# eSpark Reviews **Vendor:** eSpark Learning **Category:** [Digital Learning Platforms](https://www.g2.com/categories/digital-learning-platforms) **Average Rating:** 4.5/5.0 **Total Reviews:** 12 ## About eSpark eSpark differentiates reading and math with activities kids love. With standards-based games, videos, and digital activities, students work independently to succeed at their own level and pace. eSpark gives you the data you need to support your students through detailed online reports and personalized email updates right to your inbox. ## eSpark Reviews ### 1. eSpark is amazing for ALL students! **Rating:** 5.0/5.0 stars **Reviewed by:** Mary D. | Small-Business (50 or fewer emp.) **Reviewed Date:** May 23, 2023 **What do you like best about eSpark?** As a special educator, I love how eSpark puts students on their own individualized paths. They can feel success at their own pace while learning curriculum and standard-based lessons. The students are engaged with fun videos and games. They continue throughout their journey while earning high fives that are a great way to celebrate success in the classroom. **What do you dislike about eSpark?** Students can play the same game repeatedly if they want. They can go back or skip through videos quickly if they want. Some of my students need teacher redirection or **What problems is eSpark solving and how is that benefiting you?** The ability to assign differentiated lessons to each of my students' needs. It allows me to assign small group and individual lessons to students that are struggling while also being able to challenge students that have success in topics! ### 2. Wonderful Engaging Tool ! **Rating:** 5.0/5.0 stars **Reviewed by:** Rebecca B. | Mid-Market (51-1000 emp.) **Reviewed Date:** March 23, 2023 **What do you like best about eSpark?** eSpark is quickly becoming one of my favorite parts of teaching ELA. I have used it for two years with my 4th-grade ELA students. I have about 70 kids each year, so I have a very differentiated group. eSpark allows me to have kids working on their level on topics that we need to cover. I also love that I can assign specific assignments to one or all of the students. The assignments are a quick, easy way to check for understanding of the mini-lessons we have covered in class. The students love Wednesday's high five day! They earn stickers for each high five they have earned that week and have turned learning into a weekly contest! Love the high motivation factor here!!! **What do you dislike about eSpark?** My problems have been quickly resolved with an email to eSpark. The only thing I would change would be an easier way to reassign lessons that students don't pass. **What problems is eSpark solving and how is that benefiting you?** The ability to differentiate in the classroom and have a way to check for understanding on standards. ### 3. A great way to have your students do differentiated work at their own level. **Rating:** 5.0/5.0 stars **Reviewed by:** Kay T. | Small-Business (50 or fewer emp.) **Reviewed Date:** March 24, 2023 **What do you like best about eSpark?** The best part about Espark is that it differentiates each student. I teach in a K-6 classroom, and every student has their own path. I also like the ability to assign small group skills to students who need extra work on something or what we do in Tier 1 teaching as a rotation station. My students love getting high fives when they are successful in their quests. They also love the opportunity to make a video and teach the skills they learned. **What do you dislike about eSpark?** I have found nothing wrong with Espark. Thank you! **What problems is eSpark solving and how is that benefiting you?** I like that Espark gave me a discount for my very small classroom of 9 students, K-6. ### 4. Love eSpark! **Rating:** 5.0/5.0 stars **Reviewed by:** Kayce V. | Small-Business (50 or fewer emp.) **Reviewed Date:** March 24, 2023 **What do you like best about eSpark?** I love the differentiation that is possible with using eSpark! I can give my readers what they're ready for. I also love that I can choose skills that we are learning in our classroom lessons, or I can also assign different lessons to meet student needs. **What do you dislike about eSpark?** The only thing I have disliked about using eSpark is that there are limited skills to assign in the "Small Group Skills" section. There have also been some glitches - like students finish a task and it isn't marked as finished. **What problems is eSpark solving and how is that benefiting you?