SmartScore 

The SmartScore is IXL's measure of student proficiency in a specific skill, ranging from 0 to 100.

• Adaptive Nature: Unlike a percentage score, it adapts to a student's trajectory, increasing with correct answers and decreasing with incorrect ones to ensure they are working at the right level.

• Proficiency Levels: A score of 80 indicates proficiency, while 100 signifies mastery, which requires consistently answering the most difficult questions in the "Challenge Zone".

• Learning Impact: Research indicates that students who experience a "fluctuating" SmartScore—meaning they persevere through temporary setbacks and mistakes—actually achieve greater learning gains than those who reach proficiency with a steadily increasing score. This "productive struggle" is a key principle in locking in new knowledge

NWEA MAP Growth Integration

IXL provides specialized support by creating personalized study plans aligned to student performance on the NWEA math and reading tests.

• Customization: Student scores are uploaded after the NWEA testing window closes. IXL generates a custom plan that targets the exact skills students need to grow the most. 

• Precise Targeting: These interactive plans align IXL skills to small RIT score ranges, allowing for precise targeting of individual student needs.

• Monitoring: Educators can track student progress toward proficiency (a SmartScore of 80) directly within these tailored study plans using the Student Score Chart report.

Group Jam

Group Jam is a collaborative classroom tool designed to enhance whole-class instruction and provide real-time formative assessment.

• Engagement: Group Jams allow an entire class to work on the same question simultaneously, fostering collaboration or friendly competition.

• Teacher Insights: Teachers can see every student's response in real time, allowing them to instantly gauge class understanding and decide whether to move to easier or harder questions, or break into smaller groups.

• Low Stakes: Performance in a Group Jam does not affect a student's individual SmartScore, encouraging them to focus on learning before returning to independent practice.