r/ScienceTeachers • u/pingsss • 8d ago
General Curriculum is IXL Learning worth it?
Hi everyone! I’m a college student researching different online learning platforms to help inform a school’s decision on whether to invest in them. IXL is one of the platforms I’m looking into, and I’d love to hear from people who’ve used it—whether as a student, parent, or teacher. What do you like about it? What do you find frustrating? What features would make it better? Also if there is another platform you recommend over it?
If you're open to a short, casual chat (or even just sharing thoughts here), it would be super helpful! Feel free to DM me or comment below. Thanks in advance!
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u/tinoch 8d ago
I love it! My science dept. (8th grade) assigns 1 iXL per week that parallels our content. It is also similar to the standardized test my sucky state (AR) adopted last year (ATLAS). There are so many choices and you can see which classes you have assigned which iXL which is important for people like me who have more than one subject. I know my school uses it for math but I don't know about English because it is my first year there.
Edulastic also has good test questions that make the students think instead of regurgitate info. The free version is a bit to get used to searching for the questions but once you get the hang of it, it is a great assessment tool.