How does enVisionMATH Texas help me with my TAKS scores?
There are a number of ways enVisionMATH Texas helps improve TAKS scores. First, enVisionMATH Texas is organized by TEKS into comprehensive topics. This provides in-depth content coverage for understanding and therefore better test scores. Second, each lesson begins with TEKS/TAKS spiral review in two formats-TAKS multiple choice problems and a Problem of the Day. Third, there are only 120 lessons in all grades. This means that the book will be finished before TAKS so teachers won’t have to skip around to make sure the appropriate content is covered. After the test, there are 20 “Step Up” lessons that preview the content at the next grade. Fourth, problems throughout the instruction, practice, and problem solving are not only in TAKS format, but written with the same rigor as those problems on TAKS. Fifth, the Texas Assessment of Knowledge and Skills component provides Benchmark Tests to keep the students on track for the test and TAKS practice tests. Finally, the TEKS that have been ta