies students who are ready for the same key concept, and presents clear groups to choose from and customise.
It’s a simple, intuitive way to plan targeted small-group teaching, by seeing:
- which concept each group is ready for
- who’s included
- how the lesson fits into the current unit
Forecasts — clarity for pathways and planning
Forecasts project a student’s future attainment — to the end of Year 7, 8, 9 or 10 — updating every few weeks as new data appears.
Users can adjust the assumed growth rate to explore how different levels of effort would change the trajectory.
Forecasts offer:
- transparent, easy-to-read projections
- simple “what if” exploration by adjusting growth assumptions
- clear insight into where a student is trending over coming years
- an easy way to show students and parents what would be required to reach a desired level
- a neutral, data-driven starting point for early pathway conversations
Why departments value forecasts
Each year, some students select Mathematical Methods / Mathematics Standard (NSW) without being ready — leading to early withdrawals and significant timetabling challenges.
Forecasts give leaders a clear, impartial view of readiness well before subject selection, helping these issues surface early rather than late.
Leaders can easily see:
- how many students are genuinely on track for each pathway
- which learners may need additional support to get there
- how the school’s own readiness criteria (which can be customised) translate into real numbers
- where expectations may need recalibration with students and families
With clearer expectations and earlier conversations, pathway decisions become smoother, more informed, and far less disruptive for students and staff.
