Vista students using Mathspace showed statistically significant math gains over the summer, while benchmark scores were not significantly different in the other two districts¶

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q2 i? Students in the Mathspace summer program showed statistically significant gains in math scores from the beginning to the end of summer, though participation and engagement were low. → Christina Luke 2016

Evidence¶

Christina Luke 2016¶

Christina Luke, Christa M. Simone, Aubrey T. Francisco. (2016). Rapid Cycle Pilots: Summer Ed-Tech Programs. Digital Promise. https://digitalpromise.dspacedirect.org/items/8017846c-4099-4af3-92e4-462cd5d6262d doi:10.51388/20.500.12265/26

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Mathspace pilot study brief for Vista Unified, a pre-post benchmark analysis of 27 rising 7th graders with t-tests on pre and post scores. The brief reports "statistically significant gains" but prints no effect size, and cautions results "should be treated with caution" because participation and engagement were low.

"Despite the educator’s concerns about student engagement, students who participated in the Mathspace summer learning program showed statistically significant gains in their math scores from the beginning of the summer to the end."

Discussion¶

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