BELLEVUE, Washington – (BUSINESS WIRE) – February 3, 2021–
DreamBox Learning ®, the digital math company K-8 pioneered Intelligent Adaptive Learning ™ technology, today announced that the South Carolina Department of Education (SCDE) selected DreamBox Learning Math to support teaching and learning during the COVID pandemic -19 and mitigate students’ learning loss. SCDE will offer DreamBox Learning Math by June 2022 to 21 districts, reaching more than 32,000 students in the state’s poorest communities.
“We conducted an extensive evaluation of mathematical solutions that can help our districts as we transition from emergency education to ‘academic recovery’, and DreamBox has stood out as the only solution that is proven to increase student performance and is capable of provide actionable learning insights for our teachers, ”said Dr. David Mathis, Deputy Superintendent of SCDE. “DreamBox provides a prescriptive approach to help educators determine where students are in their learning, where they need to be, and a clear path to close that gap.”
Effective for face-to-face, hybrid or remote learning and available in English and Spanish, DreamBox personalizes each student’s learning experience through an engaging and motivating environment that adapts in real time within and between math classes based on how students are solving problems. DreamBox also offers educators interactive professional development courses to learn best practices for using DreamBox to teach online or in the classroom in ways that serve students right where they are.
Independent research conducted by the Harvard Educational Policy Research Center shows that students who use DreamBox for just an hour a week improve their math scores by almost 60% more than the growth standards expected in benchmark and state tests. DreamBox has already shown measurable impact across South Carolina prior to the pandemic, including several of the largest districts, producing levels of 1.42 to 1.96 growth grades when students complete five or more classes per week.
“We are delighted to partner with the South Carolina Department of Education to empower students across the state with an engaging, personalized and effective math learning experience,” said Jessie Woolley-Wilson, President and CEO of DreamBox. “We appreciate the opportunity to help state departments and districts across the country to instill mathematical competence and confidence in their students, while supporting our invaluable educators every step of the way.”
Teacher training, supporting those responsible for learning at home
By supporting students in South Carolina, DreamBox also introduced resources to save educators’ time and help them connect with students and parents. These new features include:
- DreamBox Predictive Insights: To help educators identify where their students are in their learning, DreamBox Predictive Insights provides educators with monthly data that shows their students’ progress towards the end of the year expectations.
- Embedded Direct Messaging: While many teachers are challenged to connect with students during remote learning, DreamBox has introduced a built-in messaging tool for teachers to send incentive notes, goals and reminders to an individual student or the entire class.
- Professional Learning Library: DreamBox offers educators a variety of guided resources, including webinars and interactive learning guides, designed to help educators implement perceptions of student learning data and cultivate a positive mathematical culture.
- Parent panels: DreamBox provides parents and others responsible for home learning snapshots of progress that highlight important learning milestones for their students.
South Carolina students and teachers join the more than 5 million students and 200,000 educators in all 50 states, District of Columbia, Puerto Rico, Canada and Mexico, who are experiencing the positive impact of DreamBox.
To learn more about DreamBox, visit https://www.dreambox.com/.
About DreamBox Learning
DreamBox Learning, founded in 2006 in Bellevue, Washington, is the only K-8 digital math program developed by students, developed by and for educators and independently tested to positively impact student performance. DreamBox dynamically adapts and differentiates in real time based not only on students’ responses, but also on how they solve problems. Along with actionable reports and tools that enable differentiation for all students, DreamBox offers teachers professional development of specific content and provides administrators with insights into how all students are progressing. The company’s pioneering platform has won more than 40 awards from the education and technology industry and is used by 200,000 teachers and nearly 5 million students in all 50 states and across Canada and Mexico. For more information, visit http://www.dreambox.com/.
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