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Leading mathematics educator, Phil Daro of America's Choice explains the impetus behind the America's Choice Mathematics programs and some of its goals and design features.
 
 
It’s Time For a New Approach to Math Intervention

Many educators are frustrated by the limited options they have for helping students who struggle with math. Research has shown that what holds students back is not only a lack of knowledge, but also the misconceptions they have developed over the years. For students to succeed, interventions must not only build skills and problem solving, but also identify and address misconceptions.

America’s Choice math interventions do all of this and more.

Students struggling with math have different levels of need. Some can be addressed with short-term interventions; others require more sustained and intensive attention. That is why America’s Choice offers a tiered set of programs.

“We had excellent results with Mathematics Navigator and Ramp-Up Mathematics.”

— Nilene Quave, Principal, Pearl River Central Junior School, Pearl River, MS

Grades 2-10

Mathematics Navigator is a short-term, tier-two intervention program that helps students repair gaps and misconceptions—and master concepts, skills, and problem solving that are critical for success in algebra, geometry, and other higher-level courses. Navigator modules are 20 days in length and augment the on-grade curriculum with 35-45 minutes of targeted instruction, delivered during, befre or after school, or in summer school.

Grades 6-9

Ramp-Up Mathematics is a year-long, tier-three comprehensive acceleration system specifically targeted to boost the performance of secondary students who are two or more years below grade level in mathematics. Ramp-Up to Pre-Algebra and Ramp-Up to Algebra are designed to accelerate learning, raise test scores, break the cycle of failure, and establish a pattern of achievement.  Ramp-Up provides a replacement curriculum and expands the standard period to 90 minutes of instruction.

Grades 7-11

Ramp-Up to Algebra for California is a yearlong algebra readiness program that targets the concepts most critical to success in algebra while rebuilding mathematical foundations.