HMH Fuse Pilot Program

On Sept. 8, 2010, a stack of iPads await unsuspecting students

A student in the pilot program test drives her new iPad

The pilot program will track how teachers and students learn with HMH Fuse: Algebra 1

Two students get excited about the possibilities of their new Algebra 1 app

A pilot student begins using the HMH Fuse: Algebra 1 app on her iPad

Pilot Results

The results are in! Read the white paper detailing the Algebra 1 iPad pilot results from Amelia Earhart Middle School in Riverside, California. Comparing student performance from the yearlong pilot, over 78 percent of students using HMH Fuse scored Proficient or Advanced on the state test, compared to only 59 percent of their fellow students at Earhart—19 percentage points in favor of students using the HMH Fuse app.

• Read the January 27, 2011, article "Teaching with a Tablet: One Educator's Experience."
• Watch footage of Riverside Unified School District making history with the first algebra 1 class taught on an iPad!

Pilot Background

Beginning on September 8, 2010, Amelia Earhart Middle School embarked on a partnership with Houghton Mifflin Harcourt designed to revolutionize the way students access their core curriculum. A control group of students used the traditional Holt McDougal Algebra 1 textbook. The pilot compared the two groups in the areas of student achievement and attitudes about learning. Spanning the 2010–2011 school year, the study was conducted by a third-party research firm.