Program Description

"Designed by the same author team across K–8, GO Math! incorporates the latest thinking in its comprehensive approach and engages digital natives with cross-platform technology. It helps teachers to differentiate instruction, building and reinforcing foundational math skills that translate from the classroom to real life."

Cost

Price varies by package

Intended Population

• Core

Grade

• Elementary School
• Middle School

Intended Group Size

• Classroom

ELL/DLL

• None

Multisensory Applications

• Yes

Computer-Based Delivery

• Partial

Scripted

• Instructor Scripted

Comprehensive or Skill Specific

• Comprehensive

Placement Tests

• Unspecified

Accelerated Learning

• Unspecified

Assessment to Monitor Skills Mastery

• Yes

Error Correction Built In

• Unspecified

Fidelity Measures Provided by Publisher

• Unspecified

Research Summary

One RCT conducted over two years indicated that there was no statistically significant treatment effect between students in the GO Math! Group and control (business as usual) group. One pretest-posttest study with researcher-created testing measures indicated large effect sizes.

Study Citations

Houghton Mifflin Harcourt. (2016). Go Math! Elementary Grades Efficacy Study.

Eddy, R., Hankel, N., Hunt, A., Goldman, A., & Murphy, K. (2014). Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Go Math! efficacy study year two final report. Cobblestone Applied Research & Evaluation, Inc.

Evidence Base (ESSA)

• Qualifying studies found no significant positive outcomes

Evidence-Based Practice (EBP)

• Mixed evidence

Additional Reviews

• http://bltm.com/blog/2014/02/25/is-it-no-go-or-is-it-no-math-reflections-on-go-math/