IXL Math vs Teach Starter

IXL Math is an online and mobile math learning service covering pre-K through Calculus, with thousands of interactive skills. It recommends practice for each learner and adjusts practice to the learner’s level. The service includes video tutorials, interactive lessons, real-time feedback and awards. IXL Analytics provides real-time data about usage, trouble spots and student performance, and skills align with the Common Core State Standards and state standards. Without an account, users can practice ten free questions in each subject per day; IXL also offers a free 30-day classroom trial. Family memberships include one-child options at $9.95 a month or $79 a year, each with unlimited access to school levels, interactive exercises and real-time statistics. A classroom license costs $369 a year, with 25 students in the purchase summary and up to 100 student accounts. Integrations include Canvas, Schoology and Brightspace, with single sign-on and roster matching, plus a Google Classroom add-on. Apps are available for Android and iOS, as well as the web.

Teach Starter is a web-based library of teaching resources, classroom tools, and educator apps for K–6 teachers. Its collection covers curriculum-aligned printable and digital worksheets, activities, games, and classroom materials across subjects including English language arts, mathematics, science, social studies, health, fine arts, languages, and social-emotional learning. Resources come in formats such as Google Slides, PowerPoint, PDF, Word, and Google Sheets. With Plus, teachers get editable resources, lesson plans that combine materials with differentiation and assessment guidance, and unit plans that group lessons. Teach Starter Studio supports creating and adapting resources and display materials. The Free plan costs nothing, requires no credit card, and limits downloads to free resources, which are non-editable. Plus costs $6.08 a month, billed $73 yearly. School Plan costs $73 a year per teacher, requires at least five teachers, and includes Plus and one administrator account. Plus resources and digital tools remain available only during the subscription period.