![]() The app is available for free on iPhone, iPad, Google Play, and Amazon. ![]() It places the child at the center by encouraging play and serving up a personalized learning path based on a child's developmental needs. Khan Academy Kids is a free app that covers reading, math, physical movement, creativity, and social-emotional learning. Funding for the study was provided by the Overdeck Family Foundation and the iPads used in the study were provided from an anonymous donor. The study results were presented at the annual conference for the Cognitive Development Society and are currently under peer review for journal publication. ![]() We are heartened that the results of the study indicate that the Khan Academy Kids app can help children who need access to free high-quality resources the most. Khan Academy Kids’ mission is to close the opportunity gap that exists between children from families that are underserved and their peers before they start school. For example, the phonological gains are comparable to those found in an intervention of 25 one-on-one sessions with a professional tutor. The size of the gains are as large as those found by expensive interventions. The children’s phonological awareness subscore on TOPEL rose from the 23rd percentile to the 47th percentile (a. Their overall scores on TOPEL ( Test of Preschool Early Literacy) rose from the 34th percentile to the 47th percentile (a. At the end of the study, their pre-literacy skills rose to almost the national average. Over a 10-week period, the children were asked to play with the Khan Academy Kids app for 20 minutes per day. Before the study, the children’s pre-literacy skills were well below the national average, likely due to the effects of poverty. In a randomized control trial, the researchers at UMass followed 49 four-and five-year-old children from families with an annual median income of $24,000. Low-income children often arrive at kindergarten behind their peers and struggle to catch up. Pre-literacy skills are defined as the important pre-reading skills that children need to succeed in kindergarten, like knowing the letters of the alphabet and having the ability to sound them out. ![]() An exciting study by researchers at the University of Massachusetts Amherst shows that Khan Academy’s free app for children ages 2 to 8, Khan Academy Kids, increases pre-literacy skills among preschool-aged children from low-income families. ![]()
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