Testimonials

My ELD students are the ones that are befitting from it the most, they are spelling, listening and writing all in one game. This is a great educational game.

I've been a classroom teacher for 13 years and have seen my share of software programs designed to entice students into learning and practicing skills in math and reading.

After the first day of using the program, I knew it was an instant hit. The next day my students were eagerly asking, well, begging really, to use the program again. I love the amount of leverage I get by dangling Sumdog time over their heads! I can get kids to do just about anything with the promise of "opening the house" for five minutes. Whoever thought of that component is a genius!

I am so impressed with the way the creators of Sumdog have figured out what "wows" kids. I hope you and your team realize how truly powerful it is to create something that appeals to all types of students and results in real learning. I am very, very grateful that I have found Sumdog and with the addition and amplification of the Virginia SOLs, I plan to use the program consistently as part of my daily teaching routine.

It is very easy to create individualized Challenges! I kept the topic the same, but placed my students on a grade level that would provide challenge, but not burnout. Some of the students will be enriched with high level questions, and others I gave a more remedial group of questions.

One little fellow I have is so excited. He is getting to play the same games others are playing. However, he is being successful and having a much higher accuracy rate than he has seen all year with any assessment. I can not stress enough the motivation Sumdog provides - this is its strongest asset compared to other programs.

A big plus for teachers is being able to hover over their name on the reports and finding out at a glimpse which skills they are doing at what level.

Not only is it noticeable that they are doing better with their school work and their homework, but also they are picking up newly introduced topics quicker and that gives them more confidence in their abilities.

I have just subscribed the boys to a family membership and linked them with their school accounts (which was really easy!!).

Not only were they excited to see our class name move up in ranks competing against other schools, but the leaderboard allowed individual students to set goals and see their name on the top 10 board! I specifically had students who usually struggle with Math become motivated to participate due to the competition.

I was also able to differentiate through the skills based challenges and assign different ones to students who struggle with prior skills that we have covered in class. This has allowed them a different avenue to continue their learning through practice and engagement.

Students were able to build on these skills at school but also at home through a fun and safe site that parents can trust.

I also love to use Sumdog to set classroom challenges, which allow for the students to compete against each other. They enjoy earning rewards for their accomplishments outside of our learning time together. Finally, I have found no better customer service than that which Sumdog provides. I have an established relationships with my representative who keeps in touch and solicits feedback regularly.

I have a bottom set Year 10 (14 and 15 year olds), a class full of pupils with behaviour, social and learning difficulties who cause so many problems around the school, lack academic motivation and are disinterested in school life, but they engage with Sumdog so, so well.

I really believe what you guys have created is one of the best mathematics resources ever! And what these types of pupils gain from it is invaluable, so I thank the Sumdog team for that!!

After teaching multiplying by 2, 5, and 10 the day before, I was able to give my students a quick quiz over just those facts.

I easily accessed the results and could clearly see that five students were struggling using the strategies I had taught.

While my other students worked on the progress hub, I was able to call those five over to my table and reteach the skills. After only a few minutes, I was able to reassign the same quiz.

Each student had greater success. I was able to assess, reteach, reassess, and then move on to the next skill. Thank you Sumdog for helping me be a more effective teacher!

I started using Sumdog mid-year and have seen tremendous growth. We use it 15 minutes daily in both Math and Reading.

I have measured their progress on a bimonthly basis of math facts and application problems.

Our average in the year is .4 points a week in math. When I added Sumdog our growth doubled to 1 a week.

In reading, our average growth rate on comprehension is .33 a point. We are now gaining 2 points a week.

Worth every dollar.

I can create activities which are standards based and I am able to generate reports to assess my student's strengths and weaknesses. The students love the competitions among their classmates and have fun while they learn math facts.

Sumdog provides a reasonably priced product with guaranteed results. And to top it all off...the support is great!

On the last test (May) after practicing using Sumdog, 63% students in my class scored either advanced or proficient. The first time (Dec) the students scored 55% proficient with no advanced scores. The other class that did not use the program scored 43% proficient and advanced where my class showed more than a 20% growth.

The first night he answered more than 900 questions with a 50% accuracy rate. The next week, his accuracy rate had improved to 55%. Three weeks later, he had answered nearly 4,000 questions and his accuracy rate had skyrocketed to 78%!

Thank you Sumdog for creating engaging math games that students love to play!

We began using the free trials and contests last year. Our teachers and administrators saw the benefit of the program and decided to get school wide subscriptions.

The K-8 teachers in the district have used all of the components of the online math program, especially running reports and monitoring students in real time. Teachers have joined nation wide and local math contests and one class was a national winner! Our teachers especially like being able to get helpful and timely customer service if they have questions or need support.

I thought I'd let you know about one of my Year 4 pupils.

He began the year as a shaky 2B level. He got hooked on Sumdog and it's really helped him achieve. He's now a solid 3B level and it's only his comprehension skills that are holding him back from engaging with problems. He really has made a full level's progress this year. On purely mental mathematics he's closer to a 4C. He's even discussed with me how he figured out square roots!

It's also fair to say that those children who went on Sumdog on a regular basis have made more progress than those who didn't.

My students had a forty-five minute lab period twice a week. They competed with each other enthusiastically. I gave 100 math facts 0-12 timed at five minutes on January 31. Only 40% of the students got 70% or above. The class average was 65%.

May 16 I again gave them 100 facts 1-12 but only three minutes. The results were amazing! 88% of the students got 70% or above. The class average was 86%!!

76% of the children achieved level 5 and 100% level 4. Our lowest mark is 67% which is a 4a - this is remarkable when 2 of the children were low level 3c at the start of the year and on the special needs register (one in particular was inspired by Sumdog and showed never before seen skills).

This is by far the best results we have ever had and the first time we have had 100% in Mathematics for many years.