Maryland's
largest school district will now use IXL's all-in-one, personalized
learning platform to boost student achievement in Algebra I,
Algebra II and Geometry courses
ROCKVILLE, Md., Sept. 12,
2024 /PRNewswire/ -- IXL, the award-winning
personalized learning platform used by more than 15 million
students, is proud to strengthen its partnership with Montgomery County Public Schools (MCPS), the
largest public school district in Maryland. As part of the collaboration, MCPS
is expanding its use of IXL Math to personalize learning for
students taking Algebra I, Algebra II and Geometry courses. This
effort will accelerate learning for 67,000 middle and high school
students, and give more educators across the district resources to
differentiate daily instruction. IXL is currently used by more than
60 percent of K-12 school districts in Maryland, reaching approximately 280,000
learners.
"Montgomery County Public
Schools is a trailblazer in providing equitable and personalized
learning experiences that empower every student to succeed,"
said Paul Mishkin, CEO of IXL
Learning. "We're excited to expand our partnership and continue
supporting the district's mission to unlock each student's full
potential in mathematics."
Montgomery County Public
Schools, home to 211 K-12 schools and
160,000 students, initially adopted IXL Math in 2023 to support
36,000 students in grades 6-8. Educators quickly recognized IXL's
strengths, including its adaptability to individual learning needs,
power to help teachers effectively differentiate instruction and
robust tools for district-wide progress monitoring. IXL was also
chosen because its skills align perfectly to Maryland's state standards, the district's
Illustrative Mathematics textbooks and the NWEA MAP Growth
assessment. After seeing strong results, MCPS expanded IXL's use to
high school math courses, including Algebra I, Algebra II and
Geometry. IXL now plays a pivotal role in enhancing math education
for over 40 percent of MCPS students.
An innovative, personalized solution backed by
research
With limited instructional time and growing class
sizes, educators need reliable tools to effectively differentiate
math instruction. IXL meets this need by providing thousands of
curriculum and instructional resources, actionable analytics, and a
state-of-the-art assessment suite on one platform. Each component
is uniquely powerful on its own, but together they create a unified
solution that accelerates math learning.
In fact, research has shown the impact of IXL Math on academic
achievement in Maryland: Schools
using IXL Math outperformed comparable schools on the MCAP math
assessment, achieving proficiency rates more than 7 percentage
points higher than those using other solutions.
Comprehensive curriculum for deeper learning
IXL's
comprehensive PK-12 math curriculum contains more than 12,000
standards-aligned skills that connect to, support, and build on one
another to meet any learning need. The curriculum promotes rigor by
enabling students to develop a conceptual understanding of math,
build procedural fluency and tackle challenging problems that have
real-world applications. Each skill is adaptive, adjusting in
difficulty to ensure students are perfectly challenged. Based on
students' previous work, IXL generates personalized recommendations
in real time that guide learners to skills that will help them make
the most progress.
Additionally, IXL offers a wealth of instructional resources
that keep students engaged. More than 2,800 video tutorials for
Grades 1 through Precalculus match one-to-one with each IXL skill
to support students when they're working independently and ensure
they have the guidance to learn with confidence. Students also
receive immediate feedback while working on any IXL skill. If they
answer a question incorrectly, IXL provides the correct answer
along with a step-by-step explanation of how to solve the specific
problem they missed. This shows students precisely where they went
wrong and empowers them to self-remediate.
Accurately assess knowledge in real time
Testing is
crucial for measuring student progress, but traditional assessments
are often time-consuming and unreliable. To address this challenge,
IXL offers the IXL LevelUp™ Assessment Suite, the
only unified solution that enables students to move seamlessly from
fast, focused assessment back into meaningful instruction and
practice. The LevelUp assessment solution provides a clear path
forward for every student by pinpointing growth areas and
generating actionable insights to inform decision making.
The assessment suite includes:
- The LevelUp™ Math Benchmark Assessment and IXL Diagnostic
help educators confidently identify students for intervention, lead
organization-wide improvement efforts, track student growth, and
more—without waiting for official state testing results. Both
generate personalized action plans with recommended skills from
IXL's curriculum, helping educators rapidly differentiate and
accelerate learning.
- The nationally normed Universal Math Screener flags students
who are at risk of not meeting grade-level standards in 20 minutes,
so educators can quickly plan for intervention.
IXL Analytics also provides real-time insights that allow
educators to identify trouble spots and monitor performance, so
they can respond to student needs faster and facilitate meaningful
growth.
Administrators can use IXL District Analytics and IXL School
Analytics to track student progress and teacher engagement to
improve IXL's impact on their school or district. With robust
grouping and filtering capabilities, district leaders can analyze
data across schools, courses, teachers, student demographics, and
more. This enables administrators to zero in on what matters most,
extract valuable insights, and take informed action.
About IXL
Currently used by 15 million students and in
95 of the top 100 U.S. school districts, IXL is an all-inclusive
educational platform that provides a comprehensive PK-12 curriculum
and instructional resources, actionable analytics and a
state-of-the-art assessment suite. Available in 54 languages, IXL's
end-to-end teaching and learning solution supports personalized
instruction in math, English language arts, science, social studies
and Spanish. With more than 150 billion questions asked and
answered around the world, IXL is helping schools and parents
successfully boost student achievement. The IXL Learning family of
products also includes Rosetta
Stone, Dictionary.com, Thesaurus.com, TPT, inglés.com,
FrenchDictionary.com, Wyzant, Vocabulary.com, ABCya, Education.com
and Carson Dellosa Education. To learn more about IXL, visit
www.ixl.com, facebook.com/IXL and x.com/IXLLearning.
Press Contact
Eric
Bates
IXL Learning
press@ixl.com
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