To provide fresh insight into how Alta makes an impact on learning outcomes, Knewton’s data science team released a series of findings regarding student usage, engagement and performance during the Fall 2018 term. They include:
- Students are staying engaged with alta throughout the semester. The rate of weekly student usage of alta increased by 25% in Fall 2018. On average, students spend 2.8 hours per week in Alta.
- Students who use alta are engaged when they need it most. When students get a question wrong in alta, 38% of the time, they engage with the personalized instruction Alta provides.
- Students who begin Alta assignments go on to complete them. 88% of the time, students who attempted an assignment actually completed it. This rate has remained consistently high over time: during alta’s 2017 beta release, students completed their assignments 87% of the time.
- Alta is associated with higher test scores. Students who completed alta assignments performed 22% better on tests. Of students completing alta assignments, those who used Alta’s AI-driven Review Center to prepare for an exam performed 9% better on tests.
Knewton recently published the results of an independent study of Alta’s effectiveness led by the Center for Research and Reform in Education at Johns Hopkins University. The study’s findings drew a link between alta and improved student performance across student ability levels, classrooms and institutions.
“Knewton is an outcomes company,” added Kibby. “While access and affordability represent a key part of Alta’s value proposition, there’s nothing more important than its ability to deliver results for students and instructors. We’re going to keep challenging ourselves to set a new standard for transparency regarding those results.”