Last year, Norma volunteered to teach math to a group
of struggling students, including one sixth grader who
hadn’t passed annual state tests in math since third
grade. “At the beginning of the year, she could barely do
half a page of multiplication. But she was so engaged,
and she wanted to learn.” After months of study, the
student passed the sixth grade statewide exam. Norma
finished the year with an “exceptional” rating from her
school and passed TNTP’s Assessment of Classroom
Effectiveness “with distinction.”