Standards-Based Curricula:
Not “Dumbed-Down” Math

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References

NCTM, Principles and Standards for School Mathematics. NCTM, Reston, VA, 2000; Curriculum and Evaluation Standards for School Mathematics. NCTM, 1989, and A Core Curriculum (addenda to the 1989 Curriculum and Evaluation Standards) NCTM, 1992.

"Before It’s Too Late: A Report to the Nation from the National Commission on Mathematics and Science Teaching for the 21st Century" (Glenn Commission), Sept. 2000. Available through Education Publications Center, PO Box 1398, Jasper, MD 20794-1398; e-mail edpubs@inet.ed.gov; online at www.ed.gov/pubs/edpubs.html or www.ed.gov/americacounts/glenn

Abeille, Ann, Interim Evaluation Report: MMOW, Sept. 2000. May be available through Learning Innovations, 91 Montvale Ave, Stoneham, MA 02180, tel. 781-481-1100.

Curriculum Implementation Web Site

COMPASS (Curricular Options in Mathematics Programs for All Secondary Students)—NSF-funded center for dissemination of information about the five curricula.

The Curricula: Web Sites and Publishers

Core Plus (officially named Contemporary Mathematics in Context, a Unified Approach), published by Everyday Learning, Chicago, IL.

Math Connections, published by It’s About Time, Inc., Armonk, NY.

Interactive Mathematics Program, published by Key Curriculum Press, Berkeley, CA.

SIMMS (officially named Integrated Mathematics: A Modeling Approach Using Technology), published by Simon & Schuster, Needham Heights, MA.

Mathematics: Modeling Our World (a.k.a. ARISE), published by W.H. Freeman, New York, NY.

Author: Craig Russell

Email: crussell@uni.uiuc.edu