Honor Roll: IXL Celebrates Top Tier Teachers With Annual Elite 100

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Feb 11, 2025, 08:15 ET

IXL's Elite 100 recognizes educators who go above and beyond to empower their students to succeed

SAN MATEO, Calif., Feb. 11, 2025 /PRNewswire/ -- IXL announced its 11th annual Elite 100 list, which celebrates passionate and innovative teachers who helped students thrive in the classroom by personalizing learning.

IXL selected the list of 100 educators from more than 1 million teachers worldwide who used the platform in their classrooms, based on usage during the 2023-2024 academic year. This year's winners span 28 U.S. states, the United Kingdom, Egypt, Thailand and China. Among them, 72 are first-time Elite 100 honorees, one made the list for the eighth time and another was recognized for the seventh consecutive year.

"Elite 100 teachers are on the front lines of closing learning gaps and inspiring students to reach their full potential. Now, more than ever, their dedication and expertise are shaping the future. IXL is honored to partner with these champions of personalized learning and provide them with resources to help every student excel," said Paul Mishkin, CEO of IXL Learning.

How Elite 100 teachers get the most out of IXL
Recent global assessment results have confirmed a concerning trend: learners are still struggling academically. Amidst these challenges, the Elite 100 embraced the power of personalized learning with IXL to boost student achievement.

Educators used IXL's comprehensive curriculum featuring over 17,000 adaptive skills to meet any learning need easily. "I think the best part of IXL is the very tight steps from learning skill to learning skill, especially in math, so students aren't missing anything," said Heather McClellan, a high school teacher at Ohio Virtual Academy in Maumee, OH. "Everything builds upon everything else. And, if students reach content that is too hard, it is easy to scale back to a prior skill that they may have missed."

A critical component of any personalized learning strategy is understanding exactly what students know and what they're ready to learn next. The Elite 100 achieved this by leveraging IXL's Assessment Suite, a powerful solution that equips teachers with the insights needed to differentiate instruction and accelerate student success. In addition to its robust screening and benchmarking tools, the suite features the state-of-the-art, nationally normed IXL Diagnostic. This adaptive assessment provided teachers with immediate insights into student performance, pinpointed knowledge gaps, and recommended specific skills learners should master next to grow. "I use the IXL Diagnostic to help students identify areas that they need to focus on so that they can fill in the missing academic skills," said Toby Ritenour, a 6th-grade teacher at Monte Bella Elementary School in Salinas, CA. "It's a fantastic tool that provides immediate results to students and allows me to identify academic needs."

With access to IXL's classroom engagement tools, teachers proved that learning can be motivating and fun. "Group Jam is an amazing tool to keep kids actively engaged while practicing skills as a whole group before they go to work independently," said Georgette Vanover, a 5th-grade teacher at Whitley East Elementary in Williamsburg, KY. "The ability to work the questions out on the board as we are going through Group Jam also allows the students to understand the skill better."

As schools work to boost proficiency levels, accurate data is crucial for assessing progress and growth. IXL Analytics empowers educators to quickly pinpoint trouble spots, monitor performance on skills and make more informed instructional decisions for maximum impact. "I can tell where a student's weakness lies, as well as how long they spend studying to prepare for their assessments," said Matthew Calabria, a junior high teacher at Fairmont Schools in Anaheim, CA. "The data provided by IXL allows me to know my students so much better."

To learn more about the Elite 100 and view the full list of winners, visit IXL's website.

About IXL
Currently used by 16 million students and in 96 of the top 100 U.S. school districts, IXL is an all-inclusive educational platform that provides a comprehensive PK-12 curriculum and instructional resources, actionable analytics and a state-of-the-art assessment suite. Available in more than 80 languages, IXL's end-to-end teaching and learning solution supports personalized instruction in math, English language arts, science, social studies and Spanish. With 160 billion questions asked and answered around the world, IXL is helping schools and parents successfully boost student achievement. The IXL Learning family of products also includes Rosetta Stone, Dictionary.com, Thesaurus.com, TPT, SpanishDictionary.com, inglés.com, FrenchDictionary.com, Wyzant, Vocabulary.com, ABCya, Education.com and Carson Dellosa Education. To learn more about IXL, visit www.ixl.com, facebook.com/IXL and x.com/IXLLearning.