Measuring Up to the New York Next Generation Learning Standards for Mathematics
Grades 3–8
Measuring Up to the New York Next Generation Learning Standards for Mathematics prepares students for the rigors of the assessment with lessons designed to improve academic growth and assessment results.
NEW for fall 2025! Questions in the Independent Practices and at the end of each lesson have been revised to enhance clarity and strengthen understanding of key concepts.
Revised and updated to the Next Generation Learning Standards, offers standards-based instruction to meet the needs of New York students.
- Supplement your curriculum.
- Intervention, before- or after-school programs, and summer school.
- Progress monitoring or benchmarking.
Master the Standards Using Four-Part Lessons
Each lesson connects new learning to prior knowledge through real-world examples and the use of key vocabulary. Key terms are listed along with examples demonstrating their usage within the lesson.
Tips, hints, and checkpoints are provided to build understanding and support mastery. How Am I Doing? prompts serve as checkpoints and writing opportunities to reinforce understanding of key skills and standards.
Items are designed to reflect the structure of high-stakes assessments, with starred questions identifying those that target critical-thinking skills. Work Space sections provide dedicated areas to show math work and take notes.
Questions provide an opportunity for students to verify their understanding of the skills and standards before progressing to the next lesson. A Practice Test at the end of each unit offers additional practice opportunities.
Student Edition
Standards-based literacy instruction features:
- Foundational and word knowledge skills to academic vocabulary building.
- Language conventions and writing composition.
- Informational text and literature of varying text types, genres, and complexity.
- Integration of knowledge and ideas.
- Building knowledge drawing upon previously read or known information.
- Motivate students to master the New York Next Generation Learning Standards with checkpoints, hints, turn and talk, think about it, sketch it and other prompts.
New York Next Generation Learning Standards-driven achievement
- A Learning Together Activity provides a collaborative activity included in every lesson aligned to the specific standard.
- Share It! Supports Culturally Responsive-Sustaining Education Framework.
- Two Independent Practices are included in every lesson. First practice includes question supports and offers more beginning items. Second practice includes a mix of levels with an emphasis on more rigorous types and includes multiple choice and constructed response items.
Teacher Edition
The robust Teacher Edition includes:
- Instruction to incorporate the real-world lesson goal.
- Differentiation for struggling, advanced, and English Language Learners.
- Lessons feature tips and activities for diverse learners, including striving, advanced, and ELLs.
- Scoring rubrics, checklists, and graphic organizers.
- Guidance for interpreting and using data.
- Standards information and support.
Two full-length Practice Tests per subject area and grade level are included.
- Written to the New York Next Generation Learning Standards.
- The format emulates and prepares students for New York State Test.
- The prescriptive answer guide includes an alignment to the Next Generation Learning Standards.
- Use results to re-teach and remediate.