Reviews of Research on Saxon Math for High School Students (What Works Clearinghouse)

Read full report at WWC website

The What Works Clearinghouse (WWC) has released a new report this week that reviews the research on Saxon Math for high school students.

Saxon Math is a textbook series covering grades K–12 based on incremental development and continual review of mathematical concepts to give students time to learn and practice concepts throughout the year. The program is built on the premise that students learn best when instruction is incremental and explicit, previously learned concepts are continually reviewed, and assessment is frequent and cumulative.

The WWC reviewed eight studies that investigated the effects of Saxon Math on high school students. One study meets WWC evidence standards with reservations and included 272 high school students in four schools in two Colorado school districts. Based on this study, the WWC found Saxon Math to have no discernible effects on math achievement for high school students.

Read the full report now at
http://ies.ed.gov/ncee/wwc/reports/hs_math/saxon/