The Long-Term Benefits of Focusing on Children's Early Math Skills

Children's early math skills are a strong predictor of later outcomes, like high school and college graduation rates, underscoring the long-term benefits of focusing on early math education. States across the country have increasingly focused on early literacy, enacting laws that require screening for reading difficulties, and aligning classroom instruction with the science of reading. This momentum is now expanding to math education, although more gradually. In this episode, Leigh Parise talks with Shira Mattera, a senior research associate at MDRC, who is leading multiple studies looking at early math instruction and skills. They discuss evidence-based strategies that state education leaders can implement to strengthen early mathematics instruction and learning.

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The Long-Term Benefits of Focusing on Children's Early Math Skills is an episode from Evidence First by MDRC.

This episode is 23:48 long.

This episode was published on Jul 1, 2025.

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