evidence for move it, math!
In 2002, only 23 percent of the school’s fourth-grade class at Herndon Elementary in Washington Park met or exceeded the state’s standards in math. The figure jumped to 80 percent in 2003 after implementing MOVE IT Math™!
• Based on research and proven effective in thousands of elementary school classrooms in Project GRAD USA—a plan to increase graduation rates sponsored by the business community, Ford Foundation, and U.S. Department of Education.
• Praised by the U.S. Department of Education as one of the nation’s most promising elementary school math programs.
• Makes arithmetic understandable based on five “key” concepts, skills, and thought processes.
• Enriches as well as remediates.
• Supplements all pre-school and elementary school math programs.
• Invaluable for tutoring and homeschooling.
• Supported with five federal grants.
Anyone Can Learn Math. An article by Robert Nielsen, mathematics professor and Assistant to the President for Higher Education, American Federation of Teachers . . .
• Praised by the U.S. Department of Education as one of the nation’s most promising elementary school math programs.
• Makes arithmetic understandable based on five “key” concepts, skills, and thought processes.
• Enriches as well as remediates.
• Supplements all pre-school and elementary school math programs.
• Invaluable for tutoring and homeschooling.
• Supported with five federal grants.
Anyone Can Learn Math. An article by Robert Nielsen, mathematics professor and Assistant to the President for Higher Education, American Federation of Teachers . . .
"In recent tests POC (Port O'Connor, Texas) kindergartners achieved at an average grade level of 3.0 on the Woodstock-Johnson test, with the lowest performer reaching the 2.1 grade level. "Special education" first graders achieved at grade level 2.1 on the same standardized test. These are unexpected results. POC is in a poor, rural community where the students have not been known for academic excellence or good high school graduation rates."
Testimonials from
- Ann Richards, Governor of Texas from 1991-1995. Also see these news reports and photos.
- Rod Paige, when he was Superintendent of Houston ISD (later became Secretary of Education, USA)
- Senate Majority Leader, Bill Frist (photo only of Mr. Frist watching students do MOVE IT, Math!)
Honors Thesis Project at the University of Tennessee at Knoxville, by Monica Balon Harper - What is Move It Math, and is it producing Improvements in the Test Scores of Dogwood Elementary, 2005.
