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Jonathan Schweig; Rakesh Pandey; David Grant; Julia H. Kaufman; Elizabeth D. Steiner; Dorothy Seaman – RAND Corporation, 2023
U.S. students have lost significant learning in mathematics and other subjects since the start of the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic in early 2020. The 2022 National Assessment of Educational Progress mathematics scores for students in grades 4 and 8 reflected record declines, with the largest decreases for students experiencing…
Descriptors: Mathematics Teachers, Equal Education, Educational Quality, Mathematics Instruction
Tennessee Department of Education, 2025
In the 2024 legislative session, the Tennessee General Assembly passed Chapter 551 of the Public Acts of 2024 (PC 551), the Mathematics Supports Act (the Act), codified at Tenn. Code Ann. §§ 49-1-233 -- 49-1-234. The Act indicates the General Assembly's commitment to strong mathematics instruction in Tennessee to prepare students for postsecondary…
Descriptors: Mathematics Education, Mathematics Instruction, Faculty Development, School Districts
Sherer, Jennifer Zoltners; Iriti, Jennifer; Russell, Jennifer Lin; McNelis, Rosemary; Monosmith, Stacy; Matthis, Christopher; Long, Courtney – Nellie Mae Education Foundation, 2022
This analysis uses the case of the Better Math Teaching Network (BMTN) to explore whether individuals participating in a networked improvement community (NIC) experienced common developmental trajectories on known dimensions of engagement. The analysis included quantitative data from annual network member surveys and qualitative data from annual…
Descriptors: Educational Improvement, Networks, Mathematics Teachers, Teacher Characteristics
Nicole Wernert; Sima Rodrigues; Marina Schmid; Catherine Underwood – Australian Council for Educational Research, 2025
This is the second of 2 reports that look at the results of TIMSS 2023 and Australia's performance. This report, Volume II, presents the results from the contextual questionnaires, and examines the home, school, and classroom contexts in which learning and achievement occur, as well as student attitudes. Each chapter focuses on different…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Mathematics Achievement, Elementary Secondary Education, International Assessment
Schoen, Robert C.; LaVenia, Mark; Tazaz, Amanda M.; Farina, Kristy; Dixon, Juli K.; Secada, Walter G. – Grantee Submission, 2020
Using a cluster-randomized controlled trial research design, this study investigates the effect of the first year of a three-year teacher professional development program on grades 1 and 2 student achievement in mathematics. Although the findings reported in the present report do not meet the standard cutoff for statistical significance (e.g., 95%…
Descriptors: Elementary School Students, Grade 1, Grade 2, Mathematics Achievement
Bickerstaff, Susan; Raphael, Jacqueline; Hodara, Michelle; Leasor, Lindsay A.; Riggs, Sam – Community College Research Center, Teachers College, Columbia University, 2021
These are the appendices for the report, "The Implementation and Outcomes of Lesson Study in Community College Mathematics." The report describes a project undertaken by Community College Research Center (CCRC), Education Northwest, and three community colleges in Oregon to adapt lesson study for use among faculty teaching a precollege…
Descriptors: Community Colleges, Mathematics Instruction, Lesson Plans, Outcomes of Education
Burn, Helen E.; Mesa, Vilma; Wood, J. Luke; Zamani-Gallaher, Eboni – Office of Community College Research and Leadership, 2018
Transitioning Learners to Calculus in Community Colleges (TLC3) is a research project aimed at transforming institutional approaches to matriculating underrepresented racial minority (URM) students into and through Calculus II in the nation's 1,023 public associate degree-granting institutions (community colleges). The broader goal of the TLC3…
Descriptors: Community Colleges, College Faculty, Department Heads, Mathematics Teachers
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Blazar, David; Braslow, David; Charalambous, Charalambos Y. – Society for Research on Educational Effectiveness, 2015
Over the past several years, research teams have developed observational instruments to measure the quality of teachers' instructional practices. Instruments such as Framework for Teaching (FFT) and the Classroom Assessment Scoring System (CLASS) assess general teaching practices, including student-teacher interactions, behavior management, and…
Descriptors: Elementary School Mathematics, Mathematics Instruction, Test Construction, Teacher Competencies
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Jayanthi, Madhavi; Gersten, Russell; Taylor, Mary Jo; Smolkowski, Keith; Dimino, Joseph – Regional Educational Laboratory Southeast, 2017
Contemporary state math standards emphasize that students must demonstrate an understanding of the mathematical ideas underlying the computations that have typically been the core of the elementary school math curriculum. The standards have put an increased emphasis on the study of fractions in upper elementary grades, which are the years during…
Descriptors: Mathematics Instruction, Elementary School Mathematics, Faculty Development, Grade 4
Supovitz, Jonathan; Ebby, Caroline B.; Sirinides, Philip – Consortium for Policy Research in Education, 2013
This interactive electronic report provides an overview of an innovative new instrument developed by researchers at the Consortium for Policy Research in Education (CPRE) to authentically measure teachers' formative assessment practices in mathematics. The Teacher Analysis of Student Knowledge, or TASK, instrument assesses mathematics teachers'…
Descriptors: Mathematics Instruction, Student Evaluation, Formative Evaluation, Measures (Individuals)
Troy, Talbot; Bulgakov-Cooke, Dina – Wake County Public School System, 2013
In 2010-11, Wake County Public School System (WCPSS), North Carolina Department of Public Instruction (NCDPI), and SMART Technologies began a two-year collaboration to promote the use of formative assessment in mathematics classrooms at three Wake County public schools: Millbrook Elementary, East Millbrook Middle, and Millbrook High school. The…
Descriptors: School Districts, Public Schools, Technology Uses in Education, Formative Evaluation
Vendlinski, Terry P.; Phelan, Julia – National Center for Research on Evaluation, Standards, and Student Testing (CRESST), 2011
Making the transition from arithmetic to mathematics, especially algebra, is critical to future academic and economic success, yet many students find this transition difficult and success in algebra elusive. This paper reports on the outcomes achieved from a three year course of professional development, POWERSOURCE[c], that helped teachers apply…
Descriptors: Mathematics Instruction, Mathematics Teachers, Grade 6, Grade 7
Fulkerson, William O.; Campbell, Kiira M.; Hudson, Susan B. – Horizon Research, Inc., 2013
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…
Descriptors: Teacher Surveys, Mathematics Education, Science Education, National Surveys
Lawrence, Nancy; Sanders, Felicia – Research for Action, 2012
The Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation has invested in the development and dissemination of high-quality instructional and formative assessment tools to support teachers' incorporation of the Common Core State Standards (CCSS) into their classroom instruction. Lessons from the first generation of standards-based reforms suggest that intense…
Descriptors: Learner Engagement, Mathematics Education, Formative Evaluation, Educational Change
Green, Nora D. – Online Submission, 2009
The math achievement of third and fourth grade special education students has been identified as an area of concern within a public school located in a small rural town located on the east coast. The purpose of this action research study was to investigate whether or not the Touch Math strategy increased the math ability of third and fourth grade…
Descriptors: Action Research, Special Education, Mathematics Achievement, Public Schools
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