The Challenge

Using a highly predictive school diagnostic that forecasts failing scores on Florida’s Comprehensive Assessment Test, Chet’s Creek Elementary School recognized that some students were unlikely to pass the mathematics test.

The Solution

The school used Mathematics Navigator to shore up students’ conceptual understanding, skills, and problem solving in specific mathematics topics, including students from the general and special education populations.

The Results

Even though the diagnostic test predicted that they would fail, a third of the special education students passed the state test—and 75 percent exceeded expectations by making a year’s worth of progress on a developmental scale. These special education students face exceptional challenges, yet Mathematics Navigator positioned them to be within reach of the regular curriculum. 

100 percent of the students in the general population who received Mathematics Navigator passed the state test.

Special Education Students Make Dramatic Gains

Statistically significant results on Knowing
Multiplication and Division module

School Snapshot
Chet’s Creek Elementary School
Duval County School District

• Grades: K–5
• 1,133 students
• 20 percent economically disadvantaged
• 75 percent white
• 12 percent African American
• 7 percent Hispanic
• 6 percent Asian/Pacific Islander
  

Source: schoolmatters.com