The Pilot Study Briefs provide synthesized findings from edtech pilots to help education leaders make evidence based product selection decisions. To find out more about which products work best in which context, explore the briefs below.
ReadWorks’ goal for seeking a partnership grant was to infuse the latest research on learner variability into their platform design to better support the full diversity of learners.
The goals of South Fayette’s pilot were to explore the use of Microsoft OneNote to create customized instructional materials, to examine the usability of the OneNote as a collaboration tool, and to test the affordances of OneNote as an assessment tool.
Avonworth’s pilot reviewed Puzzlets learning affordances for communication, collaboration, creativity, and computational thinking in K-2 classrooms and evaluated whether Puzzlets provided an engaging alternative to other educational technology courseware.
Avonworth School District ran a pilot to test the efficacy of the eSpark platform in providing engaging personalized learning content to help students of all levels make sustained academic progress, specifically in English Language Arts.
The results of a study where the goal was to maintain math knowledge over the summer for middle school students who opt into the program using TenMarks.
Results of a study where students were encouraged to use Mathspace (an adaptive math program that offers step-by-step feedback to students as they complete problems) for 30 minutes, 3 times a week.
Edtech Pilot Framework