Accelerated Math™

Accelerated Math was found to have no discernible effects on math achievement.

Accelerated Math, published by Renaissance Learning, is a software tool used to customize assignments and monitor progress in math for students in grades 1–12. The Accelerated Math software creates individualized assignments aligned with state standards and national guidelines, scores student work, and generates reports on student progress. The software can be used in conjunction with the existing math curriculum to add practice components and potentially aid teachers in differentiating instruction through the program’s progress-monitoring data. Studies in this review assess the effectiveness of Accelerated Math as part of a school’s core math curriculum.

No studies of Accelerated Math meet What Works Clearinghouse (WWC) evidence standards, and three studies meet WWC evidence standards with reservations. These three studies, which included approximately 2,200 middle school students in grades 6–8, compared standardized test scores of students who used Accelerated Math with those of students who used traditional curricula.

Based on these three studies, the WWC considers the extent of evidence for Accelerated Math to be medium to large for math achievement.