Math Intervention
Unlocking Potential in Every Learner

With Math Nation, students now have a better understanding of math and are more flexible in their thinking. We’re also seeing growth in our formative assessments in the classrooms that effectively use Math Nation. As a result, more teachers are buying into the program. I have a seventh-grade teacher who said her students no longer immediately shut down when they see a fraction. I have an eighth-grade teacher who said that she’s impressed with how well her students work together and how much their comprehension of math concepts has improved. Teachers like the online tools and how Math Nation is laid out. They like how the content is layered, so if students don’t master something immediately, it keeps coming back. They say that planning is much easier now.

The difference in students’ understanding of foundational math practices made our teachers’ jobs much easier this year. Students were coming to them with a much better understanding of fractions. When they got to that unit, their kids blew it out of the water. The mini-lessons and the Explores in STEMscopes have helped our students make big gains.

The numbers on the Mississippi MAAP Algebra 1 proved what we had anticipated; my proficient numbers jumped from 38% to 66% in the first year. This data provided evidence to continue using Math Nation and encourage all our Algebra teachers to invest in it.

When I go into the STEMscopes Explore section, we always do the Assessing Prior Knowledge activity. It helps me understand where my students are. I love that it refers back to the first-grade standards and what they should already know. Then I know if I’m ready to hit the ground running or if I have to back up a bit. It also helps with my small-group instruction.

What’s so helpful is that Math Nation spirals and builds. So, if students don’t score as well as we’d hoped on a standard, we can look and see all the places where the standard is covered and pull resources.

The Study Experts from Math Nation are like rock stars to our students. When some of the Study Experts visited our campus a few years ago, you would’ve thought that Elvis Presley had entered the building. The kids feel connected to them, and they make math instruction fun.

Because our students are much more engaged, they’re ready to jump into STEMscopes math. They’re not as intimidated by it. We don’t hear ‘I’m not good at math’ as much as we used to, and it’s because of the engagement. Students feel like they can dig into it — and we’ve seen a difference in the data across grade levels. Our students go on to the next grade level more prepared, and our teachers feel they are more successful with their students in math.

With Math Nation, students now have a better understanding of math and are more flexible in their thinking. We’re also seeing growth in our formative assessments in the classrooms that effectively use Math Nation. As a result, more teachers are buying into the program. I have a seventh-grade teacher who said her students no longer immediately shut down when they see a fraction. I have an eighth-grade teacher who said that she’s impressed with how well her students work together and how much their comprehension of math concepts has improved. Teachers like the online tools and how Math Nation is laid out. They like how the content is layered, so if students don’t master something immediately, it keeps coming back. They say that planning is much easier now.