{"id":61262,"date":"2025-06-16T08:51:28","date_gmt":"2025-06-16T16:51:28","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.abcmouse.com\/learn\/?p=61262"},"modified":"2025-06-16T08:51:31","modified_gmt":"2025-06-16T16:51:31","slug":"significantly-improvesstudent-outcomes-in-pre-kand-kindergarten","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.abcmouse.com\/learn\/abcmouse\/significantly-improvesstudent-outcomes-in-pre-kand-kindergarten\/61262","title":{"rendered":"ABCmouse Significantly Improves Student Outcomes in Pre-Kand Kindergarten"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1200\" height=\"239\" src=\"https:\/\/www.abcmouse.com\/learn\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/StudyPreKandKinderImprovements-1200x239.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-61263\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.abcmouse.com\/learn\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/StudyPreKandKinderImprovements-1200x239.png 1200w, https:\/\/www.abcmouse.com\/learn\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/StudyPreKandKinderImprovements-300x60.png 300w, https:\/\/www.abcmouse.com\/learn\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/StudyPreKandKinderImprovements-768x153.png 768w, https:\/\/www.abcmouse.com\/learn\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/StudyPreKandKinderImprovements.png 1466w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1200px) 100vw, 1200px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image aofl-no-margin is-style-rounded\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-full has-custom-border\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1800\" height=\"541\" src=\"https:\/\/www.abcmouse.com\/learn\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/ABCmouse-Books-Hero-Image.png\" alt=\"ABC mouse reading a book with the app displayed on a screen to the left and books from the library displayed on the right. \" class=\"wp-image-23728\" style=\"border-style:none;border-width:0px;border-top-left-radius:15px;border-top-right-radius:0px;border-bottom-left-radius:15px;border-bottom-right-radius:15px\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.abcmouse.com\/learn\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/ABCmouse-Books-Hero-Image.png 1800w, https:\/\/www.abcmouse.com\/learn\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/ABCmouse-Books-Hero-Image-300x90.png 300w, https:\/\/www.abcmouse.com\/learn\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/ABCmouse-Books-Hero-Image-1200x361.png 1200w, https:\/\/www.abcmouse.com\/learn\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/ABCmouse-Books-Hero-Image-768x231.png 768w, https:\/\/www.abcmouse.com\/learn\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/ABCmouse-Books-Hero-Image-1536x462.png 1536w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1800px) 100vw, 1800px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<h1 class=\"wp-block-heading has-text-color\" style=\"color:#0515bd;line-height:1.25\">ABCmouse Significantly Improves Student Outcomes in Pre-K and Kindergarten<\/h1>\n\n\n\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading has-text-color\" style=\"color:#767676;font-style:normal;font-weight:400\"><br>Research highlights the value of ABCmouse as a supplemental teaching resource in both prekindergarten and kindergarten.<\/h4>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-group aofl-byline1 is-nowrap is-layout-flex wp-container-core-group-is-layout-6c531013 wp-block-group-is-layout-flex\">\n<p class=\"has-text-color has-link-color wp-elements-4140e551a31123a99a4012bdc7e3eaa4\" style=\"color:#01075f\">\u2014DeAnna Owens, Ph.D.\u2020, Leslie Ponciano, Ph.D.\u2020\u2020, and KP Thai, Ph.D.\u2020\u2020\u2020<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-group aofl-advice-table-ofcontents has-background\" style=\"border-radius:5px;background-color:#e9f5ff\"><div class=\"wp-block-group__inner-container is-layout-constrained wp-block-group-is-layout-constrained\">\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading has-text-color has-background\" style=\"color:#01075f;background-color:#bdd7ff\">Table of Contents &#8211; Jump to Each Section<\/h4>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:10px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-royal-depths-color has-text-color has-link-color wp-elements-2599ca408771c5247731d22acd26508d\"><a href=\"#key-findings\" title=\"\"><strong>Key Findings<\/strong> <strong>Summary<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-royal-depths-color has-text-color has-link-color wp-elements-a1e6373917724941d139633179055050\"><a href=\"#overview\" title=\"\"><strong>ABCmouse<\/strong> <strong>Research Study Overview<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-royal-depths-color has-text-color has-link-color wp-elements-f1ab9d462830c0f413c9edceaf3be9b9\"><a href=\"#participants\" title=\"\"><strong>ABCmouse<\/strong> <strong><strong>Research Study Participants<\/strong><\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-royal-depths-color has-text-color has-link-color wp-elements-8f195cd2aef5a7a8fa836068039c14f5\"><a href=\"#design-procedures\" title=\"\"><strong>ABCmouse<\/strong> <strong>Research Study Design and Procedures<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-royal-depths-color