Adaptive Learning, Company and Report

Pearson Bets on Adaptive Learning (Again) With $25M Acquisition of Smart Sparrow

Edsurge

JANUARY 22, 2020

Already, the Sydney, Australia-based company has pulled back on its social media presence. On its website , the company claims it has more than 700 institutional customers across the K-12, higher education and corporate learning space. In 2014, the Gates Foundation awarded the company a $4.5

Pearson

Pearson Adaptive Learning Knewton OER

Report: One of the Biggest Obstacles to Remote Learning? Finding a Quiet Place to Work

Edsurge

JULY 22, 2020

Baker’s experience was reflected in the results of a survey sent by BrightBytes, an education data company, from April to June 15. Here is the full report.) Not surprisingly, those who rely on cell phones to do so report having the hardest time. ISTE, EdSurge’s parent organization, helped design the survey questions.)

Report

Report Survey LMS Digital Divide

With Eyes on Asia, Kidaptive Raises $19.1M to Grow Its ‘Invisible’ Adaptive Learning Platform

Edsurge

FEBRUARY 21, 2018

Once known for a learning game, the Redwood City, Calif.-based based company now touts itself as a provider of adaptive-learning technologies for educational content providers. Of this amount, Woongjin invested $5 million in return for a 10 percent stake in Kidaptive, reports The Korea Herald.

Adaptive Learning

Adaptive Learning Knewton Pearson Company

A Major Textbook Publisher Has Gone Private. What Does That Mean For Its Transition To Digital?

Edsurge

APRIL 12, 2022

One of the largest of those companies will try to continue the transition as a private company, hoping that the extra capital and institutional knowledge will help. Executives of the company say the deal positions them for coming expansions. In the end, the company reported that about 57 percent of shares were sold to Veritas.

Pearson

Pearson Company Adaptive Learning Report

Lexia Nationwide Report Finds 80% of Students Using Lexia Core5 Reading Did Not Experience Literacy Learning Loss During Remote and Hybrid Learning in the 2020-21 Academic Year

eSchool News

SEPTEMBER 24, 2021

23, 2021) – Lexia® Learning, a Cambium Learning® Group company, today released new research titled “Using Lexia Core5 Reading to Address Learning Loss and Accelerate Learning: Insights from a 2020-21 Nationwide Study.” The full “Using Lexia Core5 Reading” report is available at [link]. About Lexia Learning.

Differentiated Instruction

Differentiated Instruction Report Learning Company

K-12 Dealmakers to Focus on Adaptive Learning, Assessment, Report Says

Marketplace K-12

JUNE 3, 2015

Mergers and acquisition opportunities in K-12 will focus on companies that provide adaptive learning and online assessments, according to Berkery Noyes.

Adaptive Learning

Adaptive Learning Assessment Report Online Assessments

How Research-Based Tools Provide Impactful Learning Outcomes

Edsurge

FEBRUARY 27, 2023

What defines an exemplary edtech company that serves K-12 needs? While the edtech market continues to grow with innovative ways to engage students, not many companies provide products rooted in three decades of cognitive research that continue to provide solid returns on investment. In what domains has Carnegie Learning branched out?

Outcomes

Outcomes Tools Learning Company

Data Driven Instruction: How Student Data Guides Formative Assessments

EdTech Magazine

OCTOBER 16, 2018

“There are many kinds of assessments that educators use in the classroom—what makes them ‘formative’ is when the information from the assessment is used to adapt the instructional approach to meet students’ learning needs.”. MORE FROM EDTECH: Read more about adaptive learning tools teachers are using in their classrooms!

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Data Assessment Adaptive Learning Microsoft

Classi, Knewton to launch adaptive learning courses abroad

eSchool News

AUGUST 17, 2015

Partnership will bring personalized learning products to high schools in Japan. Knewton has announced a partnership with Classi to provide adaptive learning solutions to Japanese public schools. Classi is a joint venture of Benesse, the largest education publisher in Japan, and renowned Japanese telecom company SoftBank.

Knewton

Knewton Adaptive Learning Course Learning

Cengage, McGraw-Hill Agree to Merge to Become 2nd Biggest US Textbook Publisher

Edsurge

MAY 1, 2019

The news, first reported by The Wall Street Journal , would create the second-biggest U.S. The new company will retain the McGraw Hill name, but will be led by Michael Hansen, currently the CEO of Cengage. Like other established textbook publishers, both companies have reoriented their businesses around digital offerings.

