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Effective Math Instruction Shouldn’t Be Controversial — So Why Is It?
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Paper, Pencils, and AI: Putting the Ed Back into Ed Tech
Thursday, October 29, 2026 at 5 p.m. ET Educators are weighing the benefits of ed tech against growing concerns about the impact of screentime on stud …
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Effective Math Instruction Shouldn't Be Controversial — So Why Is It?
Wednesday, October 28, 2026 at 4 p.m. ET Strong mathematics instruction in schools lays the foundation for future academic and career success. Yet, hi …
eBooks & Guides
Pencil Power
As an education leader, you face the challenge of finding a solution: one that right-sizes technology use in the classroom while also ensuring your te …
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5 Steps to Set Students Up for Math Success
Success with math starts before the first lesson plan is in place. The materials you use, how you talk about math, and how you involve families all im …
eBooks & Guides
Supporting Math MTSS Through SpringMath
Math achievement in the U.S. has remained largely stagnant for two decades, and it isn't for lack of trying: national panels, policy debates, and new …
Infographics
CHECKLIST: 6 Look-Fors in a Supplemental Math Program
Most supplemental math programs look similar on paper but when it comes to day-to-day classroom reality, the differences become clear fast. Does it tr …
Podcasts
The Bell Ringer Podcast with Holly Korbey: Why so many students can't master math
Why do so many students struggle to master math? Journalist Holly Korbey put that question to Dr. Amanda VanDerHeyden, founder of SpringMath, in this …
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Considering New Math Curricula? Consider Classwide Intervention Instead
Should your school adopt a new math curriculum to address learning loss? Dr. VanDerHeyden says to start with classwide intervention instead. Many scho …
Podcasts
Chalk Talk Podcast: The Science of Math with Amanda VanDerHeyden
What is the Science of Math, and what does research say about how students learn math? In Episode 3 of the Chalk & Talk podcast, math professor An …
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How SpringMath Effectively Supports Teachers
Math support has to work in real classrooms. In this video, Dr. Amanda VanDerHeyden shows how SpringMath makes precise instruction easier for teachers …
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Improving Math Outcomes Starts with Better Assessment
Is your math intervention working fast enough? In this video, Dr. Amanda VanDerHeyden explains why mastery measures give math MTSS teams more actionab …
Webinars
What Instructional Science Tells About How to Teach Math
Grounded in behavioral psychology and decades of research, instructional science provides a blueprint for how students actually acquire, retain, and g …
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Effective Math Instruction: What It Is and How to Do It
In many classrooms, math instruction includes tactics and philosophies that are at odds with the research evidence on how children learn. With more th …
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The Modern World of Math MTSS Assessments and Decision Making
As the old saying goes, the only constant is change. The adage is especially true for Multi-Tiered System of Supports (MTSS), as MTSS is based on ever …
Webinars
The Evolution of MTSS: What We’ve Learned, What’s Changed, and What Barriers Still Exist
The Multi-Tiered System of Supports (MTSS) framework has been widely implemented in schools for more than two decades now, and for good reason. Done w …
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Using Math Curriculum-Based Measurement: From Screening to Instruction
As states respond to longstanding declines in math proficiency, many now or will soon require universal screening. But what works best in numeracy scr …
Infographics
CHECKLIST: 5 Ways to Close Math Learning Gaps
Math scores still trail pre-pandemic levels. Download this checklist of 5 ways to close math learning gaps, drawn from Vail School District's decade o …
Instructional Videos
Expert Instructional Videos for Every K–5 Math Skill
Your teachers deserve clear, confident instruction in every skill they're expected to teach. This free video library, created by SpringMath researcher …
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Piloting vs. Fully Implementing
For years, school leaders were told to pilot a new program before rolling it out. Dr. VanDerHeyden now calls that bad advice, and she admits she used …
Webinars
How Learning Happens: What Every Educator Should Know from the Science of Learning
The SpringMath Science of Success Speaker Series gives you a front row seat to conversations between Amanda VanDerHeyden, Ph.D. and leading educators, …
eBooks & Guides
K–8 Math Program Buying Guide
Download this guide to learn:
Articles
Fluency Before Function: A Case Against Early Calculator Use
Early calculator use can stall math fluency. Dr. Amanda VanDerHeyden explains why mastering about 145 key computation skills first builds problem-solv …
Articles
Stop Piloting, Start Scaling: A Smarter, Faster Way to Implement MTSS
Done well, MTSS gives systems a clear way to catch which students need support and get them the right level of it. That work doesn't have to wait for …
Infographics
The Key to Successful Math Instruction? Consistency.
