Checkology works.

After completing Checkology lessons during the 2022-23 school year:

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71% of students recognized when a social media post does not provide credible evidence.

+8 percentage points from pre-assessment.

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of students recognized that one of the appeals of conspiracy theories is the sense of community and belonging they provide.

+27 percentage points from pre-assessment.

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of students correctly identified fairness as a standard of quality journalism.

+17 percentage points from pre-assessment.

How do we measure these learning gains?

Our process

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.

View the report

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 Suginathan Yamini

Mirudulaa spreads the word about news literacy to her middle school classmates, family and community.

Ande McMorris

Ande now understands the real-world impact of misinformation and his role in stopping it.

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:

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Almost all respondents reported their overall impression of Checkology as either “good” or “excellent.”

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Almost all respondents said Checkology is better than other news or media literacy resources they have used.

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9 out of 10 respondents rated their students’ overall experience with Checkology as being above average.

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.