Checkology works.
After completing Checkology lessons during the 2022-23 school year:
+8 percentage points from pre-assessment.
+27 percentage points from pre-assessment.
+17 percentage points from pre-assessment.
NLP contracts with an outside evaluation consultant to develop a pre-platform assessment and individual post-lesson assessments to measure student growth for specific learning objectives.
When students first log in to the platform, they will be prompted to begin the pre-platform assessment. Students will not see the results and are not scored.
At the end of every school year, NLP’s evaluation consultant prepares a report analyzing results.
NLP also asks educators and students to complete evaluations to gather anecdotal feedback on their experience with the platform and its content.
2022-23 Checkology assessment report
NLP will release the final 2023-24 assessment report in September 2024.
STUDENT SPOTLIGHT
Alysa Baltimore
Checkology helped Alysa see a future as a defense attorney. She said, “On the surface, Checkology may be viewed as simple lessons on finding quality articles, but it ultimately led me to developing a passion for equality, equity and justice.”
![Mirudulaa Mirudulaa](https://get.checkology.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/01/Mirudulaa.png)
Mirudulaa Suginathan Yamini
Mirudulaa spreads the word about news literacy to her middle school classmates, family and community.
![Ande Ande](https://get.checkology.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/01/Ande.png)
Ande McMorris
Ande now understands the real-world impact of misinformation and his role in stopping it.
![Colin Colin](https://get.checkology.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/01/Colin.png)
Colin Seeks
Colin better appreciates his First Amendment rights and the impact that his vote has in a democracy.
And teachers love it.
The News Literacy Project asks active Checkology teachers to fill out a feedback survey. During the 2022-23 school year:
TEACHER SPOTLIGHT
Brian Winkel
Winkel has used Checkology since 2017, when he adopted the platform for his 21st Century Literacy course. He says, “I do see a change with kids after they come up through this class. I feel like not only am I teaching this class; I’m training kids to make this democracy work.”
Read and watch Brian’s story below.
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