has-text-color has-link-color wp-elements-885e907cbbab3513ff3bc74c7e764838\"><a href=\"#study-results\" title=\"\"><strong>ABCmouse<\/strong> <strong>Research Study Results<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:2px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:10px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-group has-border-color has-background\" style=\"border-color:#2D56BF;border-width:1px;border-radius:15px;background-color:#80808021;margin-top:var(--wp--preset--spacing--50);margin-bottom:var(--wp--preset--spacing--50);padding-top:var(--wp--preset--spacing--70);padding-bottom:var(--wp--preset--spacing--70)\"><div class=\"wp-block-group__inner-container is-layout-constrained wp-block-group-is-layout-constrained\">\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading anchor-link-with-margin\" id=\"key-findings\" style=\"line-height:1\">Key Findings Summary: <\/h2>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list has-midnight-blue-color has-text-color has-link-color wp-elements-8d9956a617f6c12259b4821bff99c5d5\">\n<li>In Study 1, the more ABCmouse learning activities a student completed, the greater his or her kindergarten readiness score at the end of prekindergarten, indicating a reduction in the level of risk for school failure.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list has-midnight-blue-color has-text-color has-link-color wp-elements-edb2877bc2816daa48326b2fbd03409c\">\n<li>In Study 2, regular ABCmouse usage in kindergarten predicted students\u2019 learning gains in literacy and math skills.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list has-midnight-blue-color has-text-color has-link-color wp-elements-6474f39c891be19e5cd7a854eb7ec44c\">\n<li>The number of ABCmouse learning activities completed over both school years was a strong predictor of literacy and math outcomes.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading anchor-link-with-margin\" id=\"overview\">ABCmouse Research Study Abstract<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-color has-link-color wp-elements-e2163d6f73ba74a9281ebfbfd49205bd\" style=\"color:#01075f;line-height:1.5\">School failure often begins in the early grades. Research establishes the importance of early reading and math skills in predicting both academic success<sup>1<\/sup> and grade retention.<sup>2<\/sup> In two studies, we examined the impact of ABCmouse.com Early Learning Academy, a comprehensive supplemental digital early learning resource, on the acquisition of literacy and math skills in a longitudinal study of prekindergarten and kindergarten students. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-color has-link-color wp-elements-e9ce129a6d21b8e2a5985a490042b333\" style=\"color:#01075f;line-height:1.5\">In Study 1, all participating prekindergarten students were identified as at risk for school failure.<br>Those students who completed more ABCmouse learning activities evidenced greater academic gains than those who completed fewer activities.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-color has-link-color wp-elements-211910148ebded8e6e309af96a0aea80\" style=\"color:#01075f;line-height:1.5\">In Study 2, we followed the prekindergarten sample into kindergarten with a quasi-experimental design. Study 2 demonstrated that regular ABCmouse usage helped accelerate kindergarten growth in literacy and math across multiple assessments. Even students who began with a lower readiness level at kindergarten entry were able to catch up to their peers through regular usage of ABCmouse. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-color has-link-color wp-elements-5eb1867e94b6e6f037bbd98fa5a2c0d3\" style=\"color:#01075f;line-height:1.5\">Results suggest that regular usage of ABCmouse across two grade levels helped students who had been identified as at risk for school failure to better prepare for kindergarten and achieve greater growth in literacy and math during kindergarten.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading anchor-link-with-margin\" id=\"participants\">ABCmouse Research Study Participants<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-color has-link-color wp-elements-a8439625e4f1e412175d139b035f1f32\" style=\"color:#01075f;line-height:1.5\">Study 1 (2013\u201314) included 230 prekindergarten students 49% male, 51% female) from 12 classrooms in the public school district prekindergarten (DPK) program in Tupelo, Mississippi. Enrollment was prioritized for children whose pretest scores indicated a risk for school failure, as well as English language learners, children with developmental disabilities\/delays, and\/or children living in poverty or homelessness.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-color has-link-color wp-elements-86f54eab2726bfbfe1e39b8f4b29f04d\" style=\"color:#01075f;line-height:1.5\">Study 2 (2014\u201315) included 571 kindergarten students; 210 were students from the DPK sample, and 361 students had not taken part in the district prekindergarten program (non-DPK). Four elementary schools (33 classrooms) participated, with eight or nine kindergarten classrooms of 12 to 20 students in each school.