PBS LearningMedia Research azpbs.org/educator

How does America’s largest classroom impact learning?

 Looking across decades of studies of PBS content, how effective is our educational content?  How does PBS LearningMedia content impact student achievement?  How do we shape the future of education? Three Questions: Learning Impact

 PBS & Learning: 2015 Literature Review  2015 PBS LearningMedia Impact Study  2015 Future of Digital Learning Survey Three Studies

 PBS content has educational effectiveness and a significantly positive impact on learning across all ages, subjects and platforms  90% of the studies show that PBS content has significant positive impacts  In categories including early learning, classroom and lab settings, out-of-school and lifelong learning, and STEM learning, PBS content and learning tools consistently demonstrate high impact, ranging from 94%-100%  99% of the studies shows statistically significant impacts for PBS content across technology platforms PBS Content Impacts Learning

 Across subject areas - student performance on content assessments showed significant improvement, increasing by 8%  On average, students outperformed national assessment norms by 10%  Students outperformed state assessment norms, by an average of 11%  56% of students showed an increase in the frequency with which they engaged in critical thinking practices. PBS Impacts Student Achievement

PBS platforms are poised to meet educators’ needs today and in the future.  62% of educators want more content as new technology becomes available  86% want more training on the technologies they use in the classroom  65% say they will spend more time learning about and implementing technology  58% say that 5-7 years from today, they will still be using traditional textbooks, but with digital media and technology to support learning Future of Digital Learning Joquetta Johnson, 2014 PBS LearningMedia Digital Innovator

PBS LearningMedia Research azpbs.org/educator