Making Consistent Math Support Possible Built on more than two decades of peer-reviewed research, SpringMath provides educators with streamlined tools …
Podcasts
Make Math Moments: How Shifting Assessment Practices in Math Is Your Gateway To Improved Achievement
How can math assessment help students grow instead of just handing them a grade? In Episode #322 of the Make Math Moments podcast, hosts Jon Orr and Y …
Research
SpringMath Reference Studies
What research supports SpringMath? This reference list collects the studies behind each part of the program, from how screening decisions are made to …
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Overcoming Teacher Overwhelm
Today's teachers are asked to be more than just educators—they're expected to be data analysts, curriculum experts, and behavior specialists all at on …
Articles
How to Sustain Math Intervention Implementation
Fewer than 12% of teachers keep up a new intervention as planned. Dr. Amanda VanDerHeyden explains how weekly performance feedback keeps math MTSS on …
Articles
Five Reasons To Bring Back Paper-and-Pencil Math Tasks
Writing math by hand eases cognitive load and builds metacognition. See five research-backed reasons to pair paper-and-pencil tasks with digital tools …
Product Information
SpringMath Theory of Change
How SpringMath Works: The Research Behind Its Theory of Change How does SpringMath improve math achievement? SpringMath is web-based guidance that hel …
Product Information
Screening Accuracy Update
Current SpringMath screening data have been evaluated in recent calls from the National Center for Intensive Intervention (NCII) for inclusion on thei …
Articles
The Power of the Pencil
Do online math programs work? Drs. Amanda VanDerHeyden and Paul Muyskens review the research on why paper-and-pencil practice beats screens for most s …
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Intervention Integrity
What is intervention integrity, and why does it matter? It means delivering an intervention the way it was designed. Dr. VanDerHeyden calls it the par …
eBooks & Guides
Every Student Can Learn. And Every Student Has the Right to Learn.
Decades of research show what’s needed to produce learning. Yet, learning is not a guaranteed result of attending school. Why not?
Articles
From the Desk of Our CTO: A New Era of Innovation at SpringMath
SpringMath CTO Tim Heckel explains how AI-driven development frees his team to focus on bigger problems and innovate faster for schools and students.
Product Information
Common Core State Standards Alignment
SpringMath aligns with the Common Core State Standards as well as most state standards. Download CCSS Alignment
Articles
SpringMath Selected as an Evidence-Based Solution to Close Learning Gaps in Math in Mississippi and North Dakota
Mississippi and North Dakota approved SpringMath as an evidence-based math intervention. In trials, students using it had half the risk of failing sta …
Product Information
Accurately Identifying "At Risk" with Classwide Intervention
Classwide math intervention helps students build skills, and it also shows schools which students are truly at risk. Dr. VanDerHeyden explains a findi …
Product Information
Sticky Skills With SpringMath
Some math skills are harder for every student, no matter where they go to school. Using data from classwide intervention across the country, the Sprin …
Product Information
Math Proficiency as an Indicator of Future Success
U.S. students don’t do well in math, and for a long time there was no data to prove it. Dr. VanDerHeyden explains what changed in 2001. Accountability …
Product Information
How SpringMath Accelerate Effectively Supports Teachers
“If you think it’s easy, you just haven’t been in a classroom lately.” Dr. VanDerHeyden compares a teacher’s day to flying a flight simulator with a m …
Articles
Spring Into Action. Successful Implementation Starts Here!
Success in the first two skills of classwide math intervention predicts year-long results. Learn the daily routine, common errors, and how to check in …
Product Information
The SpringMath Process
A Clear, Repeatable Cycle That Strengthens Foundational Math Skills Every Week Screening identifies what the class knows and doesn’t know. Daily class …
Product Information
Why Broad Math Intervention Implementation Is Most Effective
Why use SpringMath with every student instead of only the lowest-performing 20%? Dr. VanDerHeyden explains that picking students from a one-time scree …
Product Information
How Does SpringMath Intensify Instruction
What makes a math intervention more intensive? In the early days of MTSS, the common answer was more of everything: more sessions, more minutes, more …
Podcasts
EdCuration Podcast: Math Mastery for Every Single Student
What would it take for every student in a class to master math? Dr. Amanda VanDerHeyden has spent years working on that question. On this episode of R …
Articles
SpringMath is now SpringMath Accelerate, Inc. under new ownership
Sourcewell sold SpringMath to SpringMath Accelerate, Inc., a new company led by CEO Terri Soutor and creator Dr. Amanda VanDerHeyden. Meet the leaders …
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What Is the Teacher's Role in SpringMath?
