IXL LearningReviews of ixl.com

Hello, I am a student and I am going to give a honest review of IXL. I've used this for 4 years and I hate it, not only because its for learning. In concept: an amazing idea, help students with a fun minigame made towards learning. It sucks after being made real. Let me give you an example: I have a 89 score, I am almost mastering the IXL with something I've been struggling with and need to complete for class. I get 1 right- I'm at 90 now. Then I get something wrong- suddenly I am at 58. Teachers assign these which seems to be a good idea, and it probably is, but a drastic drop in scores won't motivate students it makes them more scared of not making it to their goal and getting an F on that assignment. It isn't teaching either- you'd assume it walks you through like yknow a lesson or something, which it can, but that's optional. It doesn't introduce you to a new skill and explains it, it gives you a set of questions until you can memorize what answer equals what. It is more of a review than learning, its just stress and stress. This was made to promote learning, but ends up promoting stress and overall hate(you can ask any student who has used it, everyone hates it and groans synchronized when we get assigned one) It gets 1 star because it has Fuzz Bugs Factory Hop so when I'm on a focus session I can play during class.

Oh dear. I remember having to do IXL assignments in grade 6th-8th. I don’t think any online assignment tormented me as much as the ones on IXL. I remember one day I was so fed up I ran outside and walked in a field close to my home for like an hour just crying and yelling. I was seriously considering self-harm because of this horrible excuse for a learning platform. I’m happy I no longer have to do IXL assignments, but I feel bad for my younger cousins. I wish teachers wouldn’t assign this as much. I wish teachers just actually taught the subject instead of using this horrid platform. The breakdowns happened in 2023-2024, but I have to make the date of experience the present day.

Would probably be good if it was marketed as a revision app, coming from a third grader. This app sucks. Unlike Xtramath, which gives u questions + a little bit of stress - because of the timer, Ixl gives stress and absolutely no learning. I am a very sensitive child (I cry very easily) so the smartscore just makes me overthink and makes me cry myself to sleep.

Bad. its just. flat out bad. it sucked so much that the kids in my school made a petition to get it removed, and a TEACHER signed it. the prinipal had to do something, so yah, they did. there's a petition to get the owner to delete it, and I fully support that. I think it wouldn't even be ALL that bad, but teachers give me like 50 at once. please just get rid of it

Okay, i'm in 6th grade, and IXL makes my anxiety even worse. Dont listen to the teachers, listen to the students who are breaking down over this stupid website. If you are a school, get rid of this website! It teaches nothing except the fact that I have anger issues.

before I went to a school district that used ixl i loved math i loved school but after using ixl i have had a whole different view of school ixl has you learn something then never shows it again and the smartscore what is that for seeing how dumb i am because im not taking advice from a dumb algorithm

IXL is a great way to figure out if you have rage issues. Just spend an hour or two on the same skill, and if you have minimal rage issues you might cry on the floor for a while. Moderate rage issues means you might have to stop yourself before you destroy your school computer. Extreme rage issues could send you into a deep depression. Eo yes, I think this is a great rage test. (Oh! This is a learning website?) I would never have known. To be honest, this is from someone who has been through many different math websites that I did not like. But I would rather do all of them then do this. Every lesson is more like a never ending test. There are two types. The easy one that you can do in two mins, and impossible ones with unclear questions and changing answers. Plus I think I speak for almost everyone when I say the smart score is the worst part of IXL. you can be at 97 then its like "you put in 1/3 but the answer is 2/6! go back to 78" then you get to answer 10 more questions to get back so you can do it again!

i've been using ixl since first grade, and i can say that this is possibly one of the absolute worst atrocities mankind has ever created. this app is horrible. every second i spend on it i feel lobotomized, and it feels like some of the worst hours of my life. i've cried over lessons because when you get it wrong they do the absolute worst job on planet earth explaining what you did wrong. their explanations can basically just be chalked down to ''wow you couldn't do this correctly but thats okay because you're awesome and will get it eventually!!'' in my opinion, this stupid app explains everything wrong with the modern school system. please, PLEASE, don't measure a students worth by how good they did on a random diagnostic where they dont even tell you the questions you got right or wrong half of the time.