After five years of groundbreaking work to transform mathematics education, the EF+Math program is sharing its complete collection of research, tools, and learning products with educators, researchers, and developers. The EF+Math Resource Library is a comprehensive public repository—ensuring that the innovations developed and knowledge generated through the Advanced Education Research and Development Fund’s (AERDF’s) first advanced, inclusive R&D program continues to create impact long into the future.
From Demonstration Program to Lasting Field Change
EF+Math set out with an ambitious goal: to dramatically improve math learning outcomes for students in grades 3–8, with particular focus on Black and Latino students and students of all races experiencing poverty. The program’s innovative approach centered on strengthening executive function (EF) skills—the core cognitive assets every student possesses.
As EF+Math sunsets this spring after completing its planned five-year R&D cycle, the program’s legacy will live on through the Resource Library. This isn’t simply an archive—it’s a dynamic resource designed to guide continued innovation and bring research-backed, equity-centered products and practices into classrooms and schools across the country.
What Awaits in the Resource Library
The EF+Math Resource Library will offer four key resource areas:
- Math Learning Products that integrate executive function skill development with mathematics instruction, affirm student identities, and deliver measurable improvements in learning outcomes.
- Research Insights & Tools including peer-reviewed studies, culturally responsive assessment measures, and research instruments that deepen our scientific understanding of how EF skills, equity, and math learning intersect.
- Inclusive R&D Process Learnings that document how EF+Math centered equity and elevated educator and student voice throughout the R&D process. These resources include practical tools for conducting inclusive R&D and insights from our experience building truly collaborative research teams.
- Professional Learning for Educators (coming soon) offering flexible resources for teachers and coaches to implement equitable, evidence-based math instruction. These ready-to-use professional development modules can help teachers support students in leveraging their existing assets, including their EF skills, to learn challenging math.
Woven throughout the Resource Library, in the form of videos and quotes, are EF+Math Community Stories featuring the voices of educators, researchers, students, and partners who co-created this work and are now carrying it forward.
Collective Learning, Lasting Impact
The EF+Math Resource Library represents more than the culmination of one program—it’s a bridge connecting research, product development, and practice in service of equitable mathematics education. By making these resources widely available, EF+Math ensures that the insights gained and tools developed over five years of intensive R&D can continue to evolve and create impact in new settings.
Learn From the EF+Math Team
Join us for a webinar on March 3, 2026 at 1 pm PT to explore the EF+Math Resource Library, and follow along on AERDF’s LinkedIn page as we highlight specific resources for educators, researchers, product developers, and funders.
For questions about the Resource Library or EF+Math resources, contact the team at info@efmathprogram.org.