** eSpark is adding a valuable resource for small group time during our class's independent reading time. It provides an enjoyable resource for students and also productive feedback for the teacher. ### 5. Great program for Math and Reading in 1st Grade **Rating:** 5.0/5.0 stars **Reviewed by:** Sherry M. | Small-Business (50 or fewer emp.) **Reviewed Date:** April 04, 2023 **What do you like best about eSpark?** eSpark is easy for students to use and they enjoy using the program. It is not just drill and kill of repetitive skills. It uses a variety of multimedia to teach the concepts. For teachers, it is easy to see what students are working in relation to the standards. It is very standard-specific. It gives you small grouping idea based on the students performance. **What do you dislike about eSpark?** When students are taken to a video on YouTube after the video they can click on other nonrelated YouTube videos, so teachers need to monitor this activity. **What problems is eSpark solving and how is that benefiting you?** Small grouping and challenging each student at their individual level ### 6. Easy Data **Rating:** 5.0/5.0 stars **Reviewed by:** Verified User in Education Management | Small-Business (50 or fewer emp.) **Reviewed Date:** March 24, 2023 **What do you like best about eSpark?** I liked the data that was given to me and the recommendations for small-group lessons. **What do you dislike about eSpark?** Some of the lessons were confusing; read a text and then no directions. **What problems is eSpark solving and how is that benefiting you?** eSpark allowed me to keep my students engaged and learning while I was working with individual students. ### 7. Simply the best out there! **Rating:** 5.0/5.0 stars **Reviewed by:** Kristen I. | Educator, Enterprise (> 1000 emp.) **Reviewed Date:** January 12, 2020 **What do you like best about eSpark?** eSpark has been such a pleasure in the classroom. I feel like I have more control over all aspects of differentiated learning going on with all 25 of my students. This allows me to focus on learning strategies with my small groups and to focus on what each student needs from me. **What do you dislike about eSpark?** Truly, there’s not much to dislike about eSpark. If I have a problem, I make a suggestion and they listen. This company is beyond amazing. **Recommendations to others considering eSpark:** Don’t hesitate! **What problems is eSpark solving and how is that benefiting you?** I’ve realized how special this program and company are. They truly listen to us teachers. ### 8. My students love using eSpark! **Rating:** 5.0/5.0 stars **Reviewed by:** Theresa F. | ELL teacher 1st - 4th grade, Education Management, Small-Business (50 or fewer emp.) **Reviewed Date:** August 08, 2019 **What do you like best about eSpark?** eSpark is the individualized adaptive learning program that we use for the ELL population in our district. It is aligned to state standards and the company also adds each students' test scores to the system so it provides targeted instruction for each child to support our English Language Learners at their level. Students take a pretest for each skill and if they pass the pretest they automatically move onto the next skill. If students do not pass the pretest, the program automatically provides videos and apps for student to complete so they learn and practice the targeted skills that they need to master. Once students pass the post test, they have to write a script and then they use that script to make a video explaining what they learned. It is very engaging for our students and it does a nice job scaffolding content. Making a video is a great way for my students to practice using English to become more proficient. The visuals and audio support are perfect for our EL's and it provides practice in all four proficiency domains, listening, speaking, reading, and writing. Students love using eSpark in my classroom and I love how they get to work at their own pace at their own skill level. I even receive reports from the company each week to help guide my instruction. My students are always excited to progress through the many activities to learn new skills and they love making the videos at the end of their learning quest. **What do you dislike about eSpark?