We look into the results from Alpha School, a private school in Texas that claims to use AI to help students gain 2x in only 2 hours a day.

When I dug in, I saw that their main "whitepaper" is reporting results based on using the wrong column from the NWEA MAP data! They haven't had any independent verification of their claims, which calls into question their validity.

I'm still quite intrigued by the school and I look forward to more robust reporting on their results from external researchers in the future.

Watch the accompanying YouTube video to see the charts and sources in more detail!

https://youtu.be/UPFCkbc3O3A

Sources:

https://www.astralcodexten.com/p/your-review-alpha-school

https://austinscholar.substack.com/p/austin-scholar-173-the-science-behind

https://2hourlearning.com/results/

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Qhov2Av7-5c