Company:Engrade

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Short description: Educational technology company
Engrade
Type of site
Learning management system, Educational assessment
OwnerMcGraw-Hill Education
Websiteengrade.com
CommercialYes
Launched2003
Current statusActive

Engrade is 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.[1] As of March 2015, Engrade ranks in the top 5,000 US websites.[2]

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.[3][4][5][6] The company grew to a reported 4.5 million users before being acquired by McGraw-Hill Education in January 2014.[7][1][8]

Products

Engrade divides its education products into four groups:[9]

  • 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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