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{{Infobox company
| name = IXL Learning
| logo = IXL Learning Logo.png
| logo_size = 200px
| type = [[Privately held company|Private]]
| industry = [[Educational technology]]
| location_city = San Mateo, California
| foundation = {{Start date and age|1998}}
| founder = Paul Mishkin  {{small|(CEO)}}
| website = {{URL|http://www.ixl.com}}
}}

'''IXL Learning''' is an American [[educational technology]] company based in [[San Mateo, California]]. The company's main product is IXL.com, a website primarily offering educational practice for K-12 students. The company also provides analytical tools to track student and classroom performance and identify areas for academic improvement with each student. IXL Learning offers practice skills for math, English language arts, science, social studies, Spanish. IXL should die. Because it is child abuse.

As of July 2018, IXL is used by one in nine students in the United States, and by over 200,000 teachers worldwide.<ref>{{cite web|title=Personalized recommendations system introduced|url=https://www.districtadministration.com/news/personalized-rcommendations-system-introduced|website=District Administration}}</ref>

== History ==
IXL Learning was founded in 1998 by Paul Mishkin. The company's first product was Quia Web, a website that allowed teachers and learners to create and share customized study materials,o-the-minute insights whenever students complete [[diagnostic]] questions each week and generates specific next-step instructions for students.<ref>{{cite web|title=Adaptive Diagnostic Aims to Build Student Confidence in Math|url=https://thejournal.com/articles/2017/08/21/adaptive-diagnostic-aims-to-help-build-student-confidence-in-math.aspx|website=THE Journal|accessdate=1 December 2017}}</ref> IXL has been under fire for its controversial point deduction system when a user enters the "Challenge Zone" when the user has a score of 90 or above. Users cite being substantially close to completing the task but incorrectly answering a question and dropping to a score of 88 or 87 from 97 or 98.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.commonsensemedia.org/website-reviews/ixl/user-reviews|title=Parent reviews for IXL {{!}} Common Sense Media|website=www.commonsensemedia.org|access-date=2018-12-05}}</ref>

IXL is used by more than 6 million subscribers in all 50 U.S. states and more than 190 countries. It has served over 40 billion questions to date.<ref>{{cite web|title=Our stats|url=https://www.ixl.com/company/stats|website=IXL|accessdate=1 December 2017}}</ref>

Quia Books is currently used by language textbook publishers to bring computer learning and traditional classroom instruction together. More than 450 secondary- and higher-education language textbooks have been published on the Quia Books platform. The platform supports 11 languages, including Spanish, French, Chinese, Latin, and Arabic.

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[[Category:Educational websites]]
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