The present disclosure relates to a method for driving an organic light emitting display device, a driving controller, and a display device. When startup detection is required to be performed on the display compensation parameter of the organic light emitting display device, the startup detection is performed on the display compensation parameter of the organic light emitting display device to obtain a new compensation parameter value, and startup compensation display is performed based on the new compensation parameter value. When shutdown detection is required to be performed on the display compensation parameter of the organic light emitting display device, the shutdown detection is performed on the organic light emitting display device to obtain an updated compensation parameter value, and the updated compensation parameter value is stored.