“ Thank you for joining our endeavor to bring math success to children across America .”
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“ Thank you for joining our endeavor to bring math success to children across America .”
Dear Friends ,
MIND Research Institute made important progress in 2011 . We expanded our ST Math ® instructional software to 1,314 schools and 389,182 students – a 35 % increase over 2010 . We also generated record revenue of $ 13.8 million , driven by 17 % and 14 % increases in charitable donations and sales , respectively .
Among the year ’ s major success stories was a district-wide ST Math adoption in Colorado Springs District 11 , where our Educational Services team trained nearly
970 teachers in just three days . Early positive results from Colorado Springs bring to mind the tremendous long-term success in California ’ s Santa Ana Unified , where math proficiency has risen from a dismal 35 % in 2005 to the statewide average of 67 % in 2011 . Using ST Math , they have literally closed the achievement gap among their 28,000 elementary school students . Similar stories repeat across the country as we expand . Our 2011 Math Initiative schools experienced twice the increase in proficiency compared to non-ST Math schools . featuring touch , our next generation software , is also aligned to the new Common Core State Standards .
Other major initiatives for 2012 include piloting a pre-K ST Math program in 15 schools and focusing on our Math Education Process to ensure teachers follow best practices in implementing the program , in order to elevate math achievement .
We ’ re also on the brink of a significant milestone : half a million students will be using ST Math in the third quarter of 2012 . Thank you for joining our endeavor to bring math success to children across America .
Sincerely ,
Ted Smith
Chairman and CEO
MIND Research Institute
These remarkable results at needy schools nationwide are due to generous corporate , foundation and community supporters . Among those who helped bring math success to at-risk students were Cisco Foundation , Emulex , Microsemi , the Samueli Foundation and the Whitman-Harsh Family Foundation . We are deeply grateful to all of our supporters .
In fall 2012 , a touch-enabled version of ST Math will roll out to schools . MIND co-founder , Matthew Peterson , Ph . D ., re-designed the games to leverage the benefits of touch technology – an intuitive , gesture-based , hands-on learning experience . ST Math