A school in Nevada made the news for their use of Jiji math and their increase in scores.

Roosevelt’s math scores have also shown improvement since implementing Jiji. Second grade scores went up by 26% from 2010 to 2011, 5th grade scores went up by 18% since 2009.

Scores in the different subgroups at Roosevelt have gone up bringing up the percentage of students that are scoring proficient or advanced:

Latino students
% Proficient in 2010 – 39.8%
% Proficient in 2011 – 50.8%
Students with Disabilities
% Proficient in 2010 – 13.3%
% Proficient in 2011 – 29.4%
English Language Learners
% Proficient in 2010 – 35.7%
% Proficient in 2011 – 50.3%
Economically Disadvantaged
% Proficient in 2010 – 37.7%
% Proficient in 2011 – 49.2%

Why does Jiji work? The Jiji Math representative in the video said it best when he said, “They believe video games can be beaten, so they believe that this math game can be beaten.”

Don’t forget – your child can log in to Jiji Math at home! Your child can log into his/her Jiji Math account and complete any assigned homework added by your child’s teacher. Go to www.stmath.com, click on Jiji and enter homework activation code: ROO79A-HS9-ZE-TRG. Your child will then be directed to enter their password.