New Study Finds Alabama Students Improve Test Scores Using Fuel Education’s Stride
July 20 2017 - 8:00AM
Business Wire
Study by the Auburn University Center for
Evaluation (ACE) found Fuel Education’s digital learning solution
“a valuable method of improving scores for any student”
Since 2006, the Council for Leaders in Alabama Schools (CLAS),
in partnership with the Alabama State Department of Education
(ALSDE), has provided schools across Alabama with access to
Stride™, an award-winning adaptive digital learning solution from
Fuel Education® (FuelEd®), to improve student outcomes and to
better engage individual students in school. To test the
effectiveness of the program, the Auburn University Center for
Evaluation (ACE) analyzed ACT® Aspire® data for students using
Stride and compared it to scores of their matched peers. The study,
“Data Analysis and Evaluation of the Motivated Data Stride
Computer-Online Learning Program and its Impact on ACT Aspire
Results,” found Stride was “successful during the 2014/2015 and
2015/2016 school years in improving academic achievement in
targeted schools.”
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Key findings from the study include:
- Students who used Stride improved math
benchmark pass rates by 15 percent compared to their
demographically matched peers who improved pass rates by 8
percent.
- Students who used Stride improved
reading benchmark pass rates by 10 percent whereas their peers
showed no statistically significant change.
- Students who used Stride and are
economically disadvantaged improved math pass rates by 23 percent
whereas their peers showed no statistically significant
change.
- African American students who used
Stride and are economically disadvantaged improved at a greater
rate than their peers for math pass rates (23 percent vs. 10
percent) and reading pass rates (18 percent vs. 13 percent).
- Students who are in special education
and used Stride improved reading benchmark pass rates by 57 percent
compared to an improvement of 33 percent by their matched
peers.
The study states, “Overall, the evidence provided in this report
suggests that Stride is a valuable method of improving scores for
any student. However, those with the most to gain appear to receive
the greatest benefit from participation.”
Charles A. Gardner, Ed.S., principal of Hokes Bluff Elementary
School in Etowah County, AL, and a 2016 NAESP Distinguished
Principal, agrees that Stride is effective for his students.
“Stride gives students confidence because it meets the student at
his or her particular level of ability,” said Gardner. “Students
are motivated by the coin-based reward system and the gaming
component, and it is a great example of learning while having fun.
Additionally, we use Stride’s data analytics in our monthly data
meetings to provide the teachers with important information
regarding student achievement. Stride reports are easily understood
and we can provide them to parents in parent/teacher conferences so
that parents can see their children’s progress.”
“Stride is appropriate for use in both classroom and
after-school settings,” said Sean Ryan, General Manager at FuelEd.
“More importantly the ACE study suggests that when students
interact with Stride’s engaging content, they are more likely to
make greater academic gains than their peers.”
In Stride, students are motivated to master math, language arts,
reading, and science concepts by the prospect of earning “coins”
they can redeem for gaming time. A variety of content ensures
students are engaged and the adaptive question engine helps them
focus on the concepts they need to practice. The built-in
assessments allow teachers to gauge preparedness for end-of-course
and end-of year tests and can help track student performance and
guide instructional intervention. Stride is online so it can be
accessed anytime, anywhere on a variety of devices, including
tablets and Chromebooks.
“The key findings from this research affirm the work of
students, teachers, administrators, and our CLAS Academic
Specialists, as well as validate the academic benefits of the
Stride adaptive learning platform,” said Dr. L. Earl Franks, CAE,
recently retired CLAS Executive Director. “Furthermore, we are
extremely honored and proud to be affiliated with a program that
provides these types of exceptional results for Alabama students.
We are also appreciative to the Alabama Department of Education,
the Alabama State Board of Education, and the Alabama Legislature
for providing much needed at-risk funding to assist those students
and schools who need it most.”
Fuel Education will host a webinar on Stride on Tuesday, July
25, 2017 at 3:30 pm ET. Register here:
http://online.fueleducation.com/StrideWebinar-Reg.html. To learn
more about Stride, visit fueleducation.com/stride.
About Fuel Education
Fuel Education® partners with school districts to fuel
personalized learning and transform the education experience inside
and outside the classroom. The company provides innovative
solutions for pre-K through 12th grade that empower districts
to implement successful online and blended learning programs. Its
open, easy-to-use Personalized Learning Platform, PEAK™, enables
teachers to customize courses using their own content, FuelEd
courses and titles, third-party content, and open educational
resources. Fuel Education serves more than 2,000 school districts,
offering one of the industry’s largest catalogs of K–12 digital
curriculum, certified instruction, professional development, and
educational services. To learn more, visit fueleducation.com
and Twitter.
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