Research

During the 2016–17 academic year, Latisha D. Lowery, Ed.D., conducted a study to examine the effects of Reading Eggs on elementary reading growth. Lowery recruited two classrooms of 2nd graders at Fairfield Magnet School for Math and Science (FMSMS) in Winnsboro, South Carolina, to participate. One group received a supplemental Reading Eggs intervention for a minimum of 60 minutes per week for a six-week testing period. The author’s results revealed that the Reading Eggs program, when used as a supplement, was effective in improving reading proficiency scores. 

ESSA Level of Research: Moderate Evidence (Quasi-Experimental)

Overall: Statistically significant effects were observed in 6th-grade math when students used Study Island often and over an extended period of time.

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ESSA Level of Research: Moderate Evidence (Quasi-Experimental)

Overall: Study Island Benchmarks have strong predictive validity for the Pennsylvania state summative test. Using Study Island had statistically significant effects for English language arts and math, resulting in higher test scores and proficiency-level classifications.

Overall: Study Island Benchmarks have strong predictive validity for the Pennsylvania state summative test. Using Study Island had statistically significant effects for English language arts and math, resulting in higher test scores and proficiency-level classifications.

Across the nation, individual states measure student growth differently. This analysis sorts the growth strategies used in twenty states into six different models. It goes into detail on each of the six models, provides real examples of how models are used by different states, and examines how states use student growth as an accountability measure. 

Understanding how these states measure student growth provides a basis for modeling growth in Exact Path and will continue to inform future investment for this Edmentum program.

ESSA Level of Research: Promising Evidence

Overall: We find medium to large associations between student performance on subject specific Edmentum Test Packs assessments and the ACT providing evidence of predictive validity. Edmentum Test Packs in Support of ACT Preparation are designed to assess and support students in preparation for the ACT.

ESSA Level of Research: Moderate Evidence (Quasi-Experimental)

Overall: Students in 4th, 5th, and 7th grade who used Study Island scored higher on the state math test and were more likely to perform at the proficient or highly proficient level than comparable peers who did not use Study Island.

Overall: Students in 4th, 5th, and 7th grade who used Study Island scored higher on the state math test and were more likely to perform at the proficient or highly proficient level than comparable peers who did not use Study Island. 

ESSA Level of Research: Tier II Moderate Evidence (Quasi-Experimental)

What Works Clearing House Standard: Meets WWC Group Design Standards with Reservations

Overall: Use of Exact Path lessons has a positive, statistically significant effect on growth from one test to the next.

ESSA Level of Research: Tier II Moderate Evidence (Quasi-Experimental)

What Works Clearing House Standard: Meets WWC Group Design Standards with Reservations

Overall: Use of Exact Path lessons has a positive, statistically significant effect on growth from one test to the next.

ESSA Level of Research: Tier II Moderate Evidence (Quasi-Experimental)

What Works Clearing House Standard: Meets WWC Group Design Standards with Reservations

Overall: Use of Exact Path lessons has a positive, statistically significant effect on growth from one test to the next.

ESSA Level of Research: Moderate Evidence (Quasi-Experimental)

What Works Clearing House Standard: Meets WWC Group Design Standards with Reservations

ESSA Level of Research: Moderate Evidence (Quasi-Experimental)

What Works Clearing House Standard: Meets WWC Group Design Standards with Reservations

Overall: Results from this third-party study indicate a strong relationship between Exact Path diagnostic scores and ILEARN scores, which yield highly accurate predictions of student performance on ILEARN.

Click download below for the research brief, or view the complete study conducted by third-party organization, HumRRO.

Overall: Results from this third-party study indicate a strong relationship between Exact Path diagnostic scores and ILEARN scores, which yield highly accurate predictions of student performance on ILEARN.

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Reading Eggs and Reading Eggspress are NWEA-approved Instructional Content Providers. Curriculum experts from both organizations worked collaboratively to align core lessons in Reading Eggs and Reading Eggspress with the RIT scores that students earn when they complete an NWEA Growth assessment. This placement table allows educators to use the RIT scores that students earn on their recent NWEA assessments to determine appropriate placement into Reading Eggs or Reading Eggspress core reading lessons. 

Overall: Results from this study show strong correlations between the Exact Path diagnostic assessment and the Pennsylvania System of School Assessment (PSSA) scores across content areas and grades.

Overall: Results from this study show strong correlations between the Exact Path diagnostic assessment and the State of Texas Assessment of Academic Readiness (STAAR) scores across content areas and grades.

Calvert Learning uses the PLUS Framework to deliver high-quality curriculum. The framework consists of four elements: project, learn, use, show. The Calvert Learning curriculum brings the PLUS framework to life through principles of learning design featured in the work of John Hattie. Calvert's learning design is based on high-impact instructional practices identified by Hattie: explicit instruction, active learning, project-based learning, scaffolding, feedback, and evaluation and reflection.