Pearson

Pearson Company Adaptive Learning Report

Who is the Theranos of Education?

Edsurge

MARCH 14, 2022

Over the last few months, biotech company Theranos has re-entered the conversation due to a slew of newsworthy happenings—the Elizabeth Holmes trial finally came to an end with four of 11 charges of fraud, and Hulu announced The Dropout’s debut while Apple Original Films’s Bad Blood is currently in production. Money came flowing.

Knewton

Knewton Education Kaplan Company

Wiley to Acquire Knewton’s Assets, Marking an End to an Expensive Startup Journey

Edsurge

MAY 6, 2019

In the second eye-raising deal for the higher-ed publishing industry in as many weeks, Wiley, a major textbook publisher, has agreed to acquire the assets of Knewton, a provider of digital courseware and adaptive-learning technologies. The New York City-based company has raised more than $180 million in investment capital.

Knewton

Knewton OER Industry Adaptive Learning

Reflections on 50 years of Game-Based Learning (Part 3)

Edsurge

JANUARY 3, 2023

According to the National Center on Education Statistics , the number of adults with children under the age of 18 reporting that “computers were always or usually available for education purposes” has risen to 94 percent. Over the past few decades, there have been great strides in this area. coding) and soft skills (e.g.

Game-Based Learning

Game-Based Learning Broadband Learning Company

2018 Halftime Ka’Ching Report: U.S. Edtech Raises $739M in Venture Funding

Edsurge

JULY 16, 2018

edtech industry, that’s no big deal: In the first six months of 2018, 62 companies raised $739 million in venture capital. edtech company has hit the nine-figure mark in 2018: a $110 million round for Connexeo, a provider of administrative payment software for schools and community institutions. But for the U.S.

EdTech

EdTech Report Company Industry

Knewton Was Acquired For Less Than $17M, and Former CEO Brian Kibby Has Left

Edsurge

SEPTEMBER 7, 2019

When Wiley announced back in May that it had acquired Knewton, both companies kept mum on how much the deal was worth. In its most recent earnings report , which covers the three months ended July 31, 2019, Wiley disclosed that it had “spent $73 million in total on acquisitions in the quarter, including zyBooks and Knewton.”

Knewton

Knewton Pearson Company Adaptive Learning

ASU Agrees to Independent Investigation of Its Online Textbook Practices

Edsurge

MAY 1, 2019

He alleged that the university was requiring students in many microeconomics courses to buy a digital homework tool called MindTap so that the university would get for a grant from Cengage, the textbook company that makes it. The combined companies would form the second largest textbook publisher, behind Pearson.

Adaptive Learning

Adaptive Learning Pearson Company Social Media

5 EdTech Trends Educators Need To Watch In 2019

EdTech4Beginners

JULY 17, 2019

Fortune reports that the US government has been funding efforts to solve this phenomenon and train educators. Companies like Florida Power & Light and Pratt & Whitney partner with schools to train STEM instructors to teach them programming while working a paid internship. Digital Ethics and Privacy.

Trends

Trends EdTech Learning Analytics Education

PROOF POINTS: Free, no frills programs lead the class in new federal study of remote learning

The Hechinger Report

MARCH 1, 2021

Department of Education, called the Institute for Education Sciences, commissioned a report to wade through all the studies on education technology that can be used at home in order to find which ones were proven to work. These tough requirements whittled down an initial list of more than 900 studies to just three remote learning programs.

Study

Study Software Learning Analysis

US Edtech Funding Already Nears $1 Billion in First Half of 2019

Edsurge

AUGUST 7, 2019

By comparison, in the first six months of 2018, companies raised $750 million across 62 deals. educational technology companies whose primary purpose is to support educators and learners across preK-12 and postsecondary education. Some companies count their accelerator funding into their subsequent seed rounds.

EdTech

EdTech Coursera Knewton Analysis

LeapFrog’s $140 tablet includes some adaptive learning features

eSchool News

AUGUST 20, 2015

According to the company, this includes more than 5,000 videos, images, websites and games “reviewed and approved by LeapFrog learning experts.” Material from a press release was used in this report. The tablet, called Epic , is meant for students from pre-K to about nine years old.

