Why Coaching Matters
At ORIGO Education, we believe it important to know what works and what does not work. For these reasons we decided to engage The American Institute for Research (AIR), to conduct an external independent evaluation of the Stepping Stones Math curriculum. The study was designed to estimate the effect of Stepping Stones on student mathematics achievement, as measured by the percentage of students who scored proficient or better on state end-of-year assessments. Although set in the United States of America there are some learnings for our Australian customers.
About the Study
The study sampled schools that had access to Stepping Stones beginning in the 2014-15, 2015-16, 2016-17, or 2017-18 school year for at least one grade between Grades 3 to 5. This totalled 559 grade-level classes across 202 schools and 39 districts in six states: California, Illinois, Kentucky, Ohio, Washington, and Wisconsin. A grade-level class includes all the students in a given grade in one building, regardless of how many classroom teachers serve that grade in that building.
Key Findings
In districts that invested in a meaningful amount of professional learning (at least 10 days for the districts in this study) to support high-quality implementation of Stepping Stones, the estimated change in state mathematics performance was about 0.14 standard deviations better than one would expect—a statistically significant change. Put simply, pairing Stepping Stones math with sufficient implementation support has a significant positive effect on mathematics proficiency.
Coaching Partnerships
Our team of experts offer methods, ideas, and strategies to help you nurture engaged, motivated, and happy-to-learn thinkers. ORIGO Education coaching support can be offered through a strategic combination of onsite professional learning sessions, in-class observations and model lessons, and follow-up online sessions.
The Effect of Stepping Stones Math on Student Achievement (2020): https://www.origoeducation.com/research-and-case-studies/
We partner with you to solve tour most pressing challenges, including:
- Developing number sense
- Strengthening questioning and discourse in the classroom
- Developing problem-solving and persistence
- Using multiple representations in mathematics
- Building strong understanding of common and decimal fractions
- Fostering the practice or proficiency standards
- Unpacking the content standards
- Developing thinking strategies for addition and subtraction
- Developing thinking strategies for multiplication and division
- Extending thinking strategies beyond basic facts