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| BEST | Math • Saxon ©1997 |
| VERY GOOD | SRA Math • SRA ©1999 |
| FAIR | Math Advantage • Harcourt ©1999 |
| POOR | Math • Scott-Addison ©1999 |
| POOR | The Path to Math Success • Silver ©1999 |
| VERY POOR | Math in My World • McGraw ©1999 |
| WORST | Everyday Mathematics • Everyday Learning ©1998 |
This ranking shows how well those series develop automaticity in basic number facts, and student mastery of computation skills used in problem-solving, in third grade. We have available seven comparison charts on these third grade programs, free upon request, which spell out our standard review criteria for these ratings. For more information on these programs' emphasis on mastery of basic addition, subtraction, multiplication and division facts, see our comparison chart.
In reviewing these series, time and staff constraints compelled us to choose between doing one grade level well, or several poorly. We chose the former, and therefore critiqued only the third grade programs, confident that the methodologies we identified in third grade would also reappear at other grade levels.
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