Tablets

Tablets Adaptive Learning Android Learning

Hoping to Spur 'Learning Engineering,' Carnegie Mellon Will Open-Source Its Digital-Learning Software

Edsurge

MARCH 27, 2019

In an unusual move intended to shake up how college teaching is done around the world, Carnegie Mellon University today announced that it will give away dozens of the digital-learning software tools it has built over more than a decade—and make their underlying code available for anyone to see and modify.

Software

Software Digital Learning Sakai Learning

Jose Ferreira Steps Down as Knewton CEO, Eyes Next Education Startup

Edsurge

DECEMBER 21, 2016

Yesterday, the New York-based company announced that Ryan Prichard, who has been with the company since July 2012, most recently as Chief Technology Officer, will assume the CEO position. Ferreira, who founded the company in 2008, will remain on the company’s board of directors. But that’s becoming more the norm now.”.

Knewton

Knewton Adaptive Learning Company Education

Pearson Signals Major Shift From Print by Making All Textbook Updates ‘Digital First’

Edsurge

JULY 15, 2019

The biggest education company in the world is moving away from a production model that has been one of the main drivers in the rising cost of textbooks. The average price for a Pearson digital textbook subscription for a semester is $40, according to the company. But the company is not cutting the cord with print. “We

Pearson

Pearson OER Company Knewton

Amazon Taps Stanford Professor, Candace Thille to Lead Internal Professional Learning

Edsurge

JANUARY 29, 2018

One of the most prominent researchers and critics of how learning technologies are built and used in higher education is joining, temporarily, one of the biggest tech companies in the world. Thille’s new position is an internal-facing role that focuses on supporting the company’s workers across the world.

Professional Learning

Professional Learning Company Software Learning

How AI’s ‘Endless Well of Patience’ Can Augment What Teachers Do

Edsurge

NOVEMBER 4, 2019

One edtech company that has embraced an AI-plus-human-teacher approach is Squirrel AI Learning , a Chinese company that has opened over 2000 after-school learning centers in more than 400 cities across China in the past three years. It’s something many other education companies using AI can’t deliver either.

Company

Company Data System Exercises

K-12 Dealmaking: Chinese Tutoring Company Entstudy Raises $18 Million; Piper Picks Up $2 Million

Marketplace K-12

JUNE 29, 2016

In the latest round of dealmaking news, a number of ed-tech companies staged successful fundraising rounds, including China-based tutoring platform Entstudy and Piper, a startup that offers computer kits for kids. based adaptive online learning technology business, has raised $1.7 Entstudy Raises $18.2 Entstudy Raises $18.2

Company

Company Report Online Learning Technology

Lexia Learning’s PowerUp Literacy Program is 2.5x More Effective in Helping English Learners Close Critical Reading Gaps

eSchool News

MARCH 2, 2021

Lexia partnered with a mid-sized, Title 1 school district located in the Boston metropolitan area to evaluate PowerUp versus an alternate blended learning reading program. About Lexia Learning. Lexia Learning, a Cambium Learning® Group company, empowers educators through adaptive assessment and personalized instruction.

Blended Learning

Blended Learning Differentiated Instruction Study Company

Polaris Recognized as Learning Analytics Solution of the Year

N2Y

JUNE 10, 2022

In 2021, n2y’s Unique Learning System ® was EdTech Breakthrough’s choice for “Overall EdTech Solution of the Year.”. In 2021, n2y’s Unique Learning System ® was EdTech Breakthrough’s choice for “Overall EdTech Solution of the Year.”. If a student needs additional support, the team receives individualized suggestions for intervention.

Learning Analytics

Learning Analytics EdTech Learning STEM

Education Technology Vendors in Higher Ed: Friends or Foes?

Edsurge

JUNE 11, 2017

During recent interviews with education technology decision-makers at institutions of higher education, I was struck by the sometimes extreme views formed about vendors during the process of procuring tools to support teaching and learning. Company representatives are anathema to some, yet indispensable partners to others. last month.

Technology

Technology EdTech Education Company

South Carolina Department of Education Selects DreamBox Learning® to Support COVID-19 Academic Recovery

eSchool News

FEBRUARY 11, 2021

DreamBox Learning ®, the K-8 digital math company that pioneered Intelligent Adaptive Learning technology, announced today that the South Carolina Department of Education (SCDE) has selected DreamBox Learning Math to support teaching and learning during the COVID-19 pandemic and mitigate student learning loss.

