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South Carolina State Board of Education Approves Savvas Learning Company’s enVision Mathematics and Experience Math Programs for Grades K-5
PARAMUS, NEW JERSEY — January 14, 2025 — Savvas Learning Company, a next-generation K-12 learning solutions leader, is excited to announce that its enVision Mathematics South Carolina program for Grades K-5 has been approved by the South Carolina State Board of Education (SBE) for inclusion on the new list of state-adopted high-quality instructional materials (HQIM).
The award-winning enVision Mathematics program provides evidence-based, standards-aligned content, combined with personalized adaptive learning, to help all students develop deep conceptual math understanding, procedural skills, and fluency. In addition to enVision, the South Carolina SBE also approved Experience Math K-5, another math program by Savvas. A student-centered program that engages students through exploration and a hands-on learning approach, Experience Math K-5 also supports teachers with high-value, in-the-moment professional learning to create collaborative classrooms.
Savvas math programs for South Carolina are fully aligned to the 2025 South Carolina College- and Career-Ready Mathematics Standards, which represent a balance of conceptual and procedural knowledge and skills in mathematics that students are expected to learn. In the state’s HQIM appraisals of the programs, enVision Mathematics South Carolina and Experience Mathematics both received high scores — at each grade level — on all three gateways (or criteria), which include Alignment to the SC CCR Standards and Coherence; Student Understanding; and Student and Teacher Supports.
Accessible on the Savvas Realize platform, enVision Mathematics and Experience Math both offer the flexibility of digital, print, and blended instruction to provide math teachers with the tools they need to easily personalize learning for all students. enVision’s proven instructional design combines problem-based and visual learning to create deep understanding, offering students multiple ways to learn. Among its many features, enVision includes:
- Student-Led Learning Activities: High-interest, hands-on tasks add to an array of project-based learning activities and multimedia lessons designed to engage South Carolina students by integrating with their unique cultural experiences.
- Flexible Teacher Support: Embedded teacher support and meaningful professional development are built into the program. Ready-made, customizable instructional materials for each lesson make teacher preparation quick and easy.
- Family Engagement Resources: Shareable digital resources for every lesson are designed to empower families with easy-to-understand topic previews and lesson summaries, along with worked-out homework examples, learning videos, and suggestions for math practice at home.
- Personalized Student Practice: Savvy Adaptive Practice delivers just-right math instruction and personalized practice automatically in real-time, allowing students to review prerequisite concepts or accelerate forward as they practice.
Experience Math features an easy-to-use, three-part instructional design that gives students varied experiences to solve problems and develop mathematical thinking skills. Focusing on improving student-centered learning through intentional teaching, the program provides:
- Essential Understandings, or Big Ideas, to help students build meaningful connections in math.
- Standards-Aligned Lessons Built on Student-Centered, Rich Tasks that increase engagement and drive learning through purposeful exploration and reflection.
- Embedded Instructional Insights and Professional Development Videos, developed by renowned mathematics author, Dr. Marian Small, that help teachers facilitate meaningful and productive learning environments.
- Problem-Based Activities That Develop Fluent Problem-Solvers by strengthening students’ critical thinking and flexible problem-solving skills.
“At Savvas, we believe that when students can see their math skills reflected in real-life examples, math practice becomes meaningful and engaging to them. That’s why we are committed to developing the highest-quality instructional materials that give students real choice in how they learn and apply math,” said Bethlam Forsa, CEO of Savvas Learning Company.
“With our classroom-tested, teacher-loved enVision Mathematics and our innovative, student-centered Experience Math programs,” Forsa added, “Savvas is empowering South Carolina educators with high-quality and effective math curricula that inspires all students to learn and achieve.”
ABOUT SAVVAS LEARNING COMPANY
At Savvas, we believe learning should inspire. By combining new ideas, new ways of thinking, and new ways of interacting, we design engaging, next-generation K-12 learning solutions that give all students the best opportunity to succeed. Our award-winning, high-quality instructional materials span every grade level and discipline, from evidence-based, standards-aligned core curricula and supplemental and intervention programs to state-of-the-art assessment tools and the industry’s most innovative portfolio of college and career readiness solutions — all designed to meet the needs of every learner. Savvas products are used by millions of students and educators in more than 90 percent of the 13,000+ public school districts across all 50 states, the District of Columbia and Puerto Rico, as well as globally in more than 125 countries. To learn more, visit Savvas Learning Company. Savvas Learning Company’s products are also available for sale in Canada through its subsidiary, Rubicon.