Districts that share their student rosters with Formative via a bulk-rostering with Clever, Classlink, or OneRoster, can opt-in to sharing student demographic data. While districts can select to share multiple data points with Formative, the five demographic data categories supported in Formative reporting are:
Gender
Race
Economically Disadvantaged (ED)
Special Education (SPED)
Limited English Proficiency (LEP)
When student demographic data is shared, performance on Formative activities by these data points will be displayed for teachers and admins on the individual activity's Insights tab.
Teachers and coaches use this view to look for subgroup trends. The demographic chart lives in the Insights tab and uses the same demographic breakdown data that is shared.
Default Selection: All eligible demographic filters auto-select on load (we exclude birth/residence data, and plan to continue excluding those).
Single Chart: One stacked bar chart shows All Students plus a bar for each selected subgroup.
Color & Segments: Each stacked segment aligns with score thresholds (color + category) and scales to that subgroup’s average percentage.
Ordering: Groups are organized by category (race & ethnicity, gender, LEP, ED, SPED) and alphabetical within each.
Tooltips: Hover to see student counts and percentage breakdowns.
Print View: Prints the chart only (dropdowns are non-printable).
Filtering: Deselecting items removes those bars; reselecting adds them back seamlessly.
Resilience: Subgroups with zero students are hidden, and if no demographics are visible, you’ll see an empty state prompting selection.
The same supported data points will also be available as filtering options on Teacher Tracker reports and Admin (Team) Tracker reports
Sharing Demographic Data with Formative
For demographics to be sent over steps need to be taken both on the client's side and on Formative's side. Follow the instructions below per your selected rostering solution, and then reach out to Formative Support with a request to enable demographics on the Formative side as well.
Once all steps have been completed, the demographic data will appear in Formative within 24 hours.
Clever
Enable basic demographics (race/gender/place of birth/ YoB)
Make sure that the extra demographics for SPED, IEP, and ED are shared with Clever
Reach out to Formative Support with a request to enable demographics on the Formative side
Classlink
We require the demographic fields to be in specific naming format, please reach out for support for additional details.
Enable metadata sharing
Enable basic demographics (race/gender/place of birth/ YoB)
Verify extra demographics are shared (these require the additional files and enabling of metadata)
Reach out to Formative Support with a request to enable demographics on the Formative side
Oneroster
Make sure you enable the option for demographics in the export/API setup
Reach out to Formative Support with a request to enable demographics on the Formative side
Manual Method
Demographics can also be set manually and viewed manually from the individual student management profile