According to some people, they are better and are more original to John Saxon’s versions, of which there were a few. He died in 1996 but the books have lived on and now, https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Saxon_math
There is a wikipedia section called “relationship to Common Core. That ought to give you some idea.
Here’s John Saxon’s wiki page, for what it’s worth these days; https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Saxon_(educator)
Ok... Thank you man... I will dig and learn. :)