As every administrator knows, no class is alike, and even more, no two students are identical. While balancing the needs of different students is enough of a challenge in itself, what are you to do when faced with schools or classrooms with extreme ranges in background knowledge and skill level, as in those with large numbers of ELL or special needs students? IXL helps you support the teachers in your school or district with a variety of tools and features that make it easier to assist diverse learners of all stripes.

Differentiated instruction

One of the challenges in working with a diverse student population is making sure that each student feels supported and capable of mastering the material. IXL’s adaptive skills help teachers differentiate instruction and build students’ confidence through questions that automatically adjust to each learner, increasing or decreasing in difficulty depending on the student’s needs.

Targeted improvement

On IXL, each and every skill is broken into MicroSkills, a set of scaffolded building blocks that target precise concepts, enabling teachers to identify the specific areas in which a student has improved. Our MicroSkills can even be used as evidence of progress towards a goal laid out in a student’s IEP or 504 plan.

Support for teachers

Students receive immediate, detailed answer feedback on every question, which not only helps them, but also comes in handy for teachers! By providing a framework to explain the question to students, teachers can use these detailed explanations and step-by-step instructions to introduce, teach, or re-teach content.

Ongoing progress monitoring

For targeted re-teaching and ongoing progress monitoring, teachers can turn to IXL Analytics. IXL Analytics shows teachers student trouble spots, as well as the number of students who are struggling with a particular concept. Student growth and understanding are visible at a glance and can be used to document student progress throughout the year, especially for IEPs.