** I have been using eSpark with my 1st to 3rd grade students for 3 years now. The company has been very responsive to my suggestions over the past 3 years and they continue to make their program better each year. I like how they shortened the amount of time it takes for a student to complete an app or video. I also like how they continually remind students what they should be learning as they move through a learning quest. The company even updated the visuals to be more age appropriate for my 3rd graders. My students are with me only 30 minutes each day so I am limited on how much time I can spend on eSpark. I only wish I had more class time to let my students use eSpark in my classroom each week. **Recommendations to others considering eSpark:** eSpark is a great way to get young students listening, speaking, reading and writing. Once your students know the procedures to follow when completing a quest, they can usually complete a quest in eSpark independently. You will love watching your students' videos to hear them explain what they learned durubg their quest. My students have benefited from eSpark! **What problems is eSpark solving and how is that benefiting you?** It provides an additional independent learning station in my classroom. When students complete classroom assignments in class and have at least 10 minutes of time, they can go to eSpark independently and complete an activity in their learning quest. When students do not pass a skill, eSpark sends me an email to let me know the skill that a student is struggling with at that time. In that email they also provide some resources to use to work with that student to help them better understand the skill. To make sure I remember to score student videos each week, eSpark sends me an email reminder that easily links to each student that has a video to score. The dashboard provides data for parents at conferences to share so they know which skills have been mastered and which skills were more challenging for their child. ### 9. Excellent tool for scaffolding content **Rating:** 4.5/5.0 stars **Reviewed by:** Jeffery K. | University Lecturer, Education Management, Mid-Market (51-1000 emp.) **Reviewed Date:** October 06, 2019 **What do you like best about eSpark?** I love the video and audio support excellency and the ability to work with our EL am also excitted with how it has improved on my students writing, reading, listening and speaking skills just an excellent tool for my students **What do you dislike about eSpark?** I dont see why i should even complain about anything on this tool i would generally say am satisfied with what it does for me and my students **Recommendations to others considering eSpark:** I would surely recommend it with no doubt to those who would like to see their students skills improved. **What problems is eSpark solving and how is that benefiting you?** Completing of tasks and activities for my students and improving their learning skills including general streaming of what they have generally learned. ### 10. I find that the Espark experience has been outstanding for both students and the teacher! **Rating:** 5.0/5.0 stars **Reviewed by:** Heather W. | 3rd Grade Teacher, Mid-Market (51-1000 emp.) **Reviewed Date:** August 05, 2019 **What do you like best about eSpark?** I like that each child is working at their own level and can be challenged while at the same time enjoying their learning experience. **What do you dislike about eSpark?** Some issues that come up seem to deal with the apps not being marked as completed when the child has finished it. This can be quite frustrating for them and it is hard as a teacher to know for sure if the child truly completed the activity. **What problems is eSpark solving and how is that benefiting you?** Each child is working at their own pace and their own levels. Each child can get individualized attention if they need it and I am able to work one on one with those students when they need the help. - [View eSpark pricing details and edition comparison](https://www.g2.com/products/espark/reviews/espark-review-3434332?section=pricing&secure%5Bexpires_at%5D=2026-05-31+16%3A48%3A24+-0500&secure%5Bsession_id%5D=e1b7663c-0257-4716-ac42-706d85279dd5&secure%5Btoken%5D=6a7243833cbaa5ac2719d1e9ad178f216a49a33b48f201e88dc09ace753f3a3b&format=llm_user) ## eSpark Features **Learning Content** - Pre-made Content - Aligned to Standards - Multimedia Content - Gamification **Courses** - Personalized recommendations - High-quality content - Video content - Projects - In-course assessments - Certification practice tests **Personalization** - Personalized Learning Paths - Adaptive Learning - Assessments **Administration** - Team-level monitoring - Administrative dashboard - Certificates **Reporting and Analytics** - Analytics - Integrations **Compatibility** - Mobile compatibility - Offline access - Single sign-on (SSO) **Agentic AI - Digital Learning Platforms** - Cross-system Integration ## Top eSpark Alternatives - [Kahoot!](https://www.g2.com/products/kahoot/reviews) - 4.6/5.0 (398 reviews) - [Canvas LMS](https://www.g2.com/products/canvas-lms/reviews) - 4.5/5.0 (1,732 reviews) - [Corporate Finance Institute](https://www.g2.com/products/corporate-finance-institute/reviews) - 4.8/5.0 (1,747 reviews)