Accelerated Math is a daily, progress-monitoring

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tool that monitors and manages

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skills practice, from preschool math through

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. It is primarily used by primary and secondary schools, and it is published by Renaissance Learning, Inc. Currently, there are five versions: a desktop version and a web-based version in Renaissance Place, the company's web software for Accelerated Math and a number of other software products (e.g.

Accelerated Reader Accelerated Reader (AR) is a website used to assist students with reading skills. Components ATOS ATOS is a readability formula designed by Renaissance Learning. Books with quizzes in Accelerated Reader are assigned an ATOS readability level. ...

). In

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, the software is referred to as "Accelerated Maths".

Research

Below is a sample of some of the most current

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on Accelerated Math. Sadusky and Brem (2002) studied the impact of first-year implementation of Accelerated Math in a K-6 urban

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during the 2001–2002 school year. The

ers found that teachers were able to immediately use data to make decisions about instruction in the

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. The students in classrooms using Accelerated Math had twice the percentile gains when tested as compared to the

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classrooms that did not use Accelerated Math. Ysseldkyke and Tardrew (2003) studied 2,202 students in 125 classrooms encompassing 24 states. The results showed that when students using Accelerated Math were compared to a control group, those students using the software made a significant gains on the STAR Math test. Students in grades 3 through 10 that were using Accelerated Math had more than twice the percentile gains on these tests than students in the control group. Ysseldyke, Betts, Thill, and Hannigan (2004) conducted a quasi-experimental study with third- through sixth-grade Title I students. They found that Title I students who used Accelerated Math outperformed students who did not. Springer, Pugalee, and Algozzine (2005) also discovered a similar pattern. They studied students that failed to pass the

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test in order to graduate. Over half of the students passed the test after taking a course in which Accelerated Math was used to improve their achievement. The What Works Clearinghouse (2008)Cavanagh, S. (2008), What Works Clearinghouse Dings 'Accelerated Math' Program. Education Week, 28(7). within the Institute of Educational Sciences concluded that studies they evaluated did not show statistically significant gains when put through the US government's analysis. For more research, see the link below.

References

Alternate usage

For other uses of the term "accelerated math," please see:
Burris (2003)
an article on an accelerated mathematics curriculum

an article on accelerated math operators in

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Alternate usage