Research Shows the Montessori Method:

• Produces a higher level of academic achievement, which promotes long term academic success
• Increases independence and responsibility
• Promotes self-confidence, social development, peer tutoring, and cooperation
• Increases the likelihood of a child's persistence in learning new tasks
• Increases attention and general intellengence
• Improves the performance of minority and low socio-economic status students
• Lower attrition rate

"Montessori graduates showed significant superiority in reading and Math sections of the California Achievement Tests when compared to the mean scores of their non-Montessori classmates."

-Montessori: Research Indicators (Takacs & Clifford, 1998)