Demonstrated to advance student success and teacher knowledge
The Math Recovery® professional development courses have been developed from more than two decades of design and development research conducted by Robert J. Wright and his colleagues. Download the white papers to learn more about research underpinnings, efficacy and effectiveness of Math Recovery®.
Research Underpinnings Effectiveness Report
Math Recovery intervention is consistent with the recommendations outlined in What Works Clearinghouse’s Practice Guide 26: Assisting Students Struggling with Mathematics: Intervention in the Elementary Grades.
Math Recovery Earns Tier 2 ESSA Rating
The What Works Clearinghouse reviewed the evidence on Math Recovery (U.S. Department of Education, Institute of Education Sciences, National Center for Education Evaluation and Regional Assistance, What Works Clearinghouse, 2020) and assigned a rating of Tier 2 Moderate Evidence of Effectiveness. This means that not only is Math Recovery a research-based but also an evidence-based intervention, shown to impact student achievement.
Real Student Results
Teachers who participate in Add+VantageMR® professional development are able to effectively use our diagnostic assessment tools while anticipating learning progressions leading to student growth.
76% of Add+VantageMR® students (K-5) met or exceeded the projected growth on NWEA Mathematics Measure of Academic Progress (MAP).1
Powerful Growth
Teachers who participate in Add+VantageMR® professional development see increased mathematics percentile ranks of students throughout the school year.
Data shows improvement in the mean percentile rank of each grade level (K-5) on NWEA Mathematics Measure of Academic Progress (MAP) from Fall to spring testing sessions.2
Monitoring Student Growth
The Add+VantageMR® and Math Recovery® assessments allow teachers to routinely monitor student progress to inform instructional decision making.
A combined 86.11% of the responding teachers saw improvement in their students. Precisely 69.38% had Add+VantageMR® and Math Recovery® data to confidently report student growth.6
Improving Teacher Content Knowledge
Teachers who participate in Add+VantageMR® professional development show statistically significant improvement in teacher content knowledge.
Mean score of participants on mathematics content knowledge test increased from 70% to 79% after the completion of the Add+VantageMR® Course 1 and Add+VantageMR® Course 2.3
Improved Instructional Decision-Making
Teachers who participate in Add+VantageMR® professional development show significant improvement in instructional decision making based on student actions and explanations.
After watching two short videos of students participating in math activities, teachers responded to, "What would you say and do to help the student develop understanding of the mathematics in this situation?"4 Results found that teachers made improvements in their ability to provide helpful suggestions to students.
Long-Term Impact
Add+VantageMR® and Math Recovery® participants incorporate course content into professional discourse.
Following course completion over 68% of course participants engaged at least monthly in professional conversations related to Add+VantageMR® or Math Recovery® course content. (Source: 2016 survey conducted by Castle Worldwide on behalf of the USMRC.)1
Applicable and Engaging Professional Development
Teachers who participate in Add+VantageMR® professional development share highly favorable evaluations and reviews at the completion of the professional development.
Ninety-eight percent (98%) of the Cohort 1 teachers felt the program met their expectations.5
"We needed this. We needed help to diagnose and prescribe activities and strategies to help students."
Participation in our professional development courses improves teacher effectiveness by increasing their content and pedagogical understanding. Teachers who are actively engaged in diagnosing current student understanding and applying their knowledge of developmental learning progressions continue to enhance the effectiveness of their instruction, thereby positively impacting student growth.
1 Analysis of Map Data (Ruhf et al., 2017, p. 4)
2 Analysis of Map Data (Ruhf et al., 2017, p. 3)
3 Michigan Math Recovery® 2015 Annual Report (Ruhf et al., 2015, p. 13)
4 Michigan Math Recovery® 2015 Annual Report (Ruhf et al., 2015, p. 14)
5 Michigan Math Recovery® 2015 Annual Report (Ruhf et al., 2015, p. 2)
6 2016 survey conducted by Castle Worldwide on behalf of the US Math Recovery Council®
