Federal Study Tests Early-Grade Math Programs
Ongoing Federal Research Shows an Edge for Some Widely Used Curricula
Two years into the nation’s largest experimental evaluation of commercial mathematics programs for early elementary school, the Institute of Education Sciences has found some curricula have an advantage over others, but so far there has been no decisive win in the ongoing battle over the best way to teach math.
Last week, the IES, the U.S. Department of Education’s research arm, released its second of three reports studying the practices and effectiveness—including differences in teacher training, instructional approaches, materials, and content covered—of four of the most popular commercial curricula for teaching math in the early grades.
The programs are: Investigations in Number, Data, and Space and Scott Foresman-Addison Wesley Mathematics , both published by the New York City-based Pearson Scott Foresman; Boston-based Houghton Mifflin Harcourt’s Math Expressions ; and Saxon Math , published by the...
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