Engrade was an educational technology company that provides online learning management system and educational assessment products to K-12 school districts. Engrade was founded in 2003 and later acquired by McGraw-Hill Education in January 2014.Empson, Rip (February 9, 2014). "McGraw-Hill Buys Engrade For ~$50M As It Moves Away From Textbooks, Towards A Future Of SaaS". TechCrunch. As of March 2015, Engrade ranks in the top 5,000 US websites.Alexa. "engrade.com: Site Overview" (Retrieved 2015-03-24) The service was discontinued on June 30, 2019.
History Engrade was founded by Bri Holt as a high school student in 2003. The company later received 2 rounds of venture capital funding totaling $8 million from Javelin Venture Partners, Rethink Education, Kapor Capital, New Schools Venture Fund, and Samsung Venture Investment Corp.Kolodny, Lora (July 5, 2013). "Engrade Racks Up $5M to Help Schools Use Data for Improved Learning". WSJ.Isaac, Mike (July 3, 2013). "EdTech Startup Engrade Raises $5 Million". All Things D.Beltran, Luisa (July 3, 2013). "Engrade Raises $5 Mln". PE Hub. Mitroff, Sarah (May 2, 2012). "High school coder gets $3M for his gradebook software, 10-years later". VentureBeat. The company grew to a reported 4.5 million users before being acquired by McGraw-Hill Education in January 2014.Empson, Rip (July 3, 2014). "Engrade Lands $5M From Javelin, Samsung And Others To Help Schools Unify Learning Data, Systems In One Platform". TechCrunch.
Products Engrade divides its education products into four groups: Corebook – a gradebook specifically designed for standards-based grading and Common Core alignment. Teach – a school-wide content management system that integrates third-party content providers. Assess – a PARCC and SBAC aligned student assessment tool. Improve – processes data from Engrade tools and third parties to provide district-level reports about student performance.
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External links Engrade - Official website