Kimberly J.
Terrible for students and families
IXL is a platform many school districts, including the one I work for, have adopted. As a teacher it is constantly pushed at us for data collection. We are required to use it weekly and put into brackets to compete against other schools in our district. It is annoying at best and takes away from the learning environment at worst. Students that struggle are facing a nonstop assignment machine that sucks up any free time. As a parent I strongly dislike this platform because I must help my child navigate it, after school hours, for hours in all core subjects. My child HATES learning in this way. Every wrong answer is a huge set back so the pressure is on to get it right the first time or be required to keep working longer and longer just to pass. The remediation feels negative and robs the joy of learning. The goal becomes cheat to get this horrible requirement over as quick as possible. As a parent and an educator I sit with my child so there is no cheating, I encourage and redirect and provide breaks and incentives just to help the teacher (because I am also in this same losing game). I wish we were reading a chosen book or doing a project together instead of this computer screen tedium.