Executive Summary

We evaluated school mathematics growth via Tennessee Ready Math (TNReady!) scores in 3rd grade and again at the end of 4th grade to see if STEMscopes Math increased within school passing rates during the 2023-2024 school year.  Results show that schools that used STEMscopes Math in 4th grade had significantly high passing rates on the 2024 TNReady! Math test compared to 2023. Across all schools that used STEMscopes Math and all students, passing rates jumped up 14.76 percentage points from 34.11% to 48.87% on average. Significant increases were found across all student groups as well (Figure 1).

We also tested if STEMscopes Math schools had higher 2024 4th grade passing rates relative to matched non-STEMscopes schools.  This was also the case: STEMscopes Math schools had a significant 5.10 percentage point higher estimated mean passing rate among all students (49.09%) relative to non-STEMscopes schools (43.99%). STEMscopes Math schools also had higher 2024 passing rates relative to non-STEMscopes schools in all student groups, with significant findings among males, females, White/Caucasian and African American/Black students (see Figure 2).  This study provides evidence in line with ESSA tier 2 and the What Works Clearinghouse 5.0 Group Design standards with reservations.