Prodigy is a completely free resource for teachers, designed to support learning and ease classroom budget constraints. Over 800,000 teachers use Prodigy annually at no cost, including access to thousands of standards-aligned questions in math and English.

Offering free in-game educational content enjoyed by millions of students, Prodigy is sustained by optional parent memberships that provide additional gameplay features and promote family engagement. 

There are lots of options when it comes to online tools for your classroom. But would your students love using them as much as they’ll love Prodigy?

Prodigy doesn’t just give your students a way to practice math and English. It turns classes into exciting worlds filled with quests, creativity and rewards.

While students play, our adaptive algorithm delivers questions that keep them engaged without getting frustrated. Whether they’re playing at home or at school, Prodigy can help your students discover a passion for learning.

Yes, Prodigy aligns with school, state, and national standards. 

Prodigy Math offers comprehensive coverage for a wide range of curricula in the US, including Common Core, TEKS (Texas), SOL (Virginia), and many more state-specific standards. It also provides coverage for curricula in Canada, Australia, India, and the UK. 

Prodigy English currently aligns with Common Core standards for grades 1-6, with more coverage on the way.

For a full breakdown of all the standards and skills Prodigy covers, see our math curriculum coverage and English curriculum coverage pages.

Prodigy Math covers grades 1-8, while Prodigy English is designed for students in grades 1-6. The platform offers content tailored to the curriculum standards for these grade levels.

What students see will depend on whether they are playing Prodigy Math or Prodigy English.

In Prodigy Math, students customize their character's appearance and engage in an immersive storyline with math battles against Prodigy creatures. The math question interface offers video lessons, hint bubbles, and text-to-speech support, along with tools like digital manipulatives. Correct answers progress the game, while incorrect answers result in a missed move. The engaging battle aspect of the game motivates students and builds their math confidence as they answer standards-aligned questions.

In Prodigy English, students immerse themselves in building an online village while mastering curriculum-aligned reading, writing, and language skills. As they explore and collect supplies, students answer standards-aligned questions to earn energy, which is essential for improving their village and progressing in this sandbox-style game.

Yes, assignment can be completed in class and at home using Prodigy. Students can access the game from any device with an internet connection, and their progress will be saved automatically. This makes it easy for students to complete assignment at home or on-the-go, giving them the flexibility to practice skills at their own pace and on their own schedule.

Teachers regularly use Prodigy to supplement at-home learning in many different ways, including for homework assignments, math intervention programs and summer learning activities.

Yes, you can select content in Prodigy based on what you're teaching in class. The platform allows you to align the in-game questions with your current curriculum, ensuring that students practice and reinforce the concepts you're covering in class.

Yes — and we’re working every day to make it as effective as possible. 

Our team of certified teachers makes sure that all of our questions align with best practices in education, leveraging effective pedagogical approaches. 

We’ve conducted research and written internal papers to support our mission of motivation-first digital game-based learning and learner-centric pedagogical approaches. 

Prodigy's Placement Test assesses a student's understanding of math, starting from content below their selected grade level and moving up to one grade above. It runs automatically when students start playing Prodigy Math and typically takes between 3-4 sessions to complete. Powered by our adaptive algorithm, question content will present representative strands or domains from the student's expected grade level and self-adjust to identify their strengths and struggle areas. All your students need to do is have fun exploring the world of Prodigy Math and taking part in math battles.

You can track Placement Test completion progress via email updates or by checking into your teacher portal. Once complete, you'll be notified and the results will be available inside your "Placement Test Results" report in your teacher portal.

We understand the critical importance of keeping students safe online, and we've prioritized privacy, safety, and security features within the Prodigy Education platform. Although Prodigy does not require a Data Privacy Agreement, we're pleased to share that we are members of Access 4 Learning / Student Data Privacy Consortium and use a form of the National Data Privacy Agreement.  We have also received certification from iKeepSafe®, confirming our compliance with FERPA, COPPA, and CSPC regulations.

When students play Prodigy Math and Prodigy English, no personal information or inappropriate language can be shared with or seen by other users. 

Learn more about our Privacy Policy or about Data Privacy Agreements.