MML Before & After

Colleges around the country report dramatic increases in student success after adding MyMathLab to their classes.

Student Pass Rates - Before & After

See Also

Case Studies
How instructors are using MML in their courses
Faculty Advocates
Instructors you can contact for first-hand experience and advice
Testimonials
What instructors and students have to say about MyMathLab

Proven Results: Making the Grade

A recent updated report, Making the Grade: A Compendium of Data-Driven Case Studies on the Effectiveness of MyMathLab and MathXL (Version 3, Summer 2008), illustrates MyMathLab and MathXL's consistently positive impact on the quality of learning and cost reduction in higher education math instruction.

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This report illustrates how rethinking our present model--by redesigning for integrated assessment and student-focused learning and by requiring the use of MyMathLab or MathXL--can successfully reshape how math is taught and learned. In the words of Secretary of Education Margaret Spellings, "We must act now and continue the national dialogue and work together to find the right solutions." MyMathLab is one such solution.

Making the Grade, Version 3 (Summer 2008) (Adobe® Acrobat Reader® required)

Download Version 2 of this report from 2007

Download Version 1 of this report from 2005

Report Highlights

The report illustrates the consistently positive impact that MyMathLab (MML) and MathXL (MXL) have on the quality of learning and cost reduction in higher education math instruction. It examines how MML and MXL can be successfully implemented in any environment--lab-based, hybrid, distance learning, traditional--and demonstrates the quantifiable difference that integrated usage of these products has on student retention, subsequent success, and overall achievement.  

Instructors who integrated and required the use of MML or MXL experience higher retention rates, higher pass rates, and/or higher subsequent success rates. These are changes that matter--specifically for students in remedial and prerequisite math courses. These changes ensure that those students who previously constituted the largest percentage of drop/fail/withdrawals not only stay in school but graduate having mastered concepts that mean they, too, have a shot at personal and economic success in a knowledge economy. The most recent studies from institutions using MML and MXL reveal that the greatest benefit--both statistically and in terms of student satisfaction--emerges with regular, integrated use of the program.

Correlation between MML and Subsequent Success

Data from Lone Star College, Montgomery (TX) show more than statistically significant differences in retention, pass rates, and subsequent success between students who have completed the MyMathLab outcomes assessment program and those who have not.

Subsequent Success: Pass Rates in College Algebra, Spring 2005 - Fall 2006:

Semester Without MML in Interm. Alg.  With MML in Interm. Alg. Percent Increase
Spring 2005 55% 73% 33%
Fall 2005 76% 84% 11%
Spring 2006 72% 80% 11%
Fall 2006 55% 79% 44%

Correlation between Required Use and Student Gains

Use of MyMathLab at Odessa College (TX) contributes 100% to each student's final course grade. Results indicate a direct and positively significant relationship between number of students who pass the course and their use of MyMathLab. The same is true for the number of students who received an A.

Combined Success Rates for Intermediate Algebra, Fall 2004 - Spring 2007:

Grade Without MML  With MML
A 9% 42%
B 29% 32%
C 28% 13%
D 13% 5%
F 20% 8%