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33.31 23.60 MovingwithMath ® Control Group 0 5 10 15 20 25 30 35 Average Increase inScores Fall toSpringStanfordTest Results Score *Source:GeorgeWashingtonUniversityCenter for Equity andExcellence inEducation. Washington, D.C.Schools Students at 75%Basic ScientificallyBasedResearch Shows ProvenResults GeorgeWashingtonUniversity conducted an independent study of 11,000 students in theDistrict of Columbia’s extendedday program. The study found that students whoused MovingwithMath ® made statistically significant achievement gains on the Stanford test. Compared to a control group, theBasic and BelowBasic groupsmade thegreatest gains! TeacherObservationandEvaluations Teacher Surveys “Teacher perceptionswereobtained from responses toa 50-item surveyby832 teachers.…regarding various aspects of theprograms’ implementation, features, andeffectiveness. The final sectionof the teacher survey included fiveopen- ended items that asked teachers todiscuss their perceptions of the successof theprogramand theprogram’s strengths andweaknesses.” (See section4, page1) TeacherResponses: “The MovingwithMath program,with itsmanipulatives andhighly structured script format, garnered themost praise. The teachers considered it very important for all students to receive their own setsofmanipulatives, because this encourageda senseof beinga ‘stakeholder’ and thus a senseof responsibility. The survey respondents alsopraised themanipulatives’ concretionof abstract concepts.” (See section4, page9) “Teacher responseas to theeffectivenessof the MovingwithMath curriculumwas a5.62ona 7point Likert scale,with7as ‘stronglyagree.’” (See section4, page5) “A clearmajority (89.6%) of theSaturdaySTARS instructors agreedwith the statement regarding the [positive] impact of STARS on students’’ self-esteem… “Teachers’ perceptionsof theeffectivenessof the MovingwithMath curriculums’ teaching andassessment procedureswere related toperceptions that academicallyat-risk studentsmade enoughprogress in theSTARSprogram towarrant their promotion. By contrast, teachers’ ratings of the [other curricula] andSTARSprogram featureswerenot related toperceived student progress.” (See section4, page8) 4850 Park Glen Road | Minneapolis, MN 55416 1.952.546.7502 fax | www.movingwithmath.com | 1.800.852.2435