BrainPOP-Literacy-Efficacy-2022.pdf

Regular use of BrainPOP leads to significant growth in students’ literacy skill proficiency EXECUTIVE SUMMARY KEY FINDING This study examined how students’ use of Bra...

Regular use of BrainPOP leads to significant growth in students’ literacy skill proficiency EXECUTIVE SUMMARY KEY FINDING This study examined how students’ use of BrainPOP (3-8)’s auto-graded formative assessments (Pause Points, Quizzes, and Challenges) contributed to measurable ⬆ 17% growth learning gains. The study concluded that students who complete more auto-graded Completing two or more assessments in BrainPOP (3-8) show more significant literacy skill gains. BrainPOP auto-graded assessments per month led to a 17% increase in literacy skill proficiency across ELA, science, social studies, and math. STUDY DETAILS Sample Size 429,479 students (Grades 3-8) Time Frame 90 days (2/2022 - 5/2022) Usage Requirements ESSA-BACKED, INTERDISCIPLINARY APPROACH Students were grouped according to the frequency and average BrainPOP makes it easy, engaging, and effective for students of all reading levels to engagement with a particular literacy practice and apply complex, grade-level literacy skills, deepening comprehension skill. alongside content knowledge and domain-specific vocabulary across ELA, social The average skill was estimated by studies, math, and science. how often a student interacted with that skill during one hour. Students who learn with BrainPOP confidently navigate new or complex concepts Methodology because they can extract key details, understand the main idea, interpret unfamiliar Linear regression model words, bring in prior knowledge, articulate their thoughts, and evaluate their sources. Outcome variable is the percent Whether you’re interpreting data in math class or analyzing historical text in social change of skill proficiency averaged studies, literacy skills are there — and so is BrainPOP. across student-skill pairings. Learning gains of the treatment and Animated, standards-aligned movies bring new concepts to life so that every student, control groups are compared: p-value regardless of their reading level, has an equal opportunity to build knowledge and from two-sided t-test for significance, t-statistic and Cohen's d for effect size, vocabulary across subjects. Formative auto-graded assessments are embedded for and t-test in initial proficiencies for real-time practice and application the context of their learning, and provide teachers group comparability. with a feedback loop of data to make instructional decisions, predict progress toward proficiency, and keep the whole class in the groove of learning. LearnPlatform has validated the 2022 efficacy study to meet ESSA Tier 3 requirements. This ⬅ SCAN TO READ ESSA validation substantiates BrainPOP's promise of impact with evidence of outcomes. It THE FULL STUDY solidifies them as an evidence-based, trusted supplemental learning platform that helps all students become stronger readers and more confident learners.