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading anchor-link-with-margin\" id=\"design-procedures\">ABCmouse Research Study Design and Procedures<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-color has-link-color wp-elements-7b2240dacb099fc1099ea2e6350be5e0\" style=\"color:#01075f;line-height:1.5\">Study 1 had a naturalistic design in which DPK students had varying usage of ABCmouse during the school year. The school district tested students at the beginning and end of the school year with the nationally validated Early Prevention of School Failure (EPSF) assessment.<sup>3<\/sup> Study 2 used a quasi-experimental design, in which the district assigned two elementary schools full access to ABCmouse for the entire school year (Full-access Group). The other two schools in the district received restricted access to ABCmouse, including no access to most ABCmouse literacy activities for the first half of the year, and full access to the entire ABCmouse curriculum for the second half (Restricted-access Group). <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-color has-link-color wp-elements-b9e3ed06d40d96b01e420ab75dc5dfc7\" style=\"color:#01075f;line-height:1.5\">Teachers were provided training and instructed to use ABCmouse for at least 45 minutes per week with their students. The students accessed ABCmouse in various ways during the kindergarten year, including tablet carts, computer labs, and classroom computers and tablets. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-color has-link-color wp-elements-7abf1419947e330f8c869d709dc9c35a\" style=\"color:#01075f;line-height:1.5\">As a result of the research design, the Full-access Group not only had greater access to the full ABCmouse curriculum but also completed many more ABCmouse learning activities, especially literacy activities, than the Restricted-access Group. When the Restricted-access Group switched to the full ABCmouse curriculum in the second half of the school year, the two groups completed similar numbers of learning activities. Therefore, \u201cregular usage\u201d refers to both the access type and higher usage levels of the Full-access Group, and \u201climited usage\u201d refers to both the limited access and lower usage levels of the Restricted-access Group. Students were tested at the beginning, middle, and end of the school year with the Classworks<sup>4 <\/sup>and STAR<sup>5<\/sup> assessments, and with the DIBELS<sup>6<\/sup> at the end of the school year.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:10px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-group\"><div class=\"wp-block-group__inner-container is-layout-constrained wp-block-group-is-layout-constrained\"><div class=\"wp-block-image u-m-hide\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-full\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.abcmouse.com\/abc\/prospect-register\/?src_tag=wp:cta:0015\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"924\" height=\"501\" src=\"https:\/\/www.abcmouse.com\/learn\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/ABCmouse-Learning-Made-Easy-CTA-Mobile.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-89753\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.abcmouse.com\/learn\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/ABCmouse-Learning-Made-Easy-CTA-Mobile.png 924w, https:\/\/www.abcmouse.com\/learn\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/ABCmouse-Learning-Made-Easy-CTA-Mobile-300x163.png 300w, https:\/\/www.abcmouse.com\/learn\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/ABCmouse-Learning-Made-Easy-CTA-Mobile-768x416.png 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 924px) 100vw, 924px\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image u-d-hide aofl-mb-3rem-margin \">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-full\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.abcmouse.com\/abc\/prospect-register\/?src_tag=wp:cta:0015\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"393\" height=\"560\" src=\"https:\/\/www.abcmouse.com\/learn\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/ABCmouse-Learning-Made-Easy-CTA-Desktop.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-89754\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.abcmouse.com\/learn\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/ABCmouse-Learning-Made-Easy-CTA-Desktop.png 393w, https:\/\/www.abcmouse.com\/learn\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/ABCmouse-Learning-Made-Easy-CTA-Desktop-211x300.png 211w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 393px) 100vw, 393px\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading anchor-link-with-margin\" id=\"study-results\">Research Study Results<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-midnight-blue-color has-text-color has-link-color wp-elements-345178d64cede68eb1c3eab3d93e7d27\" style=\"line-height:1.5\">The results from both studies demonstrate that ABCmouse helps accelerate academic growth, particularly literacy gains, in prekindergarten and kindergarten. The three main findings from these studies are summarized below.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading has-text-color has-link-color wp-elements-794e8b483224660d3dfb9143ef0c9643\" style=\"color:#01075f\">Finding 1: In Study 1, the more ABCmouse learning activities a student completed, the greater his or her kindergarten readiness<br>score at the end of prekindergarten, indicating a reduction in the level of risk for school failure.