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Success Stories and Testimonials

Through the cross-curricular combination of mathematics, computer science, and engineering design with robotics, students engage in authentic learning and build their mathematical and thinking skills through real-life, applicable strategies. Here are a few of our success stories and teacher testimonials:

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Redlands Unified School District (California)

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After implementing the Barobo/C-STEM program district-wide, Redlands USD students achieved 13% higher math scores in 35 Grade 4-8 classes:

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6th Grade Math, Hacienda La Puente USD (California)

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A 6th Grade Math class in Hacienda La Puente USD showed an incredible year-over-year improvement in math scores on the state test when using the C-STEM Program. As 5th graders in 2022-2023, only 16% of the students met or exceeded the expected standard on the state test. The next year, the same students were 6th graders in a C-STEM math class, and 71% of the students met or exceeded the state standards at the end of the year. Of the students in the class, 94% are Hispanic or Latino. And one RSP student in the class improved from Not Met Standards to Exceeded Standards. The increase from 16% to 71% represents a 344% increase in students meeting or exceeding the standard!

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McPherson Magnet School, Orange USD (California)

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McPherson Magnet School (K-8) in Orange, CA increased its 3rd Grade state testing math scores by 72% over 4 years, from a passing rate of 51% to 88%! McPherson now has the highest math scores for 3rd grade among the 27 elementary schools in its district.

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  • “From early in the year, an observer could easily tell the students enjoyed the class and were reinvigorated to learn algebra. Intrinsic observations showed students high on enthusiasm from their positive attitude in class, their frequent participation in class and small group discussions, and the time they spent at lunch and afterschool in the classroom gaining additional help or advancing their skills in a self-guided challenge.” Susan Johnston, Livermore High School (CA)

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  • “Prior to the C-STEM professional development I attended, I had not programmed nor had I taught programming in any of my classes. Working with the C-STEM program has brought so many positive impacts on my teaching, my school, and my students’ learning on the STEM subjects. Students were excited each day we got to explore the programming and wanted to go deeper into the content with every lesson. Students regularly performed at a higher level on common formative assessments that were given throughout the site.” Stephen Mason, Hillcrest High School (CA) Math Teacher​​

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  • “The UC Davis C-STEM curriculum is a godsend to me. I used to spend hours trying to develop just one coding lesson for my mathematics students, but now I have a ready-made curriculum and I am free to teach coding to my heart’s content, while also providing my students the opportunity to interweave algebra, computer coding, and robotics.” Doug Obrigawitch, Math Teacher and Department Chair, Manteca High School (CA)

Teacher Testimonials​

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