“If you want children to really get the benefits of instruction, you cannot take the teacher out.” That’s the core of Dr. VanDerHeyden’s model. In Spr …
Podcasts
Reading Road Trip Podcast: The Science of Learning with Dr. Amanda VanDerHeyden
How do children learn new things? In the Season 3 finale of Reading Road Trip, IDA Ontario’s podcast, Dr. Amanda VanDerHeyden talks with host Kate abo …
Articles
Patent secured for SpringMath novel math intervention system
SpringMath secured a U.S. patent for its math MTSS system, from assessments in 145 skill areas to automated intervention guidance. See what the patent …
Articles
Motivation: The Power of Daily Goal Setting in SpringMath
Small daily wins keep math students motivated. See how SpringMath class and student goals work, plus how one Title I coach celebrates progress with st …
Product Information
The SpringMath Story
Why was SpringMath built? Dr. VanDerHeyden spent her career in real schools, building and testing what became key parts of RTI and MTSS. When she trai …
Product Information
The Importance of NCII Ratings
How can you tell whether an MTSS tool is really evidence-based? Dr. VanDerHeyden sends people to the National Center for Intensive Intervention (NCII) …
Articles
SpringMath receives highest possible ratings from National Center on Intensive Intervention
NCII gave SpringMath its highest possible rating for fall classification accuracy across all submitted grades, making it the top-rated screener.
Articles
The Science of Learning: Why Teachers Are Key
Digital programs alone have minimal impact on student achievement. Learn why the science of learning works through skilled teachers, not materials or …
Articles
Why Multiple Strategies Is Not A Fluency Building Technique
Teaching multiple math strategies while students learn a new skill leads to more errors. Dr. Amanda VanDerHeyden explains why errorless learning works …
Paper, Pencils, and AI: Putting the Ed Back into Ed Tech
Thursday, October 29, 2026 at 5 p.m. ET Educators are weighing the benefits of ed tech against growing concerns about the impact of screentime on stud …
Webinars
Effective Math Instruction Shouldn't Be Controversial — So Why Is It?
Wednesday, October 28, 2026 at 4 p.m. ET Strong mathematics instruction in schools lays the foundation for future academic and career success. Yet, hi …
eBooks & Guides
Pencil Power
As an education leader, you face the challenge of finding a solution: one that right-sizes technology use in the classroom while also ensuring your te …
eBooks & Guides
5 Steps to Set Students Up for Math Success
Success with math starts before the first lesson plan is in place. The materials you use, how you talk about math, and how you involve families all im …
eBooks & Guides
Supporting Math MTSS Through SpringMath
Math achievement in the U.S. has remained largely stagnant for two decades, and it isn't for lack of trying: national panels, policy debates, and new …
Infographics
CHECKLIST: 6 Look-Fors in a Supplemental Math Program
Most supplemental math programs look similar on paper but when it comes to day-to-day classroom reality, the differences become clear fast. Does it tr …
Podcasts
The Bell Ringer Podcast with Holly Korbey: Why so many students can't master math
Why do so many students struggle to master math? Journalist Holly Korbey put that question to Dr. Amanda VanDerHeyden, founder of SpringMath, in this …
Product Information
Considering New Math Curricula? Consider Classwide Intervention Instead
Should your school adopt a new math curriculum to address learning loss? Dr. VanDerHeyden says to start with classwide intervention instead. Many scho …
Podcasts
Chalk Talk Podcast: The Science of Math with Amanda VanDerHeyden
What is the Science of Math, and what does research say about how students learn math? In Episode 3 of the Chalk & Talk podcast, math professor An …
Product Information
How SpringMath Effectively Supports Teachers
Math support has to work in real classrooms. In this video, Dr. Amanda VanDerHeyden shows how SpringMath makes precise instruction easier for teachers …
Product Information
Improving Math Outcomes Starts with Better Assessment
Is your math intervention working fast enough? In this video, Dr. Amanda VanDerHeyden explains why mastery measures give math MTSS teams more actionab …
Webinars
What Instructional Science Tells About How to Teach Math
Grounded in behavioral psychology and decades of research, instructional science provides a blueprint for how students actually acquire, retain, and g …
Webinars
Effective Math Instruction: What It Is and How to Do It
