Bridging Your School’s Math Curriculum Gap

The academic landscape is showing concerning trends, with NAEP reporting the lowest math performance in decades with the majority of students unable to reach proficiency level.

This struggle is compounded by the strong correlation between reading and math difficulties: studies indicate that approximately 40–60% of students with dyslexia also struggle with math.

Recognizing this critical need, Made for Math partners with public and private schools to equip educators with the tools to reverse this trend.

We offer training in structured, research-based math intervention that is specifically designed to build mastery through meaning and memory. As educators often tell us, our approach is like “structured literacy—only for math,” providing a powerful, systematic framework to help all students succeed.

Students need a systematic approach using concrete-representational-abstract (CRA). 

What is CRA?

At Made for Math, we use this approach to help students truly understand math and reach fluency. Just like children need to connect sounds and letters together to make sense of reading, students need to connect hands-on experiences, visuals, and written math to truly grasp what they’re learning. The Concrete stage is tools students can hold and manipulate, which increases engagement and builds strong memory pathways. The Representational stage is drawing simple pictures or models to show they understand the math. The Abstract level is where they write numbers and equations to solve problems efficiently. The goal is to map these to each other similar to how we tie together a phoneme to its grapheme.

Overview of the CRA Club