More than practice.
A system for improving outcomes at scale
Most math products do one job: allow students to practice and then they check the answers. Derivita starts there and keeps going.
Derivita is a system, connecting individual practice and classwork to school, PLC, and district-level insights, designed to improve math outcomes at scale.
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A practice product ends at the student. A system reaches the whole district.
The same student response can begin and end as a score, or it can inform the teacher, the PLC, the school, and the district. That's the Derivita Difference.
Every question answered becomes a data point that informs instruction and decision-making at every level, all inside the LMS your teachers already use.
Where a practice product stops. Where a system begins.
A practice product is a fine starting point. But when you need to improve math at scale, your technology has to do more than score a problem right or wrong.
| Derivita | A practice product |
|---|---|
| 01 · The EngineA grading engine that actually does math | |
| The CAS evaluates mathematical equivalence. A correct answer counts no matter how it's written. Alternate notations, equivalent forms, and multiple valid solution paths all do. | Checks answers by matching a string. An unsimplified fraction or an equivalent expression can be marked wrong even when the math is right. |
| A live keystroke preview shows students exactly how their expression is being read before they submit, so attempts are spent on math, not formatting. | Limited attempts often get spent decoding the format the system expects, then it's on to a brand-new problem. |
| Accommodates the variations a skilled teacher would accept on paper, and stays silent rather than offering feedback that could mislead. | Can require specific steps or procedures that were never taught in class, adding friction unrelated to understanding. |
| 02 · The LearningBuilt for reasoning, not recall | |
| Derivita identifies the likely mistake and delivers targeted, error-specific feedback tied to what the student was trying to do. | When students are stuck, "help" is usually a static video or hint that doesn't respond to their actual error. |
| Open-ended responses avoid copy-paste answers, millions of variations give every student a unique version of each question, and Focus Mode locks down the browser for added security. | Answers are easy to find on outside apps and sites, so students can submit without ever engaging the mathematics. |
| 150,000+ expert-authored questions designed to require reasoning. Students construct and symbolically express mathematical ideas, providing productive struggle, not just memorization. | Questions that only accept simplified answers, designed primarily for repetitive drill: students practice procedures, and memorization, without developing real mathematical reasoning. |
| 03 · The SystemBuilt to scale from classroom, to school, PLC and district | |
| A force multiplier for teachers. SpotCheck powers whole-class discourse and supports Building Thinking Classrooms workflows, while auto-grading and worked solutions give time back to instruction. | Functions as a digital worksheet, can be assigned and checks answers, but doesn't support the complete instructional workflow teachers actually follow. |
| Built by the co-founder of Canvas/Instructure. LMS integration is structural, not bolted on. Assignments, grades, and data flow through the tools teachers already use. | Grade sync and LMS integration can be unreliable, leaving teachers with parallel workflows and manual data entry. |
| Data connects across every level: student, classroom, school, PLC, and district. Blueprint reporting gives administrators actionable visibility at scale. |
Reporting tends to stop at the classroom, with little meaningful visibility across schools or the district. |
Evidence districts can trust.
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.
ESSA Level III Study · Instructure Research · 2026
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