Kognity — AI-enhanced adaptive digital textbooks for IB Diploma schools

Kognity was founded in Stockholm in 2015 by former International Baccalaureate (IB) Diploma students seeking to modernise learning resources they had found inadequate. The platform pairs complete IB DP curriculum content across all major subjects with AI-powered adaptive features: adaptive quizzes that adjust difficulty in real time based on individual student performance, automated progress tracking, and a teacher dashboard providing continuous insight into class and per-student learning gaps. Kognity is the IB Organisation's only digital-first publishing partner, and by 2024 served more than 2,000 schools in over 100 countries. The platform also supports Cambridge IGCSE curricula.

Adoption evidence is strong at the institutional level: the claim that 1 in 3 IB schools globally use Kognity appears on the company's official website and is reinforced by its IB institutional partnership status. Teacher benefits are well-attested in user feedback: educators report substantial time savings from curriculum-aligned, ready-made materials and actionable analytics that allow targeted intervention. Kognity's own survey reports that 90% of students say the platform helps them achieve higher test scores. The company also cites a peer-reviewed study (IJRISS, 2023) finding a 70% greater test-score improvement compared to a control group; however, IJRISS is an open-access journal of limited academic standing, and the result has not been independently replicated.

A material equity concern limits the platform's broader social impact: the IB Diploma Programme is predominantly offered at fee-paying private schools and selective state schools, concentrating Kognity's benefits on comparatively advantaged learner cohorts. No subsidised or free-access scheme for under-resourced schools has been publicly announced. Within the IB school cohort, replacing expensive printed textbooks with a standardised digital platform represents a meaningful if circumscribed form of equity.

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