In many classrooms, math instruction includes tactics and philosophies that are at odds with the research evidence on how children learn. With more th …
Webinars
The Modern World of Math MTSS Assessments and Decision Making
As the old saying goes, the only constant is change. The adage is especially true for Multi-Tiered System of Supports (MTSS), as MTSS is based on ever …
Webinars
The Evolution of MTSS: What We’ve Learned, What’s Changed, and What Barriers Still Exist
The Multi-Tiered System of Supports (MTSS) framework has been widely implemented in schools for more than two decades now, and for good reason. Done w …
Webinars
Using Math Curriculum-Based Measurement: From Screening to Instruction
As states respond to longstanding declines in math proficiency, many now or will soon require universal screening. But what works best in numeracy scr …
Infographics
CHECKLIST: 5 Ways to Close Math Learning Gaps
Math scores still trail pre-pandemic levels. Download this checklist of 5 ways to close math learning gaps, drawn from Vail School District's decade o …
Instructional Videos
Expert Instructional Videos for Every K–5 Math Skill
Your teachers deserve clear, confident instruction in every skill they're expected to teach. This free video library, created by SpringMath researcher …
Product Information
Piloting vs. Fully Implementing
For years, school leaders were told to pilot a new program before rolling it out. Dr. VanDerHeyden now calls that bad advice, and she admits she used …
Webinars
How Learning Happens: What Every Educator Should Know from the Science of Learning
The SpringMath Science of Success Speaker Series gives you a front row seat to conversations between Amanda VanDerHeyden, Ph.D. and leading educators, …
eBooks & Guides
K–8 Math Program Buying Guide
Download this guide to learn:
Articles
Fluency Before Function: A Case Against Early Calculator Use
Early calculator use can stall math fluency. Dr. Amanda VanDerHeyden explains why mastering about 145 key computation skills first builds problem-solv …
Articles
Stop Piloting, Start Scaling: A Smarter, Faster Way to Implement MTSS
Done well, MTSS gives systems a clear way to catch which students need support and get them the right level of it. That work doesn't have to wait for …
Infographics
The Key to Successful Math Instruction? Consistency.
Making Consistent Math Support Possible Built on more than two decades of peer-reviewed research, SpringMath provides educators with streamlined tools …
Podcasts
Make Math Moments: How Shifting Assessment Practices in Math Is Your Gateway To Improved Achievement
How can math assessment help students grow instead of just handing them a grade? In Episode #322 of the Make Math Moments podcast, hosts Jon Orr and Y …
Research
SpringMath Reference Studies
What research supports SpringMath? This reference list collects the studies behind each part of the program, from how screening decisions are made to …
Articles
Overcoming Teacher Overwhelm
Today's teachers are asked to be more than just educators—they're expected to be data analysts, curriculum experts, and behavior specialists all at on …
Articles
How to Sustain Math Intervention Implementation
Fewer than 12% of teachers keep up a new intervention as planned. Dr. Amanda VanDerHeyden explains how weekly performance feedback keeps math MTSS on …
Articles
Five Reasons To Bring Back Paper-and-Pencil Math Tasks
Writing math by hand eases cognitive load and builds metacognition. See five research-backed reasons to pair paper-and-pencil tasks with digital tools …
Product Information
SpringMath Theory of Change
How SpringMath Works: The Research Behind Its Theory of Change How does SpringMath improve math achievement? SpringMath is web-based guidance that hel …
Product Information
Screening Accuracy Update
Current SpringMath screening data have been evaluated in recent calls from the National Center for Intensive Intervention (NCII) for inclusion on thei …
Articles
The Power of the Pencil
Do online math programs work? Drs. Amanda VanDerHeyden and Paul Muyskens review the research on why paper-and-pencil practice beats screens for most s …
Product Information
Intervention Integrity
What is intervention integrity, and why does it matter? It means delivering an intervention the way it was designed. Dr. VanDerHeyden calls it the par …
eBooks & Guides
Every Student Can Learn. And Every Student Has the Right to Learn.
Decades of research show what’s needed to produce learning. Yet, learning is not a guaranteed result of attending school. Why not?