<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-color has-link-color wp-elements-7b6ca0903faa7436cea17fd19b9eecd4\" style=\"color:#01075f;line-height:1.5\">Students who completed at least 35 activities (median activities completed) during prekindergarten demonstrated an additional 65% gain on the EPSF assessment than those who completed fewer than 35 activities, and there was no statistically significant difference in the students\u2019 pretest scores administered before the prekindergarten year (Figure 1).<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1200\" height=\"598\" src=\"https:\/\/www.abcmouse.com\/learn\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/StudyPrekandKinderImprovementsFig1-1200x598.png\" alt=\"Mean pre-and posttest EPSF scores, grouped by the number of ABCmouse learning activities completed. \" class=\"wp-image-61286\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.abcmouse.com\/learn\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/StudyPrekandKinderImprovementsFig1-1200x598.png 1200w, https:\/\/www.abcmouse.com\/learn\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/StudyPrekandKinderImprovementsFig1-300x150.png 300w, https:\/\/www.abcmouse.com\/learn\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/StudyPrekandKinderImprovementsFig1-768x383.png 768w, https:\/\/www.abcmouse.com\/learn\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/StudyPrekandKinderImprovementsFig1.png 1380w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1200px) 100vw, 1200px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading has-text-color has-link-color wp-elements-e6d515e82cc81cf8f551a8d53bc2a65c\" style=\"color:#01075f\"><br>Finding 2: In Study 2, regular ABCmouse usage in kindergarten predicted students\u2019 learning gains in literacy and math skills.<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-color has-link-color wp-elements-11cc16c7786d101065a17de946d5ed9b\" style=\"color:#01075f;line-height:1.5\">While students in the Full-access Group started in Fall with slightly lower scores on the Classworks assessment than the Restricted-access Group, students in the Full-access Group demonstrated an additional 120% gain on early literacy skills from Fall to Winter, as compared to students in the Restricted-access Group (Figure 2).<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\" style=\"margin-top:var(--wp--preset--spacing--70);margin-bottom:var(--wp--preset--spacing--70)\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1200\" height=\"761\" src=\"https:\/\/www.abcmouse.com\/learn\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/STudyPrekandKinderImrovementsFigure2-1200x761.png\" alt=\"Kindergarten classwork's reading growth from fall to winter. \" class=\"wp-image-61288\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.abcmouse.com\/learn\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/STudyPrekandKinderImrovementsFigure2-1200x761.png 1200w, https:\/\/www.abcmouse.com\/learn\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/STudyPrekandKinderImrovementsFigure2-300x190.png 300w, https:\/\/www.abcmouse.com\/learn\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/STudyPrekandKinderImrovementsFigure2-768x487.png 768w, https:\/\/www.abcmouse.com\/learn\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/STudyPrekandKinderImrovementsFigure2.png 1388w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1200px) 100vw, 1200px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-color has-link-color wp-elements-dc90313a1f39b3215f28ab9a20967e38\" style=\"color:#01075f;line-height:1.5\">Students in the Full-access Group also showed an additional 150% gain on early mathematics skills, compared to students in the Restricted-access Group (Figure 3). There was no group difference in Fall scores on early mathematics skills.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\" style=\"margin-top:var(--wp--preset--spacing--70);margin-bottom:var(--wp--preset--spacing--70)\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1200\" height=\"802\" src=\"https:\/\/www.abcmouse.com\/learn\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/STudyPreKandKinderImprovementsFigure3-1200x802.png\" alt=\"Kindergarten classwork's reading growth from fall to winter. \" class=\"wp-image-61291\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.abcmouse.com\/learn\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/STudyPreKandKinderImprovementsFigure3-1200x802.png 1200w, https:\/\/www.abcmouse.com\/learn\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/STudyPreKandKinderImprovementsFigure3-300x201.png 300w, https:\/\/www.abcmouse.com\/learn\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/STudyPreKandKinderImprovementsFigure3-768x514.png 768w, https:\/\/www.abcmouse.com\/learn\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/STudyPreKandKinderImprovementsFigure3.png 1358w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1200px) 100vw, 1200px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-color has-link-color wp-elements-b95a982692180d79992b131ead55007b\" style=\"color:#01075f;line-height:1.5\">While students in the DPK program entered kindergarten at a higher readiness level on the STAR assessment in literacy and math than non-DPK students, with regular usage of the full ABCmouse curriculum in kindergarten (i.e., Full-access Group), non-DPK students were able to catch up with their DPK peers in both academic domains. Non-DPK students from both the Restricted-access Group and Full-access Group started out in Fall with significantly lower STAR Literacy scores than DPK students (p\u2019s &lt; .001, effect sizes were .45 for Restricted-access and .28 for Full-access), yet the nonDPK students with regular ABCmouse usage were able to close this gap and catch up to their DPK peers by Winter (p\u2019s.10 in Winter and Spring).