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Case studies
Success stories: case studies on our intelligent adaptive learning program
Case study: Rocketship: Building a 21st-century model
Rocketship Education has drawn national attention for a hybrid school model that blends classroom instruction with a computer lab to accelerate individual learning. In this innovative 21st-century model DreamBox Learning provides each student with adaptive online instruction two hours a day. This effectively boosts student proficiency, and results in significant cost savings. Rocketship schools have test scores that rank among the 15 top-performing high-poverty schools in California.
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Case study: From the 1st to the 54th national percentile
By combining DreamBox Learning's adaptive online math program with traditional math intervention practices, the Early Childhood Center in Anderson County, Kentucky was able to more than double the number of students receiving intervention without adding staff and dramatically increase math achievement among Kindergarten students in need of intervention services.
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Case study: Meeting student needs despite budget cuts
ICEF Vista Elementary Academy, a school serving primarily low-income, ELL students in South Los Angeles, was forced to reduce its operating budget by 20% following deep state budget cuts. To meet student needs for individualized math instruction in a cost-effective manner, ICEF Vista brought in DreamBox Learning's intelligently adaptive program. DreamBox has enabled teachers to provide more structured interventions and increased student math proficiency.
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Case study: Closing the achievement gap
West Seattle Elementary was among the lowest performing 5% of schools in the nation and was awarded a federal School Improvement Grant. After implementing DreamBox Learning to increase achievement among struggling K-4 students the school saw immediate improvements. Standardized testing showed the highest growth in math MAP test scores of any school in the district, increasing to 2.5 times higher than the district average in only half a year.
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Case study: Personalizing math education
Parkway School District deployed the DreamBox Learning intelligent adaptive learning program to give each student intensely personalized instruction in mathematics. DreamBox integrates assessment and instruction, tailoring lessons based on each student's needs. Parkway has found that DreamBox differentiates instruction, develops genuine number sense and cultivates automaticity and quick reasoning with numbers.
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Case study: Math understanding and fluency for all learners
A large school district in Maryland deployed DreamBox Learning Math to bolster math understanding and fluency and align with Common Core State Standards. DreamBox benefits struggling students who need extra work on basic skills as well as high-performing students who are ready to learn beyond their grade level. Adaptation, virtual manipulatives, and scaffolding help all students build math proficiency.
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Case study: Effective math intervention
DreamBox Learning proved effective in teaching math to struggling students as part of small group intervention. The engaging environment, rich with digital manipulatives, helped students deepen their comprehension and develop their skills. Analysis of initial pilot results showed DreamBox to be very effective, leading to DreamBox usage in math intervention programs across all 32 elementary schools in the district.
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