Engrade Explained

Engrade
Url:	engrade.com
Commercial:	Yes
Type:	Learning management system, Educational assessment
Owner:	McGraw-Hill Education
Launch Date:	2003
Current Status:	Discontinued

Engrade was 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] The service was discontinued on June 30, 2019.^[3]

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.^{[4] [5] [6] [7]} The company grew to a reported 4.5 million users before being acquired by McGraw-Hill Education in January 2014.^{[8] [1] [9]}

Products

Engrade divides its education products into four groups:^[10]

• 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.

External links

• Engrade - Official website

Notes and References

1. Empson, Rip (February 9, 2014). "McGraw-Hill Buys Engrade For ~$50M As It Moves Away From Textbooks, Towards A Future Of SaaS". TechCrunch.
2. Alexa. "engrade.com: Site Overview" (Retrieved 2015-03-24)
3. Web site: Transition Out of Engrade . 2023-02-11 . blog.dsstpublicschools.org.
4. Kolodny, Lora (July 5, 2013). "Engrade Racks Up $5M to Help Schools Use Data for Improved Learning". WSJ.
5. Isaac, Mike (July 3, 2013). "EdTech Startup Engrade Raises $5 Million". All Things D.
6. Beltran, Luisa (July 3, 2013). "Engrade Raises $5 Mln". PE Hub.
7. Mitroff, Sarah (May 2, 2012). "High school coder gets $3M for his gradebook software, 10-years later". VentureBeat.
8. Empson, Rip (July 3, 2014). "Engrade Lands $5M From Javelin, Samsung And Others To Help Schools Unify Learning Data, Systems In One Platform". TechCrunch.
9. Web site: McGraw-Hill Education to Acquire Engrade - EdSurge News. 2014-02-03. EdSurge. en. 2020-04-17.
10. Web site: Engrade Website . 2015-03-25 . https://web.archive.org/web/20150322224624/https://www.engrade.com/ . 2015-03-22 . dead .