MyPedia India

Access to experienced teachers and educational technology is not equal for all learners in India.

MyPedia is positioned as a full academic partner solution for private schools in India serving middle class families. It provides teaching resources and teacher training services to help improve student achievement — regardless of the school’s level of access to technology or its teachers’ level of experience.

Pearson set out to discover whether MyPedia is having the desired impact on teaching and learning. We explored whether using MyPedia in private schools in India successfully supports improvements in teachers’ knowledge and pedagogical practices as well as students’ learning and achievement.

First, we looked at implementation quality by the teachers:

  • Averaged across all observed classrooms, overall MyPedia teaching quality ratings increased each quarter from 2017 to 2018, moving from “does not meet standards” to “meets standards.
  • Averaged MyPedia teacher impact ratings increased each quarter from 2017 to 2018.
  • MyPedia teacher confidence ratings increased each quarter between 2017 and 2018.

And then we looked at the relationship with student achievement:

  • Higher observed MyPedia teaching quality and teacher impact ratings are associated with better students’ summative test scores.
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How we did it

This implementation study examined how teachers and students were using MyPedia in classrooms in India, and whether the quality of teachers’ implementation of MyPedia was related to student achievement.

The study analyzed:

  • ratings of MyPedia teaching quality, MyPedia teacher impact, and MyPedia teacher confidence, which were collected via a standardized classroom observation tool
  • students’ scores on beginning-of-year achievement tests in English, math, and science
  • surveys of teachers and parents covering the learning experience, satisfaction, and perceptions of MyPedia

A total of 74 schools were observed during the research period, and the complete set of information was available for 22 of these.

Pearson Academic Relationship Managers (ARMs) observed 557 lessons in these 74 schools between April 2017 and September 2018, and they recorded their findings using a standardized form. A number of teachers using MyPedia were interviewed face-to-face, and a representative sample of parents (those whose children’s school had used MyPedia during the current school year) were interviewed by phone.

For 22 of the schools, the researchers collected test scores from the same group of students in May–June 2017 and in May–July 2018 for the subsequent grade.

The study used a fixed effects model to estimate and test the magnitude of the relationship between the quality of MyPedia implementation (judged by classroom observations) and student achievement.

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Summary of all relevant research on MyPedia India, including foundational research related to the design of the product and impact evaluation review.

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MyPedia Classroom Practices and Their Relationship with Student Learning.

What we learned

Efficacy statements

  • Higher observed MyPedia teaching quality and teacher impact ratings are associated with better students’ summative test scores.
    • A one point increase in the MyPedia teaching quality rating is related to a 0.44 standard deviation increase (i.e., 17 percentile points) in students’ summative test scores.
    • A one point increase in MyPedia teacher impact rating is related to a 0.71 standard deviation increase (i.e., 26 percentile points) in students’ summative test scores. 

In the same context, we can also make several descriptive statements about the efficacy of MyPedia.

These statements address the research question “What are teachers’ and parents’ opinions of MyPedia?” which aims to examine the intended outcome “Learners have good experience and engagement in learning.”

  • Overall, teachers and parents had high opinions of MyPedia in 2017 and 2018.
    • When asked how they would rate the overall quality of MyPedia as a solution for their school, 95% of teachers (2017 = 169/181, 2018 = 158/165) and 93% of parents (2017 = 335/368, 2018 = 173/179) rated MyPedia as either Good, Very Good, or Excellent.
    • 94% (170/181) of the 2017 and 90% (149/165) of the 2018 teachers agreed MyPedia contributes to students’ positive attitude toward learning.

These statements address the research question “How are MyPedia’s core components implemented in classrooms by teachers and students?” This question aims to examine the intended outcome “Teachers improve in enabling skills and dispositions.”

  • Averaged across all observed classrooms, overall MyPedia teaching quality ratings increased each quarter from 2017 to 2018 moving from “does not meet standards” to “meets standards.”
    • The percentage of teachers whose average MyPedia teaching quality rating indicated they were “meeting standards” increased from 50% in quarters 1 and 2 of 2017 to 67% in quarter 2 of 2018.
  • MyPedia teacher confidence ratings increased each quarter between 2017 and 2018.
    • 18% of teachers were rated “very confident” in quarters 1 and 2 of 2017, whereas 27% were “very confident” in quarter 2 of 2018.

These statements address the research question “How have classroom practices changed during the implementation of MyPedia from the 2017–18 to 2018–19 school years?” This question aims to examine the intended outcome “Teachers improve in enabling skills and dispositions.”

  • Averaged MyPedia teacher impact ratings increased each quarter from 2017 to 2018.
    • The percentage of teachers whose average MyPedia teacher impact rating indicated they were “likely to have a positive impact on learners” increased from 36% in quarters 1 and 2 of 2017 to 72% in quarter 2 of 2018.

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