Supporting Ongoing Achievement Responsively in Mathematics (SOAR)

SOAR focuses on surfacing and supporting students' ability to make sense of, represent, and explain mathematical concepts. SOAR can be used across all levels of tiered support to identify assets and areas of need related to students’ mathematical understanding and provide additional learning opportunities to solidify understanding.

Each SOAR toolkit includes:

• Survey that provides interview prompts and follow-up questions to identify where students are in their understanding of the content
• Checklist that outlines evidence that should be looked at and listened for during the interview and provides a place for observations to be recorded
• Summary that provides a summative description of student performance organized by grade and level of tiered support
• Student Prompt Book that serves as a student copy of interview prompts
• Activities Guide that helps educators to determine an initial starting point for additional learning opportunities based on data collected during the interview
• Support Activities with Teacher Resources that provide additional learning opportunities focused on thinking and reasoning and guidance for those engaging students in the activities