A Study of the Effects of Everyday Mathematics on Student Achievement of Third-, Fourth-, and Fifth-Grade Students in a Large North Texas Urban School District Page: 7
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Population
The population for this study was all third-, fourth-, and fifth-grade
students in a North Texas urban school district. This district has chosen to use
the Everyday Mathematics curriculum with students in kindergarten through the
fifth grade. Although Everyday Mathematics was written for sixth graders, the
district decided to use another Standards-based curriculum, Connected Math, in
the sixth through eighth grades. An application and selection process was
necessary for campuses to participate in a pilot project in the use of Everyday
Mathematics. Some elementary schools were approved to use this
Standards-based curriculum and other schools used the district-approved
mathematics curriculum. The outcomes measurement, the mathematics score
on the Texas Assessment of Academic Skills test, is administered to students in
Texas beginning in the third grade.
Significance of the Study
Every educator has some concern about student achievement. The
successes of curricula are measured by the improvement of student
achievement, or lack thereof, of those taught with them. Although the state of
Texas went through a mathematics textbook adoption process in the 1998-99
school year, it is important to have full information about the relationship
between a curriculum and the achievement of students who are taught using it.
This study should provide information to those who are involved in choosing
curricula that can aid in those decisions. This North Texas urban school
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Waite, Robert D. A Study of the Effects of Everyday Mathematics on Student Achievement of Third-, Fourth-, and Fifth-Grade Students in a Large North Texas Urban School District, dissertation, August 2000; Denton, Texas. (https://digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc2593/m1/19/: accessed April 16, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, UNT Digital Library, https://digital.library.unt.edu; .