Industry Educational technology Founder Paul Mishkin CEO Paul Mishkin (Mar 1998–) Type of business Private | Website www.ixl.com/ Founded 1998 Headquarters San Mateo | |
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IXL Learning is an American educational technology company that offers an educational website for K-12 students to practice educational material. The company also provides analytical tools to help track student and classroom performance and identify areas for academic improvement. IXL Learning offers content for math, English language arts, science, and social studies. According to statistics, IXL is used by 1 in 9 students in the United States and by over 200,000 teachers worldwide. It costs about $79 per subject, per year. If you want Math and Language Arts it costs $129. However, Math, Language Arts, Social Studies and Science (combined) cost a total of $159.
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History
IXL Learning was founded in 1998 by Paul Mishkin. The company’s first product was Quia Web, a website that allowed teachers and learners to create and share customized study materials and featured gamification mechanics.
In 2007, the company introduced IXL as a math practice program with math topics at levels ranging from pre-kindergarten to high school as well as data analysis tools. The program was expanded in 2013 with the addition of English language arts content, and again in 2015 with the addition of science and social studies. As of 2017, IXL offers math and language arts for preK-12 and science and social studies for grades 2-8.
In 2015, IXL Learning opened its second office, in Raleigh-Durham, North Carolina.
Products and services
IXL is a cloud-based service provided by IXL Learning which can be accessible over Android, iOS, and through its web-based interface.
The IXL web practice service provides more than 6,000 skills across math, English language arts, science, and social studies for students in grades preK-12. Skills and practice questions are aligned with Common Core and state standards and are often used in conjunction with classroom learning and assignments. IXL is subscription-based and offers users access to 10 free questions per day without a subscription. iPad, Android, and Kindle apps are also offered.
The service also includes IXL Analytics, which tracks classroom-wide as well as individual student performance. IXL Analytics provides teachers with a range of nine data reports, and can be tailored to a variety of different classroom formats and setups, including labs, flipped classrooms, and rotational models.
IXL is used by more than 6 million subscribers in all 50 states and more than 190 countries and has served over 26 billion questions to date.
Quia Books is currently used by language textbook publishers to bring computer learning and traditional classroom instruction together. More than 450 secondary- and higher-education language textbooks have been published on the Quia Books platform to date. The platform supports 11 languages, including Spanish, French, Chinese, Latin, and Arabic.
Awards
IXL was named Favorite Language Arts Supplement in the 2014 TOS Homeschool Crew Blue Ribbon Awards.
Homeschool.com named IXL the Top Homeschooling Curriculum for 2014.
IXL received the 2014 Academics’ Choice Smart Media Award.
IXL was named in the 2015 Tabby Awards as the User’s Choice winner in the Android Education & Reference apps category.
IXL received the Smart Media Award in the Spring 2015 Academic’s Choice Awards.
The National Parenting Publications Award (NAPPA) recognized IXL with the Gold Award in 2015.
In 2016, EdTech Digest selected IXL as the Best Content Provider.
IXL has also been the recipient of 7 consecutive Gold Medals from the Mom’s Choice Awards.
IXL won the EDDIE Award for Best Multi-Subject Skills Website in 2016.
IXL was a THE Journal Reader’s Choice Award winner in 2016.