<sup>7<\/sup> The same patterns were seen with the STAR Early Numeracy scores (p\u2019s &lt; .001, and effect sizes were .48 for Restricted-access and .28 for Full-access in Fall; p\u2019s &gt; .10 in Winter and Spring).<sup>8<\/sup><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-color has-link-color wp-elements-ca3b4b202c3d7b077fe5fb90718eea3b\" style=\"color:#01075f;line-height:1.5\">By Spring, non-DPK students with regular usage demonstrated higher growth on early reading and math on the Classworks than non-DPK students with limited usage (Figures 4 and 5; p &lt; .001, d = .42 for Reading and p &lt; .05, d =.23 for Math). For DPK students, Spring scores were as high or higher than non-DPK students\u2019 scores, but differences between DPK students\u2019 Spring scores based on participation in the Full-access Group versus the Restricted-access Group were not statistically significant.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\" style=\"margin-top:var(--wp--preset--spacing--70);margin-bottom:var(--wp--preset--spacing--70)\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1200\" height=\"701\" src=\"https:\/\/www.abcmouse.com\/learn\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/StudyPreKandKinderIMprovementsFigure4-1200x701.png\" alt=\"Kindergarten classwork's reading growth from fall to spring gains. \" class=\"wp-image-61297\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.abcmouse.com\/learn\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/StudyPreKandKinderIMprovementsFigure4-1200x701.png 1200w, https:\/\/www.abcmouse.com\/learn\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/StudyPreKandKinderIMprovementsFigure4-300x175.png 300w, https:\/\/www.abcmouse.com\/learn\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/StudyPreKandKinderIMprovementsFigure4-768x449.png 768w, https:\/\/www.abcmouse.com\/learn\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/StudyPreKandKinderIMprovementsFigure4.png 1452w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1200px) 100vw, 1200px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\" style=\"margin-top:var(--wp--preset--spacing--70);margin-bottom:var(--wp--preset--spacing--70)\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1200\" height=\"734\" src=\"https:\/\/www.abcmouse.com\/learn\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/StudyPreKandKinderImprovementFigure5-1200x734.png\" alt=\"Kindergarten classwork's reading growth from fall to spring gains. \" class=\"wp-image-61300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.abcmouse.com\/learn\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/StudyPreKandKinderImprovementFigure5-1200x734.png 1200w, https:\/\/www.abcmouse.com\/learn\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/StudyPreKandKinderImprovementFigure5-300x184.png 300w, https:\/\/www.abcmouse.com\/learn\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/StudyPreKandKinderImprovementFigure5-768x470.png 768w, https:\/\/www.abcmouse.com\/learn\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/StudyPreKandKinderImprovementFigure5.png 1422w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1200px) 100vw, 1200px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading has-text-color has-link-color wp-elements-92b1f037ce596dc652a724a901ecf0e3\" style=\"color:#01075f\">Finding 3: The number of ABCmouse learning activities completed over both school years was a strong predictor of literacy and math outcomes.<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-color has-link-color wp-elements-a5f260b5305973e7a08d1f1b04c69f25\" style=\"color:#01075f;line-height:1.5\">ABCmouse usage over both school years reliably predicted students\u2019 literacy and math performance at the end of kindergarten, after controlling for the effects of age, DPK enrollment, and ABCmouse access type received in kindergarten.<sup>9<\/sup><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-color has-link-color wp-elements-c19c6001c75ef5665710d2d4f290d731\" style=\"color:#01075f;line-height:1.5\">The multiple linear regression model on literacy outcomes predicts that for each 100 additional ABCmouse learning activities completed over both school years, students would realize an increase of .03 points on the DIBELS composite score, 9 points on the STAR Literacy, and 3 points on the Classworks Reading (Table 1). These are noteworthy increases, considering the range of total activities completed in both years was 0 to 5,784 activities (including repeats), and the ranges of Spring scores were -2.02 to 2.96 on DIBELS composite (z-scores), 127 to 1,655 on STAR Literacy, and 1,200 to 1,330 on Classworks Reading.