First assessment's in. So how do they compare to last year?

We've recently had our first major assessment, and I've been looking forward to seeing how this year's group did compared with last year's. Apart from using the IPad, all the other variables are the same: same curriculum, the exam was very similar, the population sizes are the same (50 this year, 52 last year), and the teacher's the same. So, how did they compare?

Here's the data:

	Fall 2012 No Ipads	Fall 2013 Ipads
AVERAGE	80.5	83.7
MEDIAN	84.5	89.5
STANDARD DEVIATION	16.6	13.8
P VALUE	0.2

As you can see, the IPad class performed better. They average higher, over half scored an A, and they're less scattered. However, we can't read too much into these numbers. That high p-value rules out any decisive conclusions. 

I was somewhat surprised by these results. As I wrote previously I thought that there was less focus on the actual content as we spent time "playing" with new apps, configuring dropbox and schoology, on top of technical issues. We also had less periods because of some holidays and other scheduling issues. So, it's good to see that the early glitches and lost classroom time did not have any negative effect on the learning.