Summit Public Schools in Silicon Valley have been running a Basecamp Program pilot study across 15 district public schools and four charter schools , trialling a personalised learning platform ( PLP ) , which was creating internally and improved by Facebook users . “I said to myself, ‘These aren't our seventh graders. The first data points available suggests personalised learning had a positive impact on students ’ academic growth , with those in the lowest testing bracket exceeding the national US average in both maths and reading . Overall student improvement reached 1.38 times the US national average for reading and 1.04 for mathematics and 80 % of students favoured the self - directed learning strategy . All participating schools plan to implement the PLP again next year , with faculty highlighting the need for multi - stakeholder collaboration when scaling beyond the pilot study .
Summit Public Schools in Silicon Valley have been running a Basecamp Program pilot study across 15 district public schools and four charter schools , trialling a personalised learning platform ( PLP ) , which was creating internally and improved by Facebook users . The first data points available suggests personalised learning had a positive impact on students ’ academic growth , with those in the lowest testing bracket exceeding the national US average in both maths and reading . Overall student improvement reached 1.38 times the US national average for reading and 1.04 for mathematics and 80 % of students favoured the self - directed learning strategy . All participating schools plan to implement the PLP again next year , with faculty highlighting the need for multi - stakeholder collaboration when scaling beyond the pilot study .