- Mark your calendars! Fall 2024 release schedule of Virtual Field Trips and our first-ever DE Doc is here!
Discovery Education regularly conducts research, collects customer feedback, and performs market analysis to inform key decisions about product, curriculum design, and program development. Ongoing secondary research in cognitive science, primary efficacy and customer research, and design principles informs implementation, customer support enhancements, and the product roadmap to ensure optimal student and educator outcomes.
Built upon the principles of Universal Design for Learning (UDL) and culturally responsive best practices, our products are designed to meet the needs of all learners. Features such as closed captioning, text-to-speech, Lexile levels, 180+ language translations through Google Translate, and Microsoft Immersive Reader make content accessible to diverse learners, including English language learners and students receiving special education services.
Discovery Education holds the Learner Variability Certification from Digital Promise, the global nonprofit working to shape the future of learning and advance equitable education by bringing together solutions across research, practice, and technology. This certification recognizes a rigorous and comprehensive design approach with learner variability in mind.
Through a dedicated research team and partnerships with independent research organizations, we continuously measure product implementation and impact using qualitative and quantitative data. Independent studies have revealed promising results about the impact of Discovery Education on teaching and learning outcomes.
