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    IXL

    Score8.1 out of 10
    N/AIXL Learning is an educational technology company headquartered in San Mateo, that delivers an immersive e-learning content and digital curricula for students in all grades, in math, English language arts, science, and social studies. Boasting over 12 million students already using IXL in the U.S., and over 100 billion questions asked and answered around the world, IXL is helps schools use technology to improve teaching and learning. From algebra to adverbs, molecules to maps, IXL’s content and…

    $299

    per year

    Maestro

    Score8.7 out of 10
    N/AMaestro is an employee performance and talent mangement software solution offered by Madison.N/A
    Pricing
    IXLMaestro
    Editions & Modules
    Math Pre-K to 12
    $299
    per year 25 students
    Language Arts Pre-K to 12
    $299
    per year 25 students
    Science Grades 2 to 8
    $299
    per year 25 students
    Social Studies Grades 2 to 8
    $299
    per year 25 students
    Spanish Level 1
    $299
    per year 25 students
    Schools & Districts level plan
    Custom
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    Offerings
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    IXLMaestro
    Free Trial
    YesNo
    Free/Freemium Version
    NoNo
    Premium Consulting/Integration Services
    NoNo
    Entry-level Setup FeeNo setup feeNo setup fee
    Additional DetailsDiscounts available for bundled curricula and per student cost for larger student bodies / classroom sizes.—
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    Delivers good value for the price
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    Lived up to sales and marketing promises
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    User Ratings
    IXLMaestro
    Likelihood to Recommend
    9.0
    (5 ratings)
    8.0
    (3 ratings)
    Likelihood to Renew
    -
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    7.0
    (1 ratings)
    Usability
    -
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    9.0
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    Support Rating
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    User Testimonials
    IXLMaestro
    Likelihood to Recommend
    IXL Learning
    It is great for providing students extra resources and opportunities for practice. In this case, it is extremely well suited. Moreover, since every student is different, the dynamic adjustment allows students to work through more/less problems depending on their level of mastery which can help students pinpoint areas of issues to discuss in the class. It is less appropriate for settings where a student may struggle to teach themselves as this requires some level of independence on part of the user.
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    Madison
    Maestro is well suited for demand planning scenarios if you need to adjust your plan based on historical data. With the Demand Override option, the plan can be easily derived to the least granular level of the hierarchy. There are ML features to handle the outliers in our plan. This is less appropriate if you want to migrate more custom and complex logic from SAP APO.
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    Pros
    IXL Learning
    • Aligned to standards
    • Progress monitoring
    • Rigorous practice
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    Madison
    • Customer Support - I appreciate that I always get a quick response, if not immediate with easy to follow solutions to my concerns/issues. Their customer support team is always positive, friendly and helpful!
    • Easy to Learn and Understand - I am not great with technology but I find Maestro easy to learn, use and navigate. It is very user friendly.
    • Ability to Easily Update Charges - I appreciate the ease of access to Member and guest billing and folios and how easy it is for me to post, remove or reverse charges as need be.
    • One Interface - I appreciate being able to track member information and reservations in one area! What a great tool.
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    Cons
    IXL Learning
    • Clearer explanation of scores
    • When scoring - what are they comparing the range to?
    • Make the platform more entertaining for younger audiences.
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    Madison
    • No ability to view contact information from a home screen (must click into profile to see phone number)
    • Feels a bit archaic
    • Would be nice to see "flags" or ways to mark students for calling
    • Wish that the 'attempted call' option turned a student yellow instead of keeping them red
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    Likelihood to Renew
    IXL Learning
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    Madison
    Maestro is what we are comfortable with and probably what we'll stay with, but it can be slow at times and lacks certain functionalities
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    Usability
    IXL Learning
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    Madison
    AI guidance can be used to identify the outliers with minimal time. The system will provide the high-priority exceptions with clear context and suggested actions. If we modify the forecast, it will immediately recalculate the capacity, component availability, and margin impacts. Demand Preview and Supply Network planning can provide KPIs like Total Demand and Total Supply forecast. These KPIs can be used to check the performance of the production plants.
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    Support Rating
    IXL Learning
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    Madison
    I love Maestro support! They are always available or get back to you quickly. The employees that work at Maestro must get treated well because they are always positive and patient on the phone with me. And, even though I am not great with technology they always help me find a solution.
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    IXL Learning
    IXL is the best for easy to find practice for math standards. Freckle has more in depth features and integrates with other Renaissance products well, but can be hard to learn or use. Prodigy is a fun math game platform that works well for extra student practice or learning, but isn't as targeted as IXL
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    Madison
    I have experience with SAP IBP in my previous organization. Compared to IBP, Maestro uses the concurrent planning engine. The Performance of Maestro is better. SAP IBP is mainly built for the SAP Environment. Maestro can be used with different ERP systems as well. We were having some non-APO market planning. Maestro can be used to address this scenario as well.
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    Return on Investment
    IXL Learning
    • It has allowed our students to be remediated or enriched on a much easier basis without having to come up with ideas for them.
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    Madison
    • At one point our step pricing was not working properly so we did lose some room revenue. Maestro helped us get this resolved.
    • Maestro saves time, which saves money, by having all of our member billing, reservations and more in one location.
    • No other impacts that I can think of.
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