From Pilot to Adoption... John Rice, Blended Learning, DCPS Matthew Gross, CEO, Newsela Phil Martin,...

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From Pilot to Adoption...

John Rice, Blended Learning, DCPSMatthew Gross, CEO, Newsela Phil Martin, Digital Promise

Two Minute Warm-up

Find someone you don’t know and share:

Lesson learned from pilot experience, or

Question you have about pilots.

Why is what you shared important to you?

www.digitalpromise.org/marketplace“Improving Ed-Tech Purchasing” with EIA and Johns Hopkins University

Pilots for evaluation & procurementwith UC Davis and Carnegie Mellon University

Percent of respondents. Source: “Improving Ed-Tech Purchasing.”

DC Public Schools• Improve Achievement Rates • Invest in Struggling Schools • Increase Graduation Rate • Improve Satisfaction • Increase Enrollment

Proficient

Struggling

Advanced

Afghan women worry their new freedoms may disappear

A dangerous time for women in AfghanistanIf the Taliban takes power,

Afghan women fear their freedoms may vanish

Months

Struggling students gained

14 percentile points in two months

Identifying Literacy Need at DCPS• Deficiencies and below district average

in terms of literacy achievement. • 150+ teachers across 50 schools who

already signed up for free accounts

Pilot Cycle • Exploration and Alignment• Goals and Getting Started• Supporting Students, Teachers, and

Principals• Monitoring Progress• Reviewing Results

Pilot Overview• 10 schools• Newsela PRO onboarding experience

• Live webinars • Principal binders• District binders• Ongoing support for administrators and teachers

Pilot Results

• 2 x as many teachers registered

• 68% of teachers registered

• 64% of students registered35

Teachers Registered

Students Registered

Quizzes Taken

Before Pilot 152 2,440 7,314

After Pilot 342 3,266 10,208

Questions?

John Rice, Blended Learning, DCPSMatthew Gross, CEO, Newsela Phil Martin, Digital Promise

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