Shreveport, LA April 20, 2023
Ascend Education announced today that Samantha Gill in Lowell, IN will receive a 2023 Gold Medal.
The Gold Medal Award was established in 2010 to honor the schools or districts that best demonstrate a
dedication to ensuring that all students become successful at math. The strategies employed by this
year’s Gold Medal honorees made use of Ascend Math, an online individualized math instructional
resource, to address unfinished learning, accelerate math learning and outpace growth targets.
In her submission for Oak Hill Elementary School Samantha Gill wrote, The level of excitement that
comes with "Ascend Math days" is so refreshing to see. The students feel success in a subject they typically struggle.
“Congratulations to Oak Hill Elementary School students for the perseverance and hard work that led to
their exceptional results,” said Kevin Briley, CEO of Ascend Education. “We are extremely proud of the
important job the educators at Oak Hill Elementary School are doing to help their students succeed in
math, gain confidence, and positively advance in life.” “This year we have heard countless ways in which
schools have addressed unfinished learning using Ascend Math. These educators reported grade level
growth, improved test scores, and many other positive touch points and outcomes. We are so thankful
for our Gold Medal schools, what they are doing to support their students and the ways they have
shared their models to help other educators accelerate math learning.”
Oak Hill Elementary School will be featured on the Ascend Math website throughout the next year and
receive a plaque commemorating their success. The complete honor roll can be viewed at
https://www.ascendmath.com/ascend-math-gold-medal-2023/
About Ascend Math®
Ascend Math is personalized online math instruction that provides each student with a unique study
path through skill gaps at each level. Individual study plans are prescriptive, adaptive, and automatically
assigned. In addition, Ascend Math provides all the interactive instruction each student needs. Students
using Ascend fill skill gaps quickly and often improve one to two grade levels the first few months. Real
time data makes progress monitoring easy and gives teachers a quick snapshot on what needs to
happen next.
Ascend Math is written to rigorous state standards. Instruction is delivered in a logical math sequence
and students can progress at their own pace and track their own progress and success. Ascend Math® is
currently used by hundreds of schools and districts serving more than one hundred thousand students
throughout the U.S. and Canada. Visit www.ascendmath.com
