How much does Derivita cost?
- One license covers instruction, practice, assessment, PLC collaboration, and district insights. Not four contracts, one system.
- Derivita runs inside the LMS teachers already use, reducing training and support costs. More than 85 percent of licenses get used, vs. an industry average of 10 to 15 percent.
- Pricing is per student, per year, as an annual license, with volume and multiyear discounts.
- Implementation, training, and a dedicated Partner Success Manager are included with every license.
Practice is just one part of it.
Most math products do one job well. They give students problems to practice and provide grades.
Derivita starts there and keeps going. We give you tools for instruction, practice, assessment, PLC collaboration and district-level insights in one coherent system, seamlessly integrated in the LMS experience you already know and use daily.
Districts are often able to replace multiple siloed math products, with one Derivita license, reducing their overall spend.
It should go without saying, products that get used, are worth more than those that don't.
We think the most useful question about math software is not what it costs. It's how much does it gets used and does that use drive improvements.
The numbers on this are sobering for most edtech products. An analysis by Glimpse K12 of 200,000 curriculum software licenses across 275 schools found that 67 percent went unused, reaching 90 percent in some places. LearnPlatform by Instructure reports that districts accessed an average of 2,982 distinct edtech tools during the 2024-25 school year, close to 9 percent more than the year before.
Which means two districts can pay very different rates and experience similar outcomes. A license that costs less per student but reaches a third of classrooms may be the more expensive one, measured against students actually served.
Derivita is different. With tools supporting every layer of instruction, seamlessly becoming part of your LMS experience, we become part of daily instruction, and see districts using +85% of their licenses.
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Use is where it starts.
A third-party ESSA Level III study found that each additional Derivita question answered per day was associated with a 13 percentile point improvement on the Derivita math assessment. An average grade 8 student at the 50th percentile would be expected to perform at the 63rd.
Use and efficacy are numbers that belong together. When you have both, that's when you see improvements at scale, not just in pockets.
Read the ESSA Level III study →What does a Derivita license cover?
Many districts hold one contract for practice and another for assessment, then look for a third way to get the data from both into a form a PLC can work with. Derivita covers all of it in one place, inside the LMS teachers already work in.
Instruction
Dynamic worked solutions and error-specific feedback that respond to what a student actually did, across every course from grade 6 through Calculus III.
Practice
More than 150,000 expert-authored questions with millions of randomized variations, so practice is unlimited and standards-aligned and no two students see the same version.
Assessment
Common assessments built and shared across a PLC, with open-ended and multi-step questions graded automatically for mathematical equivalence.
Insight
Results aggregate on their own from student to classroom to PLC to school to district, with blueprint reporting for standards coverage and readiness.
Whether bringing those functions together lowers a district's total spend depends on what it currently holds. What it does change is how many systems teachers are asked to learn, and how many places the data lives.
Teachers don't have to go anywhere new.
Derivita runs natively inside Canvas, Google Classroom, Schoology, Moodle, Blackboard, and D2L. Rosters sync from the LMS. Students launch from their own course. Grades post back on their own. There is no second login, no separate roster to maintain, and no parallel gradebook to reconcile.
We think that matters more than it sounds. Math software rarely goes unused because the content is weak. It goes unused because opening it means leaving the place where teaching already happens, and every extra step costs a few more teachers.
Against an industry norm of 10 to 15 percent. This is Derivita's own measurement rather than a third-party one, and any vendor's utilization figure is worth reading alongside the definition behind it.
You already bought the LMS. This makes it do more.
Most math tools sit beside the learning management system a district already pays for, and compete with it for a teacher and student attention. Derivita was built the other way around. Derivita seamlessly integrates our content, tools, data and user experience with YOUR LMS.
The result is that money already committed to your LMS covers more of daily instruction than it did before.
Compare the three LMS integration models →How Derivita pricing works
Derivita is licensed annually, per student, for the students a district chooses to cover. There is no separate charge for getting started, and no tier that holds back something a district needs.
- •Implementation and LMS setup, handled in partnership with your LMS administrator
- •A dedicated Partner Success Manager
- •Teacher onboarding and training
- •Support for your math students grade 6 through Calculus III
- •State standards alignments
- •PLC tools, common assessment capabilities and district analytics
A per-student figure read on its own invites a comparison to a single-function practice tool, and that comparison answers a different question than the one a district is really asking. What matters is what a district spends across its whole secondary math stack, and how much of that reaches their teachers and students.
We would rather have that conversation with your numbers in front of both of us. Tell us your grade bands and approximate student counts and we will come back with a quote and the assumptions behind it.
Is Derivita more expensive than other math tools?
Compared with a single-function practice tool, often yes. A tool that does one job costs less because it does one job, and for districts that need exactly that job, it can be the right answer.
But when compared with the collection of fragmented products districts often purchase for practice, assessment, PLC collaboration, and reporting, all in an effort to support their core curriculum and improve math outcomes—a Derivita license can often represent a cost savings rather than an added expense.
Which funds this qualifies for
Districts commonly fund Derivita through Title I, Title II, and Title IV, alongside state math and assessment allocations.
Because ESSA attaches evidence requirements to several of those streams, a published Level III study matters for more than credibility. It can determine which funds a purchase is eligible for, which is worth confirming with your business office early rather than late.
US K-12 funding guide →Pricing FAQs
How much does Derivita cost?
Derivita is licensed per student, per year, as an annual district license, with volume and multiyear discounts. We quote rather than post a rate, because a per-student number read on its own invites a comparison to a single-function practice tool and answers a different question than the one districts are asking. Volume, term length, and scope are what inform a quote. Implementation, training, a Partner Success Manager, and every course from grade 6 through Calculus III are included with every license.
Is Derivita more expensive than a math practice tool?
Per student, sometimes. A single-function practice tool often costs less because it does less. The comparison worth making is against what a district pays for practice, assessment, PLC collaboration, and reporting together, and how much of each reaches a classroom.
What is included, and what costs extra?
Implementation, LMS setup, teacher training, a dedicated Partner Success Manager, every support for grade 6 through Calculus III, state standards alignments, PLC tools, common assessment capabilities, and district analytics are included with every license.
Can we start with part of the district?
Scope is one of the three things that shapes a quote, so a district can begin with particular schools or grade bands and expand from there. What that looks like in practice is worth a conversation, since the right starting point depends on how your math team is organized.
What funding sources can we use?
Districts commonly use Title I, Title II, and Title IV alongside state math and assessment allocations. Derivita's published ESSA Level III study supports the evidence requirements attached to several federal streams, which is worth confirming with your business office as you plan.
What does implementation cost us?
There is no implementation fee. A Derivita Partner Success Manager works directly with your LMS administrator on setup and runs onboarding for your teachers, so the work does not land on a district team that is already stretched.
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