Reading Learning Signals During a Lesson (Not the Next Day)
The most useful learning signals arrive while you are still in the room, not in a spreadsheet the next morning. ClassKite's live student grid fills in for the whole class as a practice runs, so you can see who is stuck, who has asked for help and who has finished, then act before the lesson ends. That is what learning analytics for teachers should mean: information about what is happening on screen, while you can still use it.
Read the room as it happens
When a practice is live, the grid shows each student's state at a glance and updates as they answer. Answers are marked on submit, so there is no report to refresh and no marking to wait for.
- In progress, completed or asking for help: see who is working, who has finished and who has raised a hand without saying a word.
- A "struggling" signal when a student gets the same question wrong three times, so a quiet student who is stuck does not slip past you.
- Presence badges (Active, Away, Offline or Left), plus each student's questions completed and current score.
With that, you can decide where to go next during live practice: help the student who is stuck, give an early finisher something harder and come back to a flagged question. If a student then answers their flagged question correctly, their help flag clears by itself.
The longer view, once the lesson is done
Live signals tell you what to do now; reports tell you what to plan next. After a session, ClassKite's reports give you the slower read, with no extra marking.
- Per-session completion, average score and how much the class got right first try and solved in the end.
- A per-student breakdown so you can see who needs another go.
- A score-trend chart across sessions, plus CSV export if you want the raw numbers elsewhere.
For more on acting on what a running practice shows you, see our guide to tracking student progress during live practice. Because answers are marked as students submit, a quick check works like an exit ticket that marks itself: you read the result instead of a stack of books.
Start a practice and watch the grid fill in: set a few questions, share the join code and read the signals live.
Where to build the questions
The signals are only as good as the questions behind them. You can write questions by hand for free, import a set from a spreadsheet, or have the AI draft a batch and review it before it reaches a student. The AI drafts questions only; it does not read your PDFs or plan lessons.
Frequently asked questions
Do I need a paid plan to see the live student grid?
Yes. The Live Student Grid and reports are class analytics, part of Teacher Plus and the School plan; on Teacher Basic the grid is shown blurred. Running a practice with instant per-student feedback is free on Teacher Basic, and students always join free with a join code. Compare the plans, or see how school plans cover every teacher in a department.
Does ClassKite predict which students are at risk?
No. There are no predictive models, no at-risk scoring and no automated recommendations. The grid shows what is happening live and reports summarise what already happened; the conclusions are yours.
Is this a gradebook?
Not the live grid, which is for the lesson itself. Grades are in the Gradebook, which adds every practice up into a grade for each student, and per-session reports with CSV export sit between the two. ClassKite has no attendance register and no messaging to parents.
Related reading: how ClassKite saves teachers time, how to reduce marking time, and a closer look at class reports and trends.