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\" style=\"margin-top:var(--wp--preset--spacing--70);margin-bottom:var(--wp--preset--spacing--70)\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1200\" height=\"1032\" src=\"https:\/\/www.abcmouse.com\/learn\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/StudyPrekandKinderImprovementTable1-1200x1032.png\" alt=\"Literacy in spring table 1. \" class=\"wp-image-61306\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.abcmouse.com\/learn\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/StudyPrekandKinderImprovementTable1-1200x1032.png 1200w, https:\/\/www.abcmouse.com\/learn\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/StudyPrekandKinderImprovementTable1-300x258.png 300w, https:\/\/www.abcmouse.com\/learn\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/StudyPrekandKinderImprovementTable1-768x660.png 768w, https:\/\/www.abcmouse.com\/learn\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/StudyPrekandKinderImprovementTable1.png 1240w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1200px) 100vw, 1200px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:5px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-color has-link-color wp-elements-f2e7b8f23b1ee4efd2f1664f1260af7a\" style=\"color:#01075f;line-height:1.5\">Similarly, the multiple linear regression model on math outcomes predicts that for each 100 additional learning activities completed, students would realize a .8-point increase on the STAR Early Numeracy and a 1.2-point increase on the Classworks Math (Table 2). The range of STAR Early Numeracy in Spring was 20 to 99, and the range of Classworks Math scores in Spring was 1,200 to 1,270. In most cases, DPK participation was also a statistically significant and positive predictor of Spring scores in literacy and math.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\" style=\"margin-top:var(--wp--preset--spacing--70);margin-bottom:var(--wp--preset--spacing--70)\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1200\" height=\"762\" src=\"https:\/\/www.abcmouse.com\/learn\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/StudyPreKandKinderImprovementTable2-1200x762.png\" alt=\"Mathematics in spring table 2. \" class=\"wp-image-61309\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.abcmouse.com\/learn\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/StudyPreKandKinderImprovementTable2-1200x762.png 1200w, https:\/\/www.abcmouse.com\/learn\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/StudyPreKandKinderImprovementTable2-300x191.png 300w, https:\/\/www.abcmouse.com\/learn\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/StudyPreKandKinderImprovementTable2-768x488.png 768w, https:\/\/www.abcmouse.com\/learn\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/StudyPreKandKinderImprovementTable2.png 1234w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1200px) 100vw, 1200px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">ABCmouse Research Study Conclusion<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-color has-link-color wp-elements-be034fdfc644337f3cc72c9202c3bbac\" style=\"color:#01075f;line-height:1.5\">This longitudinal study reveals that when young students complete more ABCmouse learning activities, their academic performance improves. The use of ABCmouse within the DPK program reduced the risk of school failure by the end of the prekindergarten year. This finding held constant during kindergarten. Furthermore, access to the full ABCmouse curriculum independently contributed to the academic growth of non-DPK students. The findings from <strong>these studies highlight the value of ABCmouse as a supplemental teaching resource in both prekindergarten and kindergarten<\/strong>, when students are learning the foundational skills in literacy and math that are essential to long-term success in school.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:15px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"aofl-pull-quote-option2 has-border-color has-royal-depths-border-color has-frosted-sky-background-color has-text-color has-background\" style=\"border-width:2px;border-radius:15px;color:#01075f;margin-top:var(--wp--preset--spacing--50);margin-bottom:var(--wp--preset--spacing--50);line-height:1.5\">Learn more about the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.abcmouse.com\/learn\/abcmouse\/online-game-based-learning-why-it-works\/56458\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">proven benefits of game-based learning<\/a>, as well as it&#8217;s positive impact on children&#8217;s <a href=\"https:\/\/www.abcmouse.com\/learn\/abcmouse\/the-cognitive-benefits-of-game-based-learning\/56872\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">cognitive development<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.abcmouse.com\/learn\/abcmouse\/how-online-games-help-social-emotional-learning\/57047\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">social-emotional learning<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:10px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">References:<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-midnight-blue-color has-text-color has-link-color wp-elements-f32433600229f2fdb90c4aa6f8428f55\" style=\"font-size:13px\"><em>\u2020 Assistant Professor, Instruction and Curriculum Leadership, University of Memphis.