Adaptive Learning

Adaptive Learning Education Learning Industry

Curriculum Associates to Be Owned by Iowa State University--For Now

Edsurge

JANUARY 12, 2017

When one of today’s hottest edtech companies was founded, Intel Corp., the kingpin of computer chip companies, was barely a year old, and the microprocessor had not yet been invented. pulled off another intriguing move: Creating a way to support a public university without losing its edge as a private company.

Adaptive Learning

Adaptive Learning Company Instructional Materials Strategy

Empowering Teachers as Learning Engineers (Without Adding More Work)

Edsurge

FEBRUARY 3, 2021

When we reflect on how the pandemic disrupted education, we’ll think about the resiliency of our teachers, who were challenged like never before to connect with students in new ways to keep learning going in the face of nationwide school closures. But it hasn’t come without a cost.

Learning

Learning Data Survey Training

Unique Learning System Named Overall EdTech Solution of the Year

N2Y

JUNE 8, 2021

EdTech Breakthrough is a leading market intelligence organization that recognizes the top companies and solutions in the global educational technology market. Unique Learning System is a cloud-based solution developed specifically to help unique learners master their state’s extended standards. About EdTech.

System

System EdTech Learning STEM

DreamBox Learning® Announces Record Expansion into New School Districts

eSchool News

SEPTEMBER 16, 2021

September 15, 2021 — DreamBox Learning, the leading education technology provider that in 2006 pioneered intelligent adaptive learning, today announced new expansions and partnerships with school district customers, including Prince George’s County Public Schools and East Baton Rouge Parish School System. BELLEVUE, Wash.

Adaptive Learning

Adaptive Learning Learning Broadband Data

The Tech Industry is Hijacking School Data. But Decentralized Systems Can Change That.

Edsurge

FEBRUARY 13, 2019

While there are laws in place such as the Families and Educational Rights and Privacy Act and the Children’s Online Privacy Protection Act that provide a baseline for protecting student privacy, tech companies can avoid these through various loopholes. Collectively, this data is of great value to different stakeholders.

Data

Data System Industry Student Data Privacy

ACT’s Latest Act: Investing in an Open-Source Assessment Startup

Edsurge

SEPTEMBER 5, 2018

Ever since taking the helm as CEO in 2015, Marten Roorda says ACT has closed 10 deals in which it has invested in, acquired or formed strategic partnerships with educational companies. Besides just being an assessment company, we’re also becoming a learning and navigation company,” Roorda tells EdSurge in an interview.

Assessment

Assessment Elsevier Knewton Company

Carnegie Learning Gets a Makeover After Private Equity Investment

Edsurge

SEPTEMBER 6, 2018

The merger marks yet another change for Carnegie Learning, which traces its roots to Carnegie Mellon University. In the 1980s, researchers developed an adaptive-tutoring math system used in high schools and colleges, and the tool was spun out as an independent company in 1998. The tempo has picked up in recent years.

EdTech

EdTech Learning Adaptive Learning Company

State-of-the-art education software often doesn’t help students learn more, study finds

The Hechinger Report

JUNE 20, 2016

But they often highlight the promise of so-called “adaptive learning” software, in which complex algorithms react to how a student answers questions, and tailor instruction to each student. It’s probably the largest and most rigorous study of adaptive learning to date. What SRI found was sobering.

Software

Software Study Adaptive Learning Knewton

DreamBox Learning® Equips Educators with Lesson Recommendations to Accelerate Student Learning

eSchool News

JUNE 22, 2021

New Lesson Recommendations feature helps teachers understand where students are in their math learning to support academic growth toward proficiency. DreamBox dynamically adapts and differentiates in real time based not only on students’ answers, but also on how they solve problems. BELLEVUE, Wash.

Learning

Learning Adaptive Learning Education Meeting

Heard, Overheard and Announced at ISTE 2016

Edsurge

JUNE 29, 2016

It brings together K-12 educators, companies, reporters, university professors, and students to talk about product announcements, implementation strategies and edtech trends. The ISTE conference isn’t the biggest edtech conference in the world by sheer luck. Full EdSurge coverage on Google here.) Wondering about Apple?

Microsoft

Microsoft OER Digital Citizenship EdTech

The Asian Money Fueling US Edtech Investments

Edsurge

APRIL 26, 2017

So states a recent Wall Street Journal report on the tens of billions of dollars that Chinese companies have poured on U.S. To adapt, many companies are investing domestically, particularly in China, where edtech companies raised more than $1.2 Edtech Companies With Asia-Based Investors. Based Company.

