The OECD Future of Education and Skills 2030 report on mathematics curriculum presents first-of-its-kind comparative data on how countries are adapting curricula to meet the demands of the 21st century. The project's unique data illustrate a 25-year evolution of mathematics curricula in various countries, looking at content coverage and the…

The OECD Future of Education and Skills 2030 (E2030) project's overall goal is that of looking to the future in terms of how school curricula should evolve given the technological advances and other changes that societies are now facing. Towards that end, the E2030 project centres on the idea that education needs to equip students with the…

This report summarizes the results of a scale-up project funded by the Institute of Education Sciences in 2006. "Scaling up TRIAD: Teaching Early Mathematics for Understanding with Trajectories and Technologies" was a project that took a preschool mathematics intervention to scale across three sites, following children from their…

Competence in mathematics is integral to a wide range of disciplines, professions and areas of life. This Eurydice report reveals crucial elements of the policies and practices that shape mathematics instruction in European education systems, focusing on reforms of mathematics curricula, teaching and assessment methods, as well as teacher…

A remedial mathematics program at the college level is described. The evolution of the course from 1973 until 1979, the program purpose, conceptual framework, procedures, subjects, instruments, and methods are described. Appendices include unit objectives, a chronological development of the program by semester, and data on student achievement. (MK)

The 2012 National Survey of Science and Mathematics Education was designed to provide up-to-date information and to identify trends in the areas of teacher background and experience, curriculum and instruction, and the availability and use of instructional resources. A total of 7,752 science and mathematics teachers in schools across the United…

This study seeks to acquire understandings about the dynamics of curriculum change in one urban elementary school and to depict these understandings in a form which facilitates clarifying their behavioral implications. The focus of the study was the changing level of the use of the Developing Mathematical Processes (DNP) program. It was introduced…

The 3rd phase of the National Science Foundation (NSF) Urban Systemic Initiative adds 7 new cities to its program to boost science and mathematics education in urban schools, with grants totaling $105 million. The program supports curriculum development to improve college preparation of students in socially and economically underprivileged areas.…