Scootpad gives learners a complete experience. It begins with practice, allowing Scootpad to engage learners where they currently are. Also, it offers more instructional content, real-time remediation, and appraisal.

Website: https://scootpad.com/index

What Users Love About the App

“I like the website. It is easy to navigate and doesn’t take much of the teacher’s time to get set up. It provides feedback to the teacher about who uses it and what they work on. Most parents who have asked for ideas to help their child have liked the site as well.”

“Good resource to give parents for students who may be struggling in a specific skill. Also good for the enrichment and extra practice in reading and math. It also provides the teacher with daily/weekly emails of what students complete and the time they spend online.”

“We bought this product last spring because our elementary kids trailed it and loved the interface. It was bright, engaging, and elementary-looking. It has nice features for customizing content and some decent reporting tools for monitoring student progress.”

“Differentiation with (basic) skills is hard to reinforce within the typical lesson sequence of the day. This is a program that is designed to meet students where they are at, provide targeted practice and move them along towards grade-level mastery, based on standards.”

“For teachers, it provides a wealth of information in the reports — including if a student is stuck in the same level and needs more personal remediation. Progress reports will let parents know the growth their students are making relative to whichever CCSS they are practicing. Great to send home with progress reports.”

What Users Dislike About the App

“It’s used as a main grade and homework. There are 100 questions that are due end of the week. The only questions that count though are the ones that are right so no matter how many questions you answer if you didn’t get 100 correct at the end of the week you lose credit.”

“A word of caution – Scootpad released a completely new interface in September 2014. It is very different and looks to be targeted at an upper elementary/middle school. It has lost a lot of the pop for younger elementary students – my K and 1 student are really struggling with the audio support in the math areas.”

“I would like a read-aloud feature for e-books that teachers can turn on or off. I would also like to control how long a student can be on a game even though it was unlocked by a student for earning coins.”

“I think the product would be great if they could also accommodate for grades 9-12. Some high school students are working on elementary levels, so this would be a great, un-intimidating way for those students to work on foundational and fundamental skills.”

“Another suggestion would be to lower the family pricing. It is a great tool for students who have access, to work over the summer on Scootpad, but a great majority of students in my district are low income, and parents would have trouble paying.”