Articles
From the Desk of Our CTO: A New Era of Innovation at SpringMath
SpringMath CTO Tim Heckel explains how AI-driven development frees his team to focus on bigger problems and innovate faster for schools and students.
Product Information
Common Core State Standards Alignment
SpringMath aligns with the Common Core State Standards as well as most state standards. Download CCSS Alignment
Articles
SpringMath Selected as an Evidence-Based Solution to Close Learning Gaps in Math in Mississippi and North Dakota
Mississippi and North Dakota approved SpringMath as an evidence-based math intervention. In trials, students using it had half the risk of failing sta …
Product Information
Accurately Identifying "At Risk" with Classwide Intervention
Classwide math intervention helps students build skills, and it also shows schools which students are truly at risk. Dr. VanDerHeyden explains a findi …
Product Information
Sticky Skills With SpringMath
Some math skills are harder for every student, no matter where they go to school. Using data from classwide intervention across the country, the Sprin …
Product Information
Math Proficiency as an Indicator of Future Success
U.S. students don’t do well in math, and for a long time there was no data to prove it. Dr. VanDerHeyden explains what changed in 2001. Accountability …
Product Information
How SpringMath Accelerate Effectively Supports Teachers
“If you think it’s easy, you just haven’t been in a classroom lately.” Dr. VanDerHeyden compares a teacher’s day to flying a flight simulator with a m …
Articles
Spring Into Action. Successful Implementation Starts Here!
Success in the first two skills of classwide math intervention predicts year-long results. Learn the daily routine, common errors, and how to check in …
Product Information
The SpringMath Process
A Clear, Repeatable Cycle That Strengthens Foundational Math Skills Every Week Screening identifies what the class knows and doesn’t know. Daily class …
Product Information
Why Broad Math Intervention Implementation Is Most Effective
Why use SpringMath with every student instead of only the lowest-performing 20%? Dr. VanDerHeyden explains that picking students from a one-time scree …
Product Information
How Does SpringMath Intensify Instruction
What makes a math intervention more intensive? In the early days of MTSS, the common answer was more of everything: more sessions, more minutes, more …
Podcasts
EdCuration Podcast: Math Mastery for Every Single Student
What would it take for every student in a class to master math? Dr. Amanda VanDerHeyden has spent years working on that question. On this episode of R …
Articles
SpringMath is now SpringMath Accelerate, Inc. under new ownership
Sourcewell sold SpringMath to SpringMath Accelerate, Inc., a new company led by CEO Terri Soutor and creator Dr. Amanda VanDerHeyden. Meet the leaders …
Product Information
What Is the Teacher's Role in SpringMath?
“If you want children to really get the benefits of instruction, you cannot take the teacher out.” That’s the core of Dr. VanDerHeyden’s model. In Spr …
Podcasts
Reading Road Trip Podcast: The Science of Learning with Dr. Amanda VanDerHeyden
How do children learn new things? In the Season 3 finale of Reading Road Trip, IDA Ontario’s podcast, Dr. Amanda VanDerHeyden talks with host Kate abo …
Articles
Patent secured for SpringMath novel math intervention system
SpringMath secured a U.S. patent for its math MTSS system, from assessments in 145 skill areas to automated intervention guidance. See what the patent …
Articles
Motivation: The Power of Daily Goal Setting in SpringMath
Small daily wins keep math students motivated. See how SpringMath class and student goals work, plus how one Title I coach celebrates progress with st …
Product Information
The SpringMath Story
Why was SpringMath built? Dr. VanDerHeyden spent her career in real schools, building and testing what became key parts of RTI and MTSS. When she trai …
Product Information
The Importance of NCII Ratings
How can you tell whether an MTSS tool is really evidence-based? Dr. VanDerHeyden sends people to the National Center for Intensive Intervention (NCII) …
Articles
SpringMath receives highest possible ratings from National Center on Intensive Intervention
NCII gave SpringMath its highest possible rating for fall classification accuracy across all submitted grades, making it the top-rated screener.
Articles
The Science of Learning: Why Teachers Are Key
Digital programs alone have minimal impact on student achievement. Learn why the science of learning works through skilled teachers, not materials or …
Articles
Why Multiple Strategies Is Not A Fluency Building Technique
Teaching multiple math strategies while students learn a new skill leads to more errors. Dr. Amanda VanDerHeyden explains why errorless learning works …
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