New reviews of four K-8 math series (15 grade-level reports) are now available on the EdReports.org website. Educators from across the country worked diligently, using our rigorous methodology, to analyze these materials and provide high-quality evidence that will support classrooms nationwide. We are both grateful for and proud of the work that our reviewers have completed.

We look forward to publishing another 40 reports from 8 additional K-8 math series later this spring. As always, these reviews will include the detailed evidence reports developed by our Educator Review Team members.

None of the materials included in today’s list fully met our criteria for alignment; however, reviewers documented positive evidence in several grade levels that can benefit teachers and students. Below is a summary of our findings, and we encourage you to dig into the detailed reviews available on the website.

Glencoe 6-8 (McGraw-Hill) Both 7^th and 8^th grade met our criteria for focus and coherence, but did not meet our criteria for rigor and mathematical practices. Grade 6 partially met our criteria for focus and coherence, but did not meet our criteria for rigor and mathematical practices.

MathLinks 6-8 (Center for Mathematics and Teaching) Grade 8 met our criteria for focus and coherence and partially met our criteria for rigor and mathematical practices.  Grade 7 partially met our criteria for focus, coherence, rigor, and mathematical practices.

Springboard 6-8 (College Board) Grade 8 partially met our criteria for focus and coherence, but did not meet our criteria for rigor and mathematical practices.

Connecting Math Concepts K-5 (McGraw-Hill) None of the materials met our criteria for focus and coherence.

Please see below for more updates and stay tuned for more K-8 math reviews, high school math reviews and ELA reviews over the coming months.  As always, please contact me with any questions or suggestions for how to improve our work and hit our mission to increase the quality of materials nationwide.

Eric Hirsch

ehirsch@edreports.org

Executive Director