ERIC Number: ED626340
Record Type: Non-Journal
Publication Date: 2022-Dec
Pages: 72
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Efficacy Analysis of Zearn Math in DC Public Schools
Szatrowski, Alisa; Rickel, Jessica; Rosemond, Charlie
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Analysis of consistent Zearn Math users and a comparable group of non-users in District of Columbia Public Schools (DCPS) shows that students who used Zearn Math consistently had higher levels of academic growth than similar students with low- or no-usage. This analysis used two quasi-experimental methods, Coarsened Exact Matching (CEM) and fixed effects, to examine the impact of Zearn Math across [approximately]1,000 students who completed an average of 3+ Zearn Math lessons per week, during the 2018-2019, 2020-2021 and/or 2021-2022 school years. Findings showed that students who used Zearn Math consistently grew 36% more; the equivalent of 10.5 additional weeks of learning in one school year, as measured by the i-Ready Diagnostic. Students who started two or more years below grade-level had almost 2x the growth with consistent Zearn Math usage as similar students with low or no usage; the equivalent of an additional 23.7 weeks. Consistent Zearn Math usage was shown to result in a 32% reduction in summer slide, equivalent to five weeks of learning over the summer. Students with consistent Zearn Math usage in 2020-2021 maintained almost 75% of their additional growth a year after they stopped using Zearn Math. [The report was published by Zearn.]
Descriptors: Mathematics Instruction, Public Schools, Mathematics Achievement, Teaching Methods, Comparative Analysis, Mathematics Tests, Diagnostic Tests, Matched Groups, Partnerships in Education, Program Effectiveness, Elementary School Students, Geographic Information Systems, Retention (Psychology), Student Placement
Publication Type: Reports - Research; Numerical/Quantitative Data
Education Level: Elementary Education
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Language: English
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Identifiers - Location: District of Columbia
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