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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

    NWEA MAP Suite

    Score10 out of 10
    N/ANWEA, a nonprofit headquartered in Portland, offers the MAP Suite, their flagship assessment platform and suite.N/A
    Pricing
    IXLNWEA MAP Suite
    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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    IXLNWEA MAP Suite
    Free Trial
    YesNo
    Free/Freemium Version
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    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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    User Ratings
    IXLNWEA MAP Suite
    Likelihood to Recommend
    9.0
    (5 ratings)
    10.0
    (2 ratings)
    Support Rating
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    User Testimonials
    IXLNWEA MAP Suite
    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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    NWEA
    NWEA MAP is a great assessment for 1st grade and up. It directly aligns with the college and career standards. It can predict achievement on the ACT and state assessments. NWEA MAP used with kindergarten is not as aligned. It is very difficult for new kindergarteners to take. Most students guess because the assessment gets very long for them. It is a great assessment for the middle of the year for high achievers and at the end of the year for all students who are entering 1st grade.
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    Pros
    IXL Learning
    • Aligned to standards
    • Progress monitoring
    • Rigorous practice
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    NWEA
    • NWEA MAP Suite calculates projected growth for individual students based on their grade level and RIT score for each subject.
    • Projected growth can be found on many different reports.
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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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    NWEA
    • NWEA MAP has technical issues during prime testing times (fall, winter, and spring). It is as if the system gets overloaded and cannot handle all of the students logged on at once.
    • I would like to be able to see the reports immediately. Currently, you have to wait until the next day for the scores to be available.
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    Support Rating
    IXL Learning
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    NWEA
    The customer service is phenomenal! Every time I call, which is not very often, I always get a friendly agent that works hard to solve my problem and does not give up. They look at all angles of the issue and will go above and beyond to help. For example, our students are rostered by connecting NWEA MAP Suite to our SIS, and sometimes there is a glitch. NWEA will call the other software company if necessary, to help get the glitch fixed.
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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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    NWEA
    NWEA MAP Suite is more directly aligned to our college and career readiness state standards and ACT. The questions are more rigorous than Renaissance Star Assessments. The reports on the NWEA MAP Suite are more detailed and exact in where the data came from.
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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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    NWEA
    • Allowed us to test students 3x a year to better evaluate if a student is growing or not.
    • The data from the MAP assessment may be included as part of the placement review process along with other data points, such as student work samples and other assessment data to help determine if a student is ready for the next grade level.
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