Engrade

Engrade
Type of site	Learning management system, Educational assessment
Owner	McGraw-Hill Education
Website	engrade.com
Commercial	Yes
Launched	2003
Current status	Active

Short description: Educational technology company

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.

References

↑ ^1.0 ^1.1 Empson, Rip (February 9, 2014). "McGraw-Hill Buys Engrade For ~$50M As It Moves Away From Textbooks, Towards A Future Of SaaS". TechCrunch.
↑ Alexa. "engrade.com: Site Overview" (Retrieved 2015-03-24)
↑ Kolodny, Lora (July 5, 2013). "Engrade Racks Up $5M to Help Schools Use Data for Improved Learning". WSJ.
↑ Isaac, Mike (July 3, 2013). "EdTech Startup Engrade Raises $5 Million". All Things D.
↑ Beltran, Luisa (July 3, 2013). "Engrade Raises $5 Mln". PE Hub.
↑ Mitroff, Sarah (May 2, 2012). "High school coder gets $3M for his gradebook software, 10-years later". VentureBeat.
↑ Empson, Rip (July 3, 2014). "Engrade Lands $5M From Javelin, Samsung And Others To Help Schools Unify Learning Data, Systems In One Platform". TechCrunch.
↑ "McGraw-Hill Education to Acquire Engrade - EdSurge News" (in en). 2014-02-03. https://www.edsurge.com/news/2014-02-03-mcgraw-hill-education-to-acquire-engrade.
↑ "Engrade Website". https://engrade.com/.

External links

Engrade - Official website

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[techcrunch1-1] 1.0 ^1.1 Empson, Rip (February 9, 2014). "McGraw-Hill Buys Engrade For ~$50M As It Moves Away From Textbooks, Towards A Future Of SaaS". TechCrunch.

[alexa-2] Alexa. "engrade.com: Site Overview" (Retrieved 2015-03-24)

[wsj1-3] Kolodny, Lora (July 5, 2013). "Engrade Racks Up $5M to Help Schools Use Data for Improved Learning". WSJ.

[allthingsd-4] Isaac, Mike (July 3, 2013). "EdTech Startup Engrade Raises $5 Million". All Things D.

[pehub-5] Beltran, Luisa (July 3, 2013). "Engrade Raises $5 Mln". PE Hub.

[vb-6] Mitroff, Sarah (May 2, 2012). "High school coder gets $3M for his gradebook software, 10-years later". VentureBeat.

[7] Empson, Rip (July 3, 2014). "Engrade Lands $5M From Javelin, Samsung And Others To Help Schools Unify Learning Data, Systems In One Platform". TechCrunch.

[8] "McGraw-Hill Education to Acquire Engrade - EdSurge News" (in en). 2014-02-03. https://www.edsurge.com/news/2014-02-03-mcgraw-hill-education-to-acquire-engrade.

[9] "Engrade Website". https://engrade.com/.