After Two Years, Three Elementary Math Curricula Outperform a Fourth (In Focus Brief)

After Two Years, Three Elementary Math Curricula Outperform a Fourth (In Focus Brief)

In Focus Brief
Published: Sep 30, 2013
Publisher: Princeton, NJ: Mathematica Policy Research
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Associated Project

Evaluation of Mathematics Curricula

Time frame: 2005–2013

Prepared for:

U.S. Department of Education, Institute of Education Sciences

Authors

Roberto Agodini

Neil Seftor

Janine Remillard

Read the final report from a large-scale, rigorous study examining how four math curricula affect achievement across two years—from first through second grades. The curricula were (1) Investigations in Number, Data, and Space; (2) Math Expressions; (3) Saxon Math; and (4) Scott Foresman-Addison Wesley Mathematics.

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