How can educators implement daily math instruction that addresses unfinished learning while still moving students forward in new grade-level learning? This session will explore how coherent intervention—with a learning acceleration approach that anchors new learning in real-world contexts and visual representations—helps students build the understanding they need to unlock grade-level work. Participants will examine new research that mathematics learning acceleration works at scale and will explore strategies for implementing this approach to instructional design with a math coach from a Tennessee school district.
Our keynote speaker will be Ms. Chanda Johnson, Partner Success Director with TOSS Platinum Partner Zearn.
Zearn Math is proven to have transformative results for all students—including students at the lowest levels of math proficiency.
Elementary- and middle-school students who consistently complete 3+ grade-level Zearn digital lessons each week score significantly higher on both state and interim assessments than matched peers who do not use Zearn.
Zearn’s impact is consistent across demographic and academic subgroups, including Black and/or Latino students, economically disadvantaged students, students in special education and chronically absent students.
A recent ESSA Tier 2 research study analyzing Zearn’s impact across 14,000 Louisiana 4th- through 7th-grade students found Zearn’s impact was greatest for students below proficiency: 70% of students at the lowest level of math achievement who used Zearn improved their achievement level on the state assessment compared to just 45% of students at the same starting level who did not use Zearn.
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