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Renaissance Combines Assessment, Instruction, and Practice in Education Intelligence System

Key Takeaways

  • Renaissance launched Renaissance Intelligence: The platform unifies assessment, instruction, practice, and curriculum alignment in what the company calls the first "Education Intelligence System."
  • AI spans the instructional cycle: Features include an AI learning engine for next-step recommendations and student groupings, an AI alignment engine tied to skills and standards, generative AI tools for lesson creation, and a smart-build engine for formative assessments.
  • Integrated analytics and applications: The system combines previously separate math, literacy, and assessment tools into one platform with analytics on student needs, growth, and next steps.

Ed tech provider Renaissance has launched Renaissance Intelligence, a platform that brings together assessment, instruction, practice, and curriculum alignment in what the company calls the industry's first "Education Intelligence System." The unified system is designed to transform personalization, simplify teacher workflows, and accelerate learning at scale, the company said in a news announcement.

"Education has been stuck in a cycle where teachers are expected to stitch together insights from disconnected tools just to personalize learning," explained Chris Bauleke, chief executive officer at Renaissance, in a statement. "Renaissance Intelligence changes that. By unifying assessment, instruction, practice, and curriculum alignment in real time, we're giving educators a connected system that amplifies their expertise and strengthens every step of the instructional journey."

The platform offers AI capabilities across the instructional cycle:

  • An AI learning engine uses student performance data to recommend next steps and create student groupings tied to skills and proficiency.
  • An AI alignment engine maps resources and recommendations to skill, standards, and core programs.
  • Generative AI tools help teachers plan, create, and differentiate learning materials.

"Current systems in education are often disconnected from core curriculum and from real classrooms, relying on rigid algorithms and one-size-fits-all approaches that lack true personalization or context. As a result, educators are left guessing about what truly works," commented Todd Brekhus, chief product officer at Renaissance. "In contrast, every feature of Renaissance Intelligence is designed to strengthen teachers' decision-making with research-grounded, just-in-time insight and AI that serves educators, rather than trying to replace them." 

Additional features include:

  • Integration of previously separate applications into one unified platform for math, literacy, and assessment;
  • An AI-powered smart-build engine that creates formative assessments tailored to individual students, small groups, and a classroom's unique learning context; and
  • Analytics for insight into student needs, growth, and next steps.

"Renaissance Intelligence represents a major step forward in making truly personalized learning possible at scale," added Bauleke. "It bridges the gap between data and action, helping every teacher deliver grade-level instruction with the right support at the right moment." 

For more information, visit the Renaissance site.

About the Author

Rhea Kelly is editor in chief for Campus Technology, THE Journal, and Spaces4Learning. She can be reached at [email protected].

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