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Research briefs

ESSA-qualifying research studies

Students who use Zearn achieve significant gains in math — including those at the lowest levels of math proficiency.

Consistent Zearn usage significantly increases Texas state math test scores by 53 points
Consistent Zearn usage significantly increases Texas state math test scores by 53 points
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Average Years of Growth in Math Learning from Spring 2021 to Spring 2022 graph
Consistent Zearn usage significantly increases Texas state math test scores by 53 points
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Louisiana students significantly increase math scores with consistent Zearn usage
Louisiana students significantly increase math scores with consistent Zearn usage
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Average Years of Growth in Math Learning from Spring 2021 to Spring 2022 graph
Louisiana students significantly increase math scores with consistent Zearn usage
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Students in District of Columbia Public Schools gain an additional 11 weeks of math learning with Zearn
Students in District of Columbia Public Schools gain an additional 11 weeks of math learning with Zearn
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Average Years of Growth in Math Learning from Spring 2021 to Spring 2022 graph
Students in District of Columbia Public Schools gain an additional 11 weeks of math learning with Zearn
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Nebraska students experience large gains in math learning with Zearn
Nebraska students experience large gains in math learning with Zearn
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Average Years of Growth in Math Learning from Spring 2021 to Spring 2022 graph
Nebraska students experience large gains in math learning with Zearn
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Zearn research based math interventions for elementary school and middle schools
Impact of Zearn Math on Spring i-ready Diagnostic scores by placement level graph

Zearn impact on interim assessments

Across placement levels and student subgroups, research shows students who used Zearn Math demonstrated significantly higher score growth on the spring i-Ready Diagnostic.
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District snapshots

District results with Zearn Math

Students who consistently use Zearn experience 2x the learning gains than with a high quality curriculum alone.

South
80K+ Student Urban School District
1.3 grade levels of math learning in one year
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80K+ Student Urban School District
1.3 grade levels of math learning in one year
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Mid-Atlantic
District of Columbia Public Schools
11 weeks of additional math learning in one school year
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Mid-Atlantic
District of Columbia Public Schools
11 weeks of additional math learning in one school year
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South
Tulsa Public Schools
1.5 grade levels of math learning during the 2021-2022 school year
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South
Tulsa Public Schools
1.5 grade levels of math learning during the 2021-2022 school year
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South
80K+ Student Urban District
2.7 grade levels of learning gains in two years of pandemic learning
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South
80K+ Student Urban District
2.7 grade levels of learning gains in two years of pandemic learning
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Southwest
28K+ Student Urban School District
39% of lowest performing students increased math proficiency a full level or more
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Southwest
28K+ Student Urban School District
39% of lowest performing students increased math proficiency a full level or more
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Platform insights

New research and whitepapers from Zearn

Explore insights on math learning from billions of math problems completed on the Zearn platform.

National research study results from two years of math learning data offer evidence that learning acceleration works at scale

Catching Up and Moving Forward: Accelerating Math Learning for Every Student

A new, national study powered by two years of math learning data for 600,000 students offers promising evidence that learning acceleration works at scale. When a struggling student experienced learning acceleration, they completed twice as many grade-level lessons and struggled less than when they were remediated.
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Zearn Math helps elementary- and middle-school students catch up and move forward in grade-level math learning

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With Omicron, another inequitable shock in math learning
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Evidence that learning acceleration works for all kids
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SRI Report finds that teachers substantially improved PCK with Zearn PD
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Learn more about how Zearn Math can programmatically support learning acceleration in your school or district.
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Learn more about Zearn Math efficacy research and how Zearn accelerates student math learning
Research

Efficacy & Insights:
Advancing Math Teaching & Learning

state and district studies

Proven Impact of Consistent Zearn Usage

State and district impact studies examine the effect of consistent Zearn Math usage on state and interim assessment scores. Quasi-experimental research shows that students who consistently complete 3 or more grade-level Zearn Math lessons per week (with each lesson taking around 30 minutes) outperform matched peers who do not engage with the platform. Learn more about the methodology of each treatment-on-the-treated study.

TEXAS 2023 STAAR MATH SCORE GROWTH

Consistent Zearn usage significantly increases math scores across usage levels

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Impact of Zearn Math on Texas STAAR math scores by usage chart
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NEBRASKA 2022 NSCAS MATH SCORE GROWTH

Fidelity Zearn usage results in 2.5 times the growth in math scores

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Average NSCAS math assessment scores increase 2.5x with Zearn Math usage chart
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LOUISIANA 2022 LEAP MATH SCORE GROWTH

70% of the lowest-achieving students increase math proficiency level with fidelity Zearn usage

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Impact of Zearn Math for students at the lowest level on LEAP scale test scores chart
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DCPS 2022 I-READY DIAGNOSTIC

Students who use Zearn with fidelity outscore matched peers across all starting levels of math achievement

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Impact of Zearn Math on spring i-Ready diagnostic scores by placement level chart
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THIRD PARTY EFFICACY STUDIES

Evidence from Independent Evaluations

Research collaborations extend across ESSA evidence tiers and include large-scale randomized controlled trials (RCTs) and quasi-experimental design (QED) studies.

Harvard Graduate School of Education

Quasi-Experimental Design Study

STUDY YEAR  2014-2019
GRADES  3-5
PARTICIPANTS  100K+ 3-5 students across 800+ schools
DEMOGRAPHICS  Mix of urban and rural school districts across Louisiana
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Johns Hopkins University, Center for Research and Reform in Education

Quasi-Experimental Design Study

STUDY YEAR  2017-2018
GRADES  K-5
PARTICIPANTS  9,235 K–5 students across 35 schools
DEMOGRAPHICS  Large urban New York school district
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RAND Corporation with Institute of Education Sciences research grant

Randomized Control Trial

STUDY YEAR  2022-2024
GRADES  3-5
PARTICIPANTS  15,360 3-5 students across 64 schools
DEMOGRAPHICS  Large urban Texas school district
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Johns Hopkins University, Center for Research and Reform in Education

Quasi-Experimental Design Study

STUDY YEAR  2023-2024
GRADES  4-8
PARTICIPANTS  6,871 students across 27 schools
DEMOGRAPHICS  Three rural and suburban Louisiana districts
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platform insights

Advancing Math Teaching and Learning

Data from billions of math problems completed on the Zearn platform is used to continuously improve math teaching and learning.

Learning Recovery

Opportunity Insights

Researchers from Harvard and Brown Universities use Zearn data to provide real-time visibility into the pandemic's impact on math learning

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Learning Acceleration

Catching Up and Moving Forward

Statistically significant quasi-experimental evidence supporting learning acceleration to support student progress in math

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