New Math Technology Program for 4th and 5th Grade

With TenMarks going out of business, coaches and teachers engaged in finding a new math technology program for fourth and fifth grade. We started by looking at over 20 different math programs and narrowed the pool down to five. We then analyzed those five programs more closely and found two programs that best met the vision and needs of the School District of Waukesha.   These two programs were then piloted in three elementary buildings in order to get teacher and student feedback. The teachers in the pilot were in agreement that Matific was the best fit due to the flexibility it provided in assigning content, the wide range of rigor, the engagement for students, as well as the reporting options that were easy to read and use.  The students made comments such as "It helped me to do math and have fun doing it" or "It was like DreamBox, but it was for older kids".  In May, the school board approved the purchase of Matific for our fourth and fifth grade students. At Summer Institute this year, there will be a required session for fourth and fifth grade teachers to dig in deeper into this new program!