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Hassell, James; Armistead, Joan
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Meeting National Goals for 2000 and Beyond in
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Mathematics Education. ERIC/SMEAC Mathematics
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ABSTRACT
The reform of elementary and secondary school
mathematics education in the United States has received renewed
attention with the publication of several mathematics reform
documents and the 1989 Education Summit sponsored by the nation's
governors arid President Bush. This digest lists documents and
(1) curriculum and testing, which focuses on
programs in four areas:
the reform of mathematics education and on projects which have begun
to answer this challenge including the National Council of Teachers
of Mathematics' framework for the needed curriculum changes and its
widely accepted document "Curriculum and Evaluation Standards for
School Mathematics" and others; (2) teachers and teaching, which
outlines programs for needed changes in teacher preparation;
(3)
school restructuring; and (4) Minority tracking. A list of 13
references is provided. (CW)
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and Beyond in Mathematics Education
after this set of standards. Examples are the
The reform of American elementary and
Ohio Department of Education's Model
cal secondary school mathematics education,
Competency-Based Mathematics Program
launched in the 1980s, has received renewed
(1990) and the California State Board of
attention because of the Mathematical
Education's Field Review Draft of the California
Sciences Board's (MSEB) Everybody Counts
(1989) and the 1989 Education Summit
Mathematics Framework, (1990) both of which
sponsored by the nation's governors and
rely heavily on the National Council of Teachers
of Mathematics document for their direction.
President Bush. The Summit's fourth national
Parallel changes in the testing industry
goal for education states, "By the year 2000,
are supporting some of the curricular
U.S. students will be first in the world in
restructuring. The College Board News (1990:
mathematics and science achievement." To
1) reports that the Scholastic Aptitude Test
meet this goal, three specific objectives have
(SAT) is moving to a format to "include more
been announced:
Math and science education will be
data interpretation and applied mathematics
strengthened throughout the system,
questions, geared to problem solving."
including special emphasis in the early
Teachers and Teaching
grades.
The number of teachers with a
John Goodlad's book, Teachers for Our
substantive background in mathematics
Nation's Schools (1990); The Holmes Group's
and science will increase by 50 percent.
The number of U.S. graduate and
Tomorrow's Schools: Principles for the Design
undergraduate students, especially
of Professional Development Schools (1990);
women and minorities, who complete
and the Mathematical Association of America's
degrees in mathematics, science, and
(MAA) Call for Change: Recommendations for
the Mathematical Preparation of Teachers of
engineering will increase.
Mathematics (1991) all outline strong programs
If the nation is to achieve this fourth goal,
for needed changes in teacher preparation.
Linda Darling-Hammond (1990) identifies three
Not all the emphasis is on pre-service
areas needing change:
teachers. The establishment of a mathematics
Curriculum and testing
working group within the National Board for
Teachers and teaching
Professional Teaching Standards and the
School restructuring
release of NCMA's Professional Standards for
Some local, state, and national initiatives
'
Mathematics Teachers (1991) together focus
are focusing on these three areas through the
national attention on, and give direction to,
development of guidelines, models, and
upgrading the nation's mathematics teacher
processes for the needed reforms.
corps. Some funds are available from one of
the on-going U.S. Department of Education
Curriculum and Testing
programs, Eisenhower-Title If, to support in-
service programs for strengthening K-12
The National Council of Teachers of
T7, Mathematics (NCTM) has provided a
mathematics teaching.
v ) framework for the needed curricular changes
School Restructuring
Q with its widely accepted document, Curriculum
and Evaluation Standards for School
Organizational school restructuring is
1 Mathematics (1989). Many recent local and
being supported on many fronts. Some of the
state curricula revisions are being patterned
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most comprehensive programs are being
Washington, DC: Department of Energy,
developed by Theodore Sizer's Coalition of
1991.
Darling-Hammond, Linda. "Achieving Our
Essential Schools; the University of Wisconsin's
National Center for Research in Mathematical
Goals: Superficial or Structural Reform?"
Sciences Education; and Michigan State
Phi Delta Kappan 72 : 286-95, December
University's Center for the Learning and
1990.
Teaching of Elementary Subjects. These efforts
Good lad, John. Teachers for Our Nation's
will be advanced by the $31 million National
Schools. San Francisco, CA: Jossey-Bass
Science Foundation's (NSF) Statewide Systemic
Publishers, 1990.
Initiatives (Committee on Education and
Holmes Group. Tomorrow's Schools:
Principles for the Design of Professional
Human Resources, 1991).
Development Schools. East Lansing, MI:
The business community is also helping to
drive the restructuring movement by forming
The Holmes Group, 1990.
educational partnerships. For example, Exxon's Mathematical Association of America. A Call
for Change: Recommendations for the
Education Foundation is supporting multisite
professional development models for K-3
Mathematical Preparation of Teachers of
Washington,
Mathematics.
DC:
mathematics specialists. This project specifically
Mathematical Association of America,
focuses on the Summit's objective to improve
mathematics instruction in the early grad es.
1991.
Mathematical Sciences Education Board.
Minorities -Tracking
Everybody Counts: A Report to the Nation
on the Future of Mathematia Education.
Washington, DC: National Academy Press,
Two closely related concerns permeate all
three of the areas that Darling-Hammond has
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identified as needing change. The first is the
Mathematical Sciences Education Board.
for
Making Mathematics Work
role that tracking plays in limiting the number
Minorities-Framework for a National
of minorities involved in mathematics, and the
Action Plan: 1990-2000. Washington, DC:
second is how to increase their number (Oakes
et al., 1990). Numerous multilevel efforts have
National Research Council, 1990.
National Council of Teachers of Mathematics.
been initiated to address these problems, some
of which are the following:
Curriculum and Evaluation Standards for
School Mathematics. Reston, VA. :
MAA's Strengthening Underrepresented
National Council of Teachers of
Minority Mathematics Achievement
(SUMMA) project to ettract minorities to
Mathematics, 1989.
teaching.
National Council of Teachers of Mathematics.
Professional Standards for Teaching
MSEB's Making Mathematics Work for
Mathematics. Reston, VA.: National
Minorities Framework for a National
Action Plan: 1990-2000. Council of Teachers of Mathematics, 1991.
Council of the Great City Schools'
Ohio Department of Education. Model
Mathematics
Competency-Based
National Urban Education Goals.
Program. Columbus, OH: The Ohio
NCTM'S Algebra for Everyone project.
NSF's Alliances for Minority Participation
Department of Education, 1990.
(AMP) program.
Oakes, Jeannie, Tom Ormseth, Robert Bell, and
University of Pittsburgh and Ford
Patricia Camp. Multiplying Inequalities:
Foundation's cooperative endeavor,
The Effects of Race, Social Class, and
Tracking on Opportunities to Learn
Quantitative Understanding: Amplifying
Student Achievement and Reasoning
Mathematics and Science. Santa Monica,
CA: The Rand Corporation, 1990.
(QUASAR).
References
Prepared by
California State Board of Education.field
James Hassell
Review Draft of the California
and
Mathematics Framework. Sacramento,
Joan Armistead
National Council of Teachers of Mathematics
CA: The Board, 1990.
College Board. "Board Announces Changes.*
College Board News 19: 1-2, November-
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Committee on Education and Human
Resources, Federal Coordinating Council
for Science, Engineering, and Technology.
By the Year 2000: First in the World.
