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Holmstrom, Annette – Journal of Staff Development, 2010
The math problem is common to most U.S. school districts, and education leaders are well aware that U.S. math achievement lags far behind many other countries in the world. University Place (Washington) School District Superintendent Patti Banks found the conspicuous income gap for math scores even more disturbing. In her school district, only 23%…
Descriptors: Graduation Requirements, Mathematics Tests, School Districts, Educational Change
Texas Education Agency, Austin. – 1991
In the midst of national education reform and in line with efforts to describe national standards for school mathematics, Texas is taking an aggressive role in reforming mathematics in the public schools. Ways that Texas schools, the Texas Education Agency, and the State Board of Education are addressing the dramatically changing needs of…
Descriptors: Curriculum Development, Educational Assessment, Educational Improvement, Elementary Secondary Education
Steen, Lynn Arthur, Ed. – 1988
This document, intended as a resource for calculus reform, contains 75 separate contributions, comprising a very diverse set of opinions about the shape of calculus for a new century. The authors agree on the forces that are reshaping calculus, but disagree on how to respond to these forces. They agree that the current course is not satisfactory,…
Descriptors: Calculus, Change Strategies, College Curriculum, College Mathematics
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Ridgway, Jim; Passey, Don – Educational Psychology: An International Journal of Experimental Educational Psychology, 1995
Reports on a study of the mathematical needs of engineering apprentices in the United Kingdom. Finds that mathematical skills learned in general education programs do not meet requirements of the engineering profession. Recommends changes in mathematics education. (CFR)
Descriptors: Curriculum Development, Educational Testing, Elementary Secondary Education, Engineering
Ernest, Paul, Ed. – 1989
This book which treats the central issues facing mathematics teaching today, provides both a picture of current practice and innovation and a state of the art review of research in mathematics education. The first section, "Innovations," provides an overview of new technologies, new forms of assessment, and new curriculum developments.…
Descriptors: Computer Uses in Education, Curriculum Development, Elementary School Mathematics, Females
Sworder, Steven – 1990
In 1989, a study was conducted at Saddleback College (SC) to analyze the success rates of students who delayed enrollment into a mathematics class after completing the assessment process. The study population consisted of 1,027 students who participated in the mathematics assessment process between July and August 1988 and who enrolled in at least…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Admission (School), College Mathematics, Community Colleges
Danielson, Charlotte – 1997
This book is a guide to the development and use of performance tasks and rubrics in the upper elementary school mathematics classroom. It contains a rationale for, and a discussion of strengths and limitations of, performance tasks to assess student achievement and progress in mathematics. A field-tested process is offered for developing…
Descriptors: Achievement Tests, Curriculum Development, Elementary Education, Elementary School Mathematics
Danielson, Charlotte; Marquez, Elizabeth – 1998
This book is a guide to the development and use of performance tasks and rubrics in the high school mathematics classroom. It contains a rationale for, and a discussion of strengths and limitations of, performance tasks to assess student achievement and progress in mathematics. A field-tested process is offered for developing performance tasks and…
Descriptors: Achievement Tests, Curriculum Development, Evaluation Methods, High School Students
Massachusetts State Dept. of Education, Boston. Massachusetts Educational Assessment Program. – 1987
The purpose of this report is twofold. The first is to deliver an accurate portrayal of students' achievement in geometry and measurement as gleaned from the results of the 1986 Massachusetts Educational Assessment Program (MEAP). The second is to provide K-12 teachers of mathematics with activities that have proven to be helpful in encouraging…
Descriptors: Curriculum Development, Evaluation, Geometric Concepts, Geometry
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Cohen, Don, Ed. – AMATYC Review, 1989
The main purpose of this special issue is to suggest strategies for meeting the mathematical needs of two-year college students in the decade of the 1990s. Since the 20 contributors were free to write about topics that they considered to be appropriate to the intellectual and personal development of all students their papers represent a broad…
Descriptors: Algebra, Calculus, College Mathematics, Computer Assisted Instruction
Romberg, Thomas A., Ed.; Stewart, Deborah M., Ed. – 1987
This document is the second of three related volumes. They present the rationale, background, and framework for a comprehensive monitoring system being developed for the National Science Foundation. The system is being designed to gather information about the effects of national, state, and local policy actions designed to change the teaching and…
Descriptors: Abstract Reasoning, Attitude Measures, Curriculum Development, Educational Assessment
Danielson, Charlotte – 1997
This book is a guide to the development and use of performance tasks and rubrics in the middle school mathematics classroom. It contains a rationale for, and a discussion of strengths and limitations of, performance tasks to assess student achievement and progress in mathematics. A field-tested process is offered for developing performance tasks…
Descriptors: Achievement Tests, Curriculum Development, Elementary School Mathematics, Evaluation Methods
Tudor Publishing Co., San Diego, CA. – 1991
Grade Level Evaluation (GLE) is a computerized criterion-based reference examination designed for elementary schools and secondary schools. The advanced software program is coupled with an in-depth curriculum covering basic computational and critical thinking skills for each grade. This packet introduces the software and its use. GLE is a…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Achievement Tests, Adaptive Testing, Computer Assisted Testing