An Oklahoma case study found a positive relationship between time spent using Reading Eggs and growth in reading; specifically, students that spent 30 minutes per week on Reading Eggs during the 2019-2020 school year grew an average of one grade level. The case study also demonstrates how Reading Eggs ensured seamless continuity of learning despite school closures and the transition to distance learning. 

This case study examines evidence to answer a simple question critical to the future of education: Is virtual learning associated with successful outcomes for high-achieving, college-bound students? The findings documented in the case study demonstrate that students who enroll in TPH and EdOptions Academy have high academic outcomes that are critical to their success in school and beyond.

This case study brief examines evidence to answer a simple question critical to the future of education: Is virtual learning associated with successful outcomes for high-achieving, college-bound students? To answer this research question, this case study examines outcome data from high-performing student-athletes in the Total Package Hockey Center of Excellence (TPH) and EdOptions Academy virtual learning program. The study examines data from 3,941 courses taken by students from 2017–21, including course-completion rates, course grades, formative and summative test scores, and survey responses. The findings documented in the case study demonstrate that students who enroll in TPH and EdOptions Academy have high academic outcomes that are critical to their success in school and beyond.

This paper explores the question: Is Edmentum Courseware associated with successful outcomes for high-achieving, college-bound students? After examining the data from 3,941 courses taken by TPH student-athletes from 2017–21, the clear answer is: yes. This study demonstrates that, when students have access to a research-based curriculum that is optimized for virtual learning and that actively engages students and supported by highly qualified educators, they can be successful at high academic levels and can outperform the national average on postsecondary measures of success like SAT and ACT exams.

This case study examines evidence to answer a simple question critical to the future of education: Is Edmentum Courseware associated with successful outcomes for high-achieving, college-bound students? To answer this research question, this case study examines outcome data from high-performing student-athletes in the Total Package Hockey Center of Excellence (TPH) and the Edmentum Courseware digital curriculum. The study examines data from 3,941 courses taken by students from 2017–21, including course-completion rates, course grades, and formative and summative test scores.

This case study goes under the hood of the EdOptions Academy K-5 program during the 2020-21 school year, one of the most disruptive and challenging years in the history of American education. We examine the EOA model by hearing directly from several members of the instructional team, which has expanded dramatically to meet growing demand due to school disruptions beginning in 2020-21. They share insights on five themes for engaging students in high-quality virtual programs.

In response to pandemic impact, there has been a growing focus on the importance of building sustainable, high-quality virtual programs. This case study examines outcomes of Mentoring, Edmentum's virtual teacher training program. Launched to help districts build instructional capacity for their virtual academics, the program is designed around five key components of effective virtual teaching practice.

To what extent can high-quality virtual learning address and reduce risk factors for students? In 2019, as part of a strategic turnaround effort, Odyssey Online Learning (OOL), a public virtual charter high school in South Carolina serving students in every region of the state, partnered with Edmentum to design a virtual learning program. This partnership significantly expanded the school's course catalog and wrapped it with high-quality instructional services and student-centered engagement coaches.

Rural school leaders are, in a sense, innovators. They have long recognized the benefits of adopting virtual learning programs in their schools. This case study explores the ways in which virtual learning can support schools in rural communities. It first examines this through the lesns of course catalog expansion, a strategy to help schools expand curricular options that they can't otherwise offer.

Edmetric, a third-party research organization, completed a Differential Item Functioning (DIF) study of the Exact Path diagnostic item bank during Sp

Overall: Results from this study show strong correlations between the Exact Path diagnostic assessment and the State of Arizona AzM2 Exam scores across content areas and grades.

Detail: This research study investigated the correlation between scores on the Exact Path diagnostic assessment and scores on the spring 2021 State of Arizona AzM2 Exam in one district. The findings in this study show strong correlations between the Exact Path diagnostic and AzM2 scores across content areas and grades, providing evidence that the assessments tend to measure the same skills and knowledge.

Overall: Results from this study show strong correlations between the Exact Path diagnostic assessment and the Wisconsin Forward Exam scores across content areas and grades.

Detail: This research study investigated the correlation between scores on the Exact Path diagnostic assessment and scores on the spring 2021 Wisconsin Forward Exam. The findings in this study show strong correlations between the Exact Path diagnostic and Forward Exam scores across content areas and grades, providing evidence that the assessments tend to measure the same skills and knowledge.

Standards Mastery holds tier 4 ESSA evidence following a third-party research study conducted by Johns Hopkins School of Education.

By implementing Standards Mastery, you're taking the steps toward provide scaffolded on-grade level instruction that provides proficiency and growth over time.

Edmentum performed a quasi-experimental study of the effectiveness of our Study Island online learning platform on student growth during the 2016-17 school year. These results indicate that Study Island is an effective, evidence-based intervention. Specifically, the study has been verified to meet all criteria to qualify Study Island as meeting the ESSA requirements of an “evidence-based” intervention.

