Instructure is pleased to announce that we’ve signed an agreement to acquire MasteryConnect, a longtime partner and innovator in the design and delivery of formative and interim assessment that supports personalized and mastery-based learning. Through this acquisition, Instructure will accelerate the shift occurring at the state level as they replace high-stakes, end-of-year testing with innovative assessment models. This new approach uses formative data to provide actionable insights for teachers and students.
How MasteryConnect Works
MasteryConnect is designed to quickly identify student levels of understanding, target areas for personalized growth, and give teachers the data they need to direct each student’s learning. MasteryConnect has worked with Dr. Jonathan Templin, Professor and E .F. Lindquist Chair in the Educational Measurement and Statistics program at the University of Iowa, to create statistical models that provide reliable student data around mastery of standards through shorter formative evaluations. These models pin-point what students know, letting schools redefine assessment, integrating it more closely with curriculum and instruction.
Who Uses MasteryConnect
Teachers in more than 14,000 U.S. school districts use MasteryConnect including Charlotte-Mecklenburg Schools (NC), Oklahoma City Public Schools (OK), and Alpine School District (UT), with many districts nationwide already using both MasteryConnect and Canvas together.
Instructure + MasteryConnect = Awesome
“Today’s educators are trying to move away from archaic, end-of-year testing and looking for more intuitive evaluation models,” said Dan Goldsmith, CEO of Instructure. “Together, Canvas and MasteryConnect will place valuable data in the hands of our teachers, not once, but throughout the year so they can focus on activities that increase student learning.”
“This acquisition brings together many years of partnership and synergies with Instructure,” said Mick Hewitt, Co-founder and CEO of MasteryConnect, who will join Instructure as General Manager of MasteryConnect. “It highlights the alignment of our shared mission to transform learning while expanding our reach both domestically and globally.”
Legal Information
The acquisition is expected to close within the next seven days and is subject to satisfaction of customary closing conditions, including approval by MasteryConnect stockholders.
This press release contains "forward-looking" statements which are subject to the safe harbor provisions of the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995, including statements regarding Instructure's potential acquisition of MasteryConnect and Instructure’s growth and future application releases. These statements are not guarantees of future performance, but are based on management’s expectations as of the date of this press release and are subject to uncertainties, risks, and changes in circumstances that are difficult to predict. Forward-looking statements involve known and unknown risks, uncertainties and other factors that may cause actual results, performance or achievements to be materially different from any future results, performance or achievements. Important factors that could cause actual results to differ materially from those expressed or implied by these forward-looking statements include risks associated with new application introductions and Instructure’s ability to develop and deliver innovative applications and features, Instructure's ability to successfully implement and achieve cost synergies and otherwise integrate MasteryConnect following closing, and other risks and uncertainties detailed in Instructure's filings with the Securities and Exchange Commission, including, without limitation, its Form 10-K and other reports on Forms 8-K and 10-Q, all of which can be obtained on the SEC website at www.sec.gov. Instructure assumes no obligation to update or revise publicly any forward-looking statements contained in this release, except as required by law.
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