When students enter intervention, they rarely arrive with the same needs. Some have isolated skill gaps while others are missing foundational understanding that affects multiple areas of mathematics. For educators, one of the biggest challenges is knowing exactly where to begin.
Accurate placement is the foundation of successful intervention. When students start in the right place, instruction becomes more targeted, progress accelerates, and intervention time is used more effectively. Yet placement is only part of the equation. Educators also need meaningful ways to monitor growth, adjust instruction, and demonstrate that intervention is making a difference.
That's why assessment should measure and guide learning.
Do The Math® offers a complete assessment system designed specifically for intervention. From identifying the right starting point to monitoring progress throughout instruction and measuring outcomes over time, the program provides the ongoing insights educators need to make confident instructional decisions and support student success.
Assessment Should Inform, Not Interrupt
In many intervention settings, educators need assessment data to guide decisions, but they can't afford to lose valuable instructional time collecting it.
The most effective assessments are woven into the learning process. They provide actionable information without creating additional burdens for teachers or students.
Do The Math includes a connected assessment system available for grades K-8 that supports educators throughout the stages of instruction:
- Placement Assessments help determine where students should begin.
- Formative Assessments provide ongoing opportunities to check understanding and identify misconceptions.
- Module Assessments measure learning and growth over time.
Together, these assessments create a clearer picture of student progress while keeping the focus where it belongs: on learning.
Place Students with Confidence
Every educator knows the challenge of deciding where intervention should start. Beginning too far below a student's current understanding can slow progress. Starting too far ahead can create frustration and leave essential skills unaddressed.
The new Do The Math Placement Assessments help eliminate that guesswork. Designed specifically for intervention, these assessments identify prerequisite understanding, reveal unfinished learning, and pinpoint the first area where students consistently struggle. By aligning results to the program's learning progressions, educators can confidently place students into the most appropriate module and begin targeted instruction immediately.
Key benefits include:
- Identifying the best starting module based on student understanding
- Revealing strengths alongside unfinished learning
- Supporting data-informed grouping decisions
- Reducing instructional guesswork
- Creating opportunities for faster acceleration through targeted support
Monitor Learning Without Losing Instructional Time
As students move through instruction, educators need visibility into understanding before misconceptions become persistent learning barriers. The program's "Show What You Know" formative assessments provide quick opportunities to monitor learning and make timely instructional adjustments. These assessments help teachers gather evidence of understanding, respond to student needs as they emerge, and reinforce key concepts throughout intervention.
New digital delivery options make formative assessment even easier to implement, allowing educators to assign assessments efficiently and generate reports that support next instructional steps. And module assessments administered at the beginning, middle, and end of instruction help educators understand what students know, monitor progress over time, and measure growth after learning occurs.
The result is a continuous cycle of assessment and instruction that keeps intervention responsive to student needs.
Turn Data Into Action
With enhanced reporting in Heinemann Flight, assessment results are brought together in one place, making it easier to monitor progress, identify trends, and evaluate intervention effectiveness. Educators can access data from placement, formative, and module assessments to gain a more complete understanding of how students are progressing.
These reports help schools:
- Monitor individual student growth over time
- Identify classroom, school, and district-wide trends
- Evaluate intervention effectiveness
- Support data-informed instructional decisions
- Communicate progress and outcomes to administrators
When assessment information is organized and actionable, teams can spend less time compiling data and more time using it to support students.
Supporting MTSS Every Step of the Way
For district leaders and intervention teams, assessment plays a critical role within a Multi-Tiered System of Supports (MTSS). Effective MTSS implementation depends on accurate identification of student needs, ongoing progress monitoring, and reliable evidence of growth.
Do The Math's assessment system supports each of those priorities. Placement Assessments help identify the instructional starting point. Formative and module assessments provide continuous evidence of learning. Enhanced reporting helps intervention teams monitor implementation, evaluate outcomes, and make informed decisions about instructional support. These components combined provide the consistent data needed to strengthen intervention efforts across classrooms, schools, and districts.
For teachers, the assessment system offers practical insights that support daily instruction. For school and district leaders, it provides meaningful evidence that intervention resources are driving results. And for students, it helps ensure they receive instruction that is responsive to their needs and designed to help them make steady progress.
Stronger Intervention Starts Here
When educators know where students should start, can monitor learning throughout instruction, and have access to meaningful data about progress and outcomes, intervention becomes more targeted, more effective, and more impactful.
With new Placement Assessments, digital formative assessments, trusted module assessments, and enhanced reporting, Do The Math provides a complete assessment solution that helps educators move from data collection to informed action and improved student outcomes.
Know where your students are. Know what to do next. Learn more about how Do The Math can turn assessment data into student growth.
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When educators have the right insights at the right time, intervention becomes more targeted, more effective, and more impactful. Discover how Do The Math helps schools turn assessment data into better decisions—and better outcomes for students.
Strengthen your math intervention with better assessment data from Do The Math.
