Program Description

"ALEKS is a research-based, online learning program that offers course products for Math, Chemistry, Statistics, and more. Rooted in 20 years of research and analytics, ALEKS is a proven, online learning platform that helps educators and parents understand each student's knowledge and learning progress in depth, and provides the individual support required for every student to achieve mastery."

Cost

$19.95 per month; $49.95 for 3 months; $99.95 for 6 months; $179.95 for 12 months

Intended Population

• Core
• Intervention

Grade

• Elementary School
• Middle School
• High School

Intended Group Size

• Individual
• Small group
• Classroom

ELL/DLL

• Partial

Multisensory Applications

• Yes

Computer-Based Delivery

• Full

Scripted

• Instructor Scripted

Comprehensive or Skill Specific

• Comprehensive

Placement Tests

• Yes

Accelerated Learning

• Unspecified

Assessment to Monitor Skills Mastery

• Yes

Error Correction Built In

• Yes

Fidelity Measures Provided by Publisher

• Yes

Research Summary

Participants assigned to the program in research studies have exhibited similar levels of improvement on key outcome measures (i.e., improvement in math achievement levels) to participants in control conditions. A meta-analysis concluded that ALEKS was as good, but not better than, traditional classroom teaching. Due to the limited evidence, there is insufficient evidence to support the efficacy of ALEKS at this time.

Study Citations

Craig, S. D., Hu, X., Graesser, A. C., Bargagliotti, A. E., Sterbinsky, A., Cheney, K. R., & Okwumabua, T. (2013). The impact of a technology-based mathematics after-school program using ALEKS on student's knowledge and behaviors. Computers & Education, 68, 495-504.

Fang, Y., Ren, Z., Hu, X., & Graesser, A. C. (2019). A meta-analysis of the effectiveness of ALEKS on learning. Educational Psychology, 39(10), 1278-1292.

Huang, X., Craig, S. D., Xie, J., Graesser, A., & Hu, X. (2016). Intelligent tutoring systems work as a math gap reducer in 6th grade after-school program. Learning and Individual Differences, 47, 258-265.

Evidence-Based Practice (EBP)

• Insufficient evidence

Additional Reviews

• https://education.media/aleks-the-worst-online-learning-program