February 2026 Product Updates

As winter settles in and we kick off a fresh new year, February’s release brings a bundle of updates designed to make your SpacesEDU experience smoother, clearer, and more supportive of learning growth.

From our first big step toward a full competency framework to streamlining workflows in the Reporting Space, this release is all about giving teachers and students the tools they need to shine — even in the chilliest months.

Competency Framework

Introducing the Competency Framework, a powerful new tool designed to support your district's competency-based education initiatives within SpacesEDU Portfolios. Building upon previously released assessment features for teachers, the competency framework is a customizable foundation that brings your Portrait of a Graduate, core competencies, or capstone project assessments to life in a way that's meaningful for both educators and students.

With the Competency Framework, educators and students can:

• Build flexible assessment structures with 1-level frameworks (competency only) or 2-level frameworks (competency + skills/sub-competencies) to match your district's unique needs.
• Enable student self-assessment so learners can identify which competencies their work reflects and evaluate their own progress, fostering greater metacognition and autonomy.
• Customize language and content with different terminology for students and teachers, plus grade band support to ensure age-appropriate guidance and resources.

Already have a competency framework or CBE initiative in place? Our success specialists will work with you to build a custom framework using our dedicated framework builder, tailored specifically to your district's goals. You can include custom resource links, define grade bands, and configure optional assessment settings—all within a single district-wide framework.

This is just the foundation. As we continue developing the Competency Framework, you'll see even more ways to align portfolio work with your district's vision for student success and competency development.

Reporting Space Quality of Life Updates

With intuitive workflows being top of mind, these **Reporting Space **updates include a streamlined workspace with a refreshed user interface for writing reports.

Key improvements include:

• Full-Screen Report Writing Panel - You asked, we listened! Writing reports now feels much more spacious. With the new full-screen panel, teachers get an uncluttered canvas for reviewing student work, organization, and for drafting comments that lean into report writing preferences, whether this is student-by-student or subject-by-subject. No more tight text boxes or feeling cramped — just space to breathe and write with clarity. This has been one of the most celebrated updates in early feedback, and we’re excited for you to experience it.
• Easy student switching so teachers can move between students without having to close and reopen individual records—removing significant friction from the workflow.
• Persistent save buttons that follow you as you scroll, eliminating the need to scroll back to the top to preserve your progress.
• Section pinning to keep your focus on a specific section (Eg. Summary Statement, Area of Learning) while working through reports.
• Admin flexibility with the ability to un-approve a Reporting Space much more easily.

These improvements are designed to keep the focus on what matters most—providing meaningful feedback to students and families.

Centrally Added Summary Statement Headers in the Reporting Space

Centrally Added Summary Statement headers in the Reporting Space are designed to bring consistency and alignment to reporting across your district in SpacesEDU. Think of it as a way to ensure all teachers are speaking the same language when it comes to student progress, while still maintaining the flexibility to adapt to individual classroom needs.

We recognize that many schools are finding teachers create different headers for their Reporting Space Summary Statements, which can lead to inconsistency across classes and grade levels. It’s also an additional communication piece to teachers when striving for consistency in naming practices. With this update, we’re making things even easier!. Districts can define a set of official Summary Statement headers that will be added to your District Settings in the Reporting Space, ready to be used by all teachers. Teachers can still remove Summary Statements that may not be applicable to their specific class, ensuring the right balance between district alignment and classroom autonomy.

Districts can work with their success specialist to configure official Summary Statement headers that reflect district reporting practices and priorities. Once set up, these will be available in all teachers’ Reporting Space Settings, creating greater consistency without adding extra work.

Additional Updates

• Preserved Page Position in Portfolio Table & Proficiency Report
• • Navigating between views is now smoother. When you move from the Portfolio Table into a student’s portfolio (or from the Proficiency Report into a student’s report feed), you’ll be back on the exact page you were on when you return — no more being reset to page 1.
• Preserved Filters Across Portfolio & Reporting Views
• • Filters will now stay applied as you move between views. Whether you’re filtering the Portfolio Table or the Proficiency Report, entering a student view and returning will no longer clear your filters, helping you work more efficiently.
• Bulk Remove Proficiencies in GrowthBook
• • Bulk Apply now works both ways. In addition to adding proficiencies in bulk, teachers can now bulk remove proficiencies — making cleanup and adjustments much faster.

If you’re interested in learning more about SpacesEDU Pro or the Reporting, Assessment, and Portfolio add-on features for your school or district, don’t hesitate to contact us—pro@spacesedu.com.

Learn more about SpacesEDU Pro on our website - https://spacesedu.com/en/pricing/

Stay tuned for more information on upcoming releases. For the latest updates, check out our Public Product Roadmap. You can submit ideas or add your thoughts to any of the existing Roadmap items.

Updated on: 18/02/2026