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Desmos Math 6–8 earns perfect scores from EdReports

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Announcing: A big win for student-centered math learning!

By Amplify Staff | February 6, 2023

It’s great news when a ¹ú²úÂ鶹¾çwho has worked hard to do their best gets a perfect score on an exacting test.

We’d like to take a brief moment to share some similar news of our own: Desmos Math 6–8 has earned perfect scores and an !

This is a powerful affirmation not only of our program, but also of every Desmos Math 6–8 ¹ú²úÂ鶹¾çwho benefits from the high-quality instructional materials, student-centered instruction, and thoughtful technology in the math classroom.

The power of math technology

Here’s a bit about the program. Based on Illustrative Mathematics’ IM 6–8 Math™ and Open Up Resources, Desmos Math 6–8 features interactive, standards-aligned lessons that are easy to use and fully customizable.

The program empowers teachers with an engaging curriculum that helps them:

  • Celebrate ¹ú²úÂ鶹¾çbrilliance.
  • Put ¹ú²úÂ鶹¾çideas at the center of instruction.
  • Drive ¹ú²úÂ鶹¾çachievement every day.

The technology in the program is purposeful: ¹ú²úÂ鶹¾çare empowered to explore new ideas, and our teacher dashboard helps teachers bridge those ideas together. Whether teachers are observing ¹ú²úÂ鶹¾çlearning on our lesson summary page or guiding productive discussions with our conversation toolkit, our facilitation tools make teaching more effective and more fun.

The rigorous EdReports review process

EdReports.org is an independent nonprofit designed to improve K–12 education. Among other things, its expert help equip teachers with the highest-quality instructional materials.

Their is necessarily individualized and rigorous. Educator teams develop rubrics and evidence guides; recruit expert reviewers with a collective thousands of years of experience; then conduct rigorous, evidence-based reviews.

The reviews collect evidence about important characteristics of high-quality instructional materials. These include the presence of standards, how well they are sequenced, and how deeply they are included.

Reviews take 4–6 months. Ultimately, multiple educators will analyze every page of the materials, calibrate their findings, and reach a unified conclusion.

And in our case, it was this: Desmos Math 6–8 received perfect scores from EdReports and met expectations for every one of their gateways.

See for yourself

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IM 6–8 Math™ and Illustrative Mathematics® are trademarks of Illustrative Mathematics, which is not affiliated with Amplify. Amplify is not an IM Certified Partner. EdReports and associated marks and logos are trademarks of EdReports.org, Inc.

EdReports.org is an independent nonprofit designed to improve K–12 education. Among other things, its expert help equip teachers with the highest-quality instructional materials.

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