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

国家研究委员会的数学科学教育委员会（MSEB）正在与国家数学教师委员会（NCTM）开展一项多年的联合项目，为各州和地方学区提供一份明确的声明，说明什么是优秀的学校数学。这样的标准可以用来评估当前的项目，并决定如何进行改进。该项目将让许多不同的网络参与分析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作出反应。这项活动将向NCTM提供关于起草标准的适当性和可理解性的反馈，并使数学教育界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.