Study of Acceptance of National Council of Teachers Standards for School Mathematics

国家研究理事会数学科学教育委员会(MSEB)与全国数学教师委员会(NCTM)共同开展了一项为期多年的联合项目，向各州和地方学区明确说明什么是学校数学优秀的构成要素。这样的标准可以用来评估当前的项目，并确定如何改进它们。该项目将利用许多不同的网络来分析NCTM标准和正在开发的新的MSEB框架，以确定数学教育的未来方向。来自学校董事会、州政府机构、学校管理人员和家长团体的代表将被要求对拟议的建议做出反应。这项活动将就起草的标准的适当性和可理解性向NCTM提供反馈，并使数学教育界能够重点关注接受更高标准和更大变化的可能障碍。

The Mathematical Sciences Education Board (MSEB) of the National Research Council is engaged in a multi-year joint project with the National Council of Teachers of Mathematics (NCTM) to provide states and local school districts with a clear statement of what consititutes excellence in school mathematics. Such standards could be used for evaluating current programs and determining how they can be improved. This project would engage many different networks in analyzing both the NCTM standards and the new MSEB framework that is being developed to set future direction for mathematics education. Representatives from school boards, state agencies, school administrators, and parent groups will be asked to react to the proposed recommendations. This activity will provide feedback to NCTM on the appropriateness and intelligibility of the standards as drafted and allow the mathematics education community to focus on possible impediments to acceptance of higher standards and more dramatic change.