EdTech

EdTech Knewton Company Robotics

Make a match: How some schools decide what education technology to buy

The Hechinger Report

FEBRUARY 14, 2017

LEAP Innovations, a Chicago-based nonprofit organization, works on both sides of the equation, providing a pilot network program that links schools and education technology companies. Companies get a real-life run and meaningful feedback on their offerings. The company provides a license to the program for free.

Technology

Technology Blended Learning Education Company

Online Learning's 'Greatest Hits'

Edsurge

FEBRUARY 20, 2019

Online learning is not just another edtech product, but an innovative teaching practice." Designed to adjust in real-time to each student's prior knowledge and skill attainment, adaptive systems respond to variations in ability and diverse student backgrounds, sensitive to the the unique needs of each learner.

Online Learning

Online Learning MOOC Learning Coursera

Pearson Bets on Adaptive Learning (Again) With $25M Acquisition of Smart Sparrow

Report: One of the Biggest Obstacles to Remote Learning? Finding a Quiet Place to Work

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With Eyes on Asia, Kidaptive Raises $19.1M to Grow Its ‘Invisible’ Adaptive Learning Platform

A Major Textbook Publisher Has Gone Private. What Does That Mean For Its Transition To Digital?

Lexia Nationwide Report Finds 80% of Students Using Lexia Core5 Reading Did Not Experience Literacy Learning Loss During Remote and Hybrid Learning in the 2020-21 Academic Year

K-12 Dealmakers to Focus on Adaptive Learning, Assessment, Report Says

How Research-Based Tools Provide Impactful Learning Outcomes

Data Driven Instruction: How Student Data Guides Formative Assessments

Classi, Knewton to launch adaptive learning courses abroad

Cengage, McGraw-Hill Agree to Merge to Become 2nd Biggest US Textbook Publisher

Who is the Theranos of Education?

Wiley to Acquire Knewton’s Assets, Marking an End to an Expensive Startup Journey

Reflections on 50 years of Game-Based Learning (Part 3)

2018 Halftime Ka’Ching Report: U.S. Edtech Raises $739M in Venture Funding

Knewton Was Acquired For Less Than $17M, and Former CEO Brian Kibby Has Left

ASU Agrees to Independent Investigation of Its Online Textbook Practices

5 EdTech Trends Educators Need To Watch In 2019

PROOF POINTS: Free, no frills programs lead the class in new federal study of remote learning

US Edtech Funding Already Nears $1 Billion in First Half of 2019

LeapFrog’s $140 tablet includes some adaptive learning features

Hoping to Spur 'Learning Engineering,' Carnegie Mellon Will Open-Source Its Digital-Learning Software

Jose Ferreira Steps Down as Knewton CEO, Eyes Next Education Startup

Pearson Signals Major Shift From Print by Making All Textbook Updates ‘Digital First’

Amazon Taps Stanford Professor, Candace Thille to Lead Internal Professional Learning

How AI’s ‘Endless Well of Patience’ Can Augment What Teachers Do

K-12 Dealmaking: Chinese Tutoring Company Entstudy Raises $18 Million; Piper Picks Up $2 Million

Lexia Learning’s PowerUp Literacy Program is 2.5x More Effective in Helping English Learners Close Critical Reading Gaps

Polaris Recognized as Learning Analytics Solution of the Year

Education Technology Vendors in Higher Ed: Friends or Foes?

South Carolina Department of Education Selects DreamBox Learning® to Support COVID-19 Academic Recovery

Curriculum Associates to Be Owned by Iowa State University--For Now

Empowering Teachers as Learning Engineers (Without Adding More Work)

Unique Learning System Named Overall EdTech Solution of the Year

DreamBox Learning® Announces Record Expansion into New School Districts

The Tech Industry is Hijacking School Data. But Decentralized Systems Can Change That.

ACT’s Latest Act: Investing in an Open-Source Assessment Startup

Carnegie Learning Gets a Makeover After Private Equity Investment

State-of-the-art education software often doesn’t help students learn more, study finds

Top EdSurge Higher Education Stories of 2019

DreamBox Learning® Equips Educators with Lesson Recommendations to Accelerate Student Learning

Heard, Overheard and Announced at ISTE 2016

The Asian Money Fueling US Edtech Investments

Make a match: How some schools decide what education technology to buy

Online Learning's 'Greatest Hits'

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