Marshall County Schools, a K-12 district in Kentucky, set out to make learning more personalized and data-informed. Their goal was to equip teachers with real-time insights into student progress without adding extra burden. The district needed a platform that could support standards-based grading (SBG), simplify common assessment administration, and help them monitor student growth at scale across all content areas.
Marshall County adopted Otus in 2019 to streamline assessment and grading while gaining deeper visibility into student learning. With Otus, the district could administer common assessments to more than 3,000 students twice a year, track student growth in between those benchmarks, and use flexible assessment tools like rubrics to align with their SBG goals.
The platform became a true hub for digital learning materials, allowing educators to assign and manage more than 65,000 lessons in the 2024-25 school year alone. With Infinite Campus integration and Clever rostering, Otus fits seamlessly into the district’s tech ecosystem.
Now in their sixth year with Otus, Marshall County continues to expand how they use the platform:
Otus also helps the district consolidate third-party data, such as Renaissance Star, KSA (Kentucky Summative Assessment), ACT, WIDA ACCESS, and AP scores, in one place. This provides a clearer picture of student performance and growth across multiple measures, making it easier for educators to act on what matters most.
Whether supporting standards-based grading, administering assessments, or tracking trends across school and district levels, Otus remains central to the district’s strategy for data-informed teaching and learning.