This paper presents the results of a year-long study of Edmentum Exact Path from a nationwide field test during the 2016–17 school year. Results indicate that use of Edmentum Exact Path is positively associated with student achievement outcomes in math, reading, and language arts. Statistically significant effects were found linking the amount of time spent on Exact Path and end-of-year diagnostic scores. 

This paper is an invitation to learn about the instructional design of Edmentum Courseware and how it helps teachers and students achieve learning outcomes.

Considering the inherent complexities involved, learning how to read high level, complex texts is an extraordinary achievement. The Reading Eggspress comprehension program makes the cognitive and metacognitive skills required for comprehension explicit to learners.

The challenges of learning to spell in English are widely documented in literature. Up to one third of students fail to read and spell to a reasonable standard. The Reading Eggspress Spelling program is explicit and systematic with a focus on spelling patterns, structure and meaning features.

The Lexile Framework linking study was conducted to determine the relationship between Exact Path reading diagnostic scale scores and Lexile measures. This abstract provides an overview of the linking study methods. Results indicate a strong positive correlation between Exact Path reading scale scores and Lexile measures. Student Lexile measures, which are reported in Exact Path following administration of the reading diagnostic, can be used to locate reading materials at an appropriate level of difficulty for the student.

Exact Path has been awarded a WIDA PRIME V2 correlation, indicating the program’s ability to meet ELL students’ listening, speaking, reading, and writing needs.

The complete correlation can also be found on the WIDA PRIME V2 website under correlated instructional materials.

Reading Eggs has been awarded a WIDA PRIME V2 correlation, indicating the program’s ability to meet ELL students’ listening, speaking, reading, and writing needs. A correlation is also available for Reading Eggspress.

Reading Eggspress has been awarded a WIDA PRIME V2 correlation, indicating the program’s ability to meet ELL students’ listening, speaking, reading, and writing needs. A correlation is also available for Reading Eggs.

Overall: Statistically significant effects were observed in 6th-grade math when students used Study Island often and over an extended period of time.

The Quantile Framework linking study was conducted to determine the relationship between Exact Path mathematics diagnostic scale scores and Quantile measures. This abstract provides an overview of the linking study methods. Results indicate a strong positive correlation between Exact Path mathematics scale scores and Quantile measures. Student Quantile measures, which are reported in Exact Path following administration of the mathematics diagnostic, can be used to determine a student’s readiness for instruction on particular mathematics skills.

Decades of psychological science research and comprehensive reviews have revealed a strong consensus around the importance of systematic phonics instruction during the initial stages of learning to read. A systematic phonics program, such as Fast Phonics, provides planned learning experiences that give learners the tools to decode words. Synthetic phonics involves identifying sets of letters and sounds; blending the sounds all the way through the word, and then segmenting sounds to spell each word.

Coronavirus (COVID-19) has disrupted learning for millions of students as schools face unprecedented closures. The education research community can draw on other circumstances where there are gaps in learning schedules, namely summer, to forecast how additional lost learning time from COVID-19 might negatively affect students. State departments of education are evaluating different research-based means to support continuous learning that also mitigates increased gaps in knowledge. 

Edmentum maintains its #educatorfirst commitment by providing guidance and support to educators during these complicated times. This paper combines a review of state recommendations with information taken from educational research groups to build a cohesive picture of recommendations and best practices that can guide educators in maximizing learning outcomes in the 2020-21 school year.

Edmentum's recommended school reopening plan centers on the following ideals:

Exact Path may be used in a variety of ways. Duration and frequency are both important to drive desired student outcomes. We're providing Exact Path dosage recommendations based on learning goal and implementation model to help you and your students achieve desired growth.

Research confirms that students who complete at least 8 skills show significant learning gains and with an investment of at least 20 minutes per session and 40-60 minutes per week per subject, students will be on their way to improving academic achievement!

Priority standards, also commonly referred to as power standards, represent the essential learnings a student must master to advance to the next grade level. A focus on priority standards means that while every standard in a grade level is addressed, more time and emphasis can be placed on those standards that fit the criteria of priority standards, and learners experience more instruction and practice on those concepts and skills.

Reading Eggs incorporates a wide variety of effective, research-based, learning activities within a highly motivational framework that helps keep students on task and achieving reading success. Explore the scientific research base overview for early literacy development in Reading Eggs.

Edmentum Exact Path is aligned with valid research. This paper documents the research findings that support the program and presents examples of that research in action by showcasing actual screens students engage with. Whether a second grader is working on new reading skills or a fifth-grader is revisiting key Building Blocks in mathematics, Exact Path offers the individualized instruction, practice, and assessment that each learner needs.

To define high-quality sustainable virtual programs is to look holistically at a variety of virtual programs and identify successful program components and practices. Edmentum has produced a series of five case studies that evaluate outcome data across different virtual programs and student populations. This executive summary elevates impact highlights from each study, but we encourage you to dig deeper into each individual study as well.