NewsPre-K to 8
Lower School math scores rise
Aug 6, 2001 8:00 AM
By Stefan Eady - Faculty
The Lower School is seeing positive results in the School’s stardardized testing math scores (Educational Records Bureau, ERB) after just one year of using the math curriculum, Everyday Mathematics. "Although it will be two or three more years before we can do a thorough analysis, the little bit of analysis we can do right now indicates that our children are better math students than they were a year ago," Lower School Principal Mark Tayloe said. "They are better problem solvers and better thinkers."
In analyzing this year's test results, Tayloe compared the math scores of the 35 students who took the ERBs last year in second grade with their third grade scores. Last year these students averaged in the 89.8 percentile nationally and this year averaged in the 92nd percentile, a difference of greater than two percentile points.
Last year the new curriculum, Everyday Mathematics, was used only in first through third grades will be added to the fourth and fifth grades this year. "Our students, teachers, and parents all have been thrilled with this exciting new curriculum," Tayloe added. "We remain committed to the basics but at the same time we want our students to be able to connect real-life experiences to new learning."
In analyzing this year's test results, Tayloe compared the math scores of the 35 students who took the ERBs last year in second grade with their third grade scores. Last year these students averaged in the 89.8 percentile nationally and this year averaged in the 92nd percentile, a difference of greater than two percentile points.
Last year the new curriculum, Everyday Mathematics, was used only in first through third grades will be added to the fourth and fifth grades this year. "Our students, teachers, and parents all have been thrilled with this exciting new curriculum," Tayloe added. "We remain committed to the basics but at the same time we want our students to be able to connect real-life experiences to new learning."