<br>\u2020\u2020 Director of Research &amp; Educational Partnerships, Age of Learning, Inc.; formerly Assistant Professor and Director of Early Childhood Education Master\u2019s Program, Loyola Marymount University.<br>\u2020\u2020\u2020Senior Analyst, Assessment &amp; Evaluation, Age of Learning, Inc.<br>1.  Duncan, G. J., Dowsett, C. J., Claessens, A., Magnuson, K., Huston, A. C., Klebanov, P., et al. (2007). School readiness and later achievement. Developmental Psychology, 43, 1428\u20131446. doi: 10.1037\/0012-1649.43.6.1428<br>2.  Davoudzadeh, P., McTernan, M. L., &amp; Grimm, K. J. (2015). Early school readiness predictors of grade retention from kindergarten through eighth grade: A multilevel discrete-time survival analysis approach. Early Childhood Research Quarterly, 32, 183\u2013192. doi: 10.1016\/j.ecresq.2015.04.005<br>3.  Zeh, J. D., &amp; Baenen, N. R. (1991). Early Prevention of School Failure: Evaluation Report. NC: Wake County Public School System. Available: http:\/\/files.eric.ed.gov\/fulltext\/ED351097.pdf.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-midnight-blue-color has-text-color has-link-color wp-elements-1d24d4d52495df68b1298169653d5270\" style=\"font-size:13px\"><em>4. Classworks Reading and Classworks Math, Curriculum Advantage, Inc.<br>5.  STAR Math and STAR Reading, Renaissance Learning, Inc.<br>6.  Good, R. H., &amp; Kaminski, R. A. (Eds.) (2007). Dynamic Indicators of Basic Early Literacy Skills (6th ed.). Eugene, OR: Institute for the Development of Educational Achievement. Available: http:\/\/dibels.uoregon.edu\/.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-midnight-blue-color has-text-color has-link-color wp-elements-efe8a12e72d93009075c31484e4321dc\" style=\"font-size:13px\"><em>7.  In the Restricted-access Group, DPK students performed better than non-DPK students at all time points (p&#8217;s &lt; .001, d = .45 to .55). In the Full-access Group, non-DPK students had lower scores than the DPK students in Fall (p = .03, d = .28), but not in Winter and Spring (p\u2019s &gt; .10)<br>8.  In the Restricted-access Group, DPK students performed better than non-DPK students at all time points (p&#8217;s &lt; .001, d = .48 to .55). In the Full-access Group, non-DPK students had lower scores than the DPK students in Fall (p = .04, d = .28), but not in Winter and Spring (p\u2019s &gt; .10)<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-midnight-blue-color has-text-color has-link-color wp-elements-df6e5a964521aa7fe8e4b65c04d111ce\" style=\"font-size:13px\">9.  English Language Learning status and disability information were not available for students in the kindergarten sample.<br>a) The finding that having full access is negatively correlated with Spring DIBELS and STAR Literacy scores may be related at least in part to the children in the Restricted-access Group having started in Fall of kindergarten with higher scores on the Classworks Reading than children in the Full-access Group.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-midnight-blue-color has-text-color has-link-color wp-elements-6cfa9f75649b4e1c687defb7a4131641\" style=\"font-size:14px\"><br>TM &amp; \u00a9 2016 Age of Learning, Inc. All rights reserved. The names of other companies, products, and services are the property of their respective owners. We thank the Tupelo School District for their partnership in this study. Author names are in alphabetical order and are not based on level of contribution.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-midnight-blue-color has-text-color has-link-color wp-elements-a5b18f6162385ca97c51ab7047a82b21\" style=\"font-size:14px\"><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>ABCmouse supports early academic growth in Pre-K and K, helping children strengthen key literacy and math skills through regular use.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":12,"featured_media":23728,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[8],"tags":[153],"class_list":["post-61262","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-abcmouse","tag-research"],"acf":[],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.abcmouse.com\/learn\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/61262","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.abcmouse.com\/learn\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.abcmouse.com\/learn\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.abcmouse.com\/learn\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/12"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.abcmouse.com\/learn\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=61262"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.abcmouse.com\/learn\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/61262\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.abcmouse.com\/learn\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/23728"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.abcmouse.com\/learn\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=61262"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.abcmouse.com\/learn\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=61262"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.abcmouse.com\/learn\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=61262"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}