">

United STATES Coalition for World Class Math

                            News Around the Nation

 

Read our Mission Statement and information about the multi-state initiative currently underway, coordinated by the National Governors Association (NGA) Center for Best Practices and the Council of Chief State School Officers (CCSSO) called the  “State Common Core Standards”, a state-led process to develop voluntary "common core" K-12 English and mathematics standards. 

Our Coalition is not "endorsing" national curriculum standards.  We are advocating that all appropriate stakeholder groups and academic experts be part of the process. We advocate for the involvement of research mathematicians and university math professors, in addition to the usual K-12 educators and professors of math education, in writing substantive math content standards that will prepare our children for success in college and life.

IMPORTANT NOTICE

We are now updating our Twitter and  Facebook pages daily with the latest news updates. To stay current with the latest happenings, please start to follow us today!

 

Read our Coalition's comments on the CCSSI College and Career Readiness Standards here: U.S.CoalitionComments.pdf

Click Here for More News and Information Regarding the Initiative for  National Standards

 

 Read the Following Articles

 
 
Who Needs Mathematicians for Math, Anyway? by Sandra Stotsky, City Journal 13 November 2009
Source: www.city-journal.org

 

2009 NAEP Math Scores 

 

  • Sluggish Results Seen in U.S. Math Scores (New York Times)
  • Fourth-Graders' Math Scores Stall After Two-Decade Climb (Washington Post)
  • NAEP Math Scores Idle at 4th Grade, Advance at 8th (Education Week)
  • Math tests: Fourth-grader progress stalls (Associated Press)

      Full report found here: http://nationsreportcard.gov  

     

    Read the commentary from our co-founder, Barry Garelick, along with others in: 

      How to Improve National Math Scores - Room for Debate Blog - NYTimes.com

    read the comments too!

     

     

    Should All States Meet the Same Education Standards? 

     

     

     

    		•  
     

     

     How to Raise the Standard in America's Schools

    "Two-thirds of U.S. children attend schools in states with mediocre standards or worse."
    		 
     

     The Future of High School Reform

    Can we get to where we want to be on high schools without national standards? And if not, what do we need to do to get to some kind of common curricular standards in this country?

    MICHAEL COHEN: Well, let's talk about what kind of standards we need, whether they're national or not. It seems to me what we need in education are standards that are anchored in the real-world demand that students are going to face, that they reflect what you need to know in order to succeed in postsecondary education and in the workplace. They need to be internationally benchmarked as well, because our students are going to enter a global economy. They are going to be competing with young people all over the world. They need to be focused on what's most essential rather than filled with things that would be nice for students to learn somebody. They need to be vertically aligned so there's a logical, clear progression from what you start learning when you enter kindergarten to where you're going to end up at the end of high school, and they need to be assessed well.
    		 
     

     

     Click Here for More News  Around  the Nation