Thank you. I love this question because it is a critical kpi for us, naturally. First, I would like to acknowledge that there is much debate in the edu academic community on the best way to measure reading improvements. The most popular is Lexile level. However, this method has also received a lot of growing criticism in academic circles.
At Litnerd, today we measure learning outcomes in a few ways:
1) Increasing reading time amongst students.
We measure time spent reading per student and have seen 63% increase here so far. Albeit our measuring methods still need improvement. I want to just ensure I communicate that a big value prop for teachers is that our program encourages structured reading habits. This is why time spent reading matters.
2) Increasing comprehension.
Here we measure outcomes based on quizzes and lesson plans that are part of our course. I don't like this as the primary means but schools do measure learning outcomes based on testing per so and we adopt this method for now though intend on adding more ways to creatively measure this.
3) Engagement in the classroom!
All of our live stream sessions are recorded and we actively measure how engaged students are in the class, if they are raising their hand to participate, are they having fun with the actors or is it boring etc.
Ultimately we need more than 4-5 months to be able to credibly report back on Lexile level improvement amongst students. But in the next 12 months we should have enough data to confidently report back on this metric directly!
At Litnerd, today we measure learning outcomes in a few ways:
1) Increasing reading time amongst students. We measure time spent reading per student and have seen 63% increase here so far. Albeit our measuring methods still need improvement. I want to just ensure I communicate that a big value prop for teachers is that our program encourages structured reading habits. This is why time spent reading matters.
2) Increasing comprehension. Here we measure outcomes based on quizzes and lesson plans that are part of our course. I don't like this as the primary means but schools do measure learning outcomes based on testing per so and we adopt this method for now though intend on adding more ways to creatively measure this.
3) Engagement in the classroom! All of our live stream sessions are recorded and we actively measure how engaged students are in the class, if they are raising their hand to participate, are they having fun with the actors or is it boring etc.
Ultimately we need more than 4-5 months to be able to credibly report back on Lexile level improvement amongst students. But in the next 12 months we should have enough data to confidently report back on this metric directly!