Delaware 6-12 Exemplary Mathematics Curriculum Implementation

这个为期38个月的项目是由特拉华州14个学区、特拉华州大学和特拉华州教育部合作开展的，是在“通过提高7-12年级数学教师的地方系统性变革”指导方针下资助的。特拉华州6-12年级示范性数学课程实施（DEMCI）项目旨在从现有的试点项目大规模扩展到在全州初中和高中课程中实施以研究为基础、以标准为导向的数学课程。在该项目的整个生命周期中，300名初中和高中数学教师——几乎占特拉华州所有中学数学教师的三分之二——参与了一个实质性的专业发展项目，对所有教师来说，这个项目超过150小时，对许多教师来说，可能接近200小时。学校/地区已经或将从初高中nsf支持的综合教材中选择教材（主要是初年级的《背景中的数学》和《关联数学》，以及高中年级的《背景中的当代数学》和《关联数学》）。专业发展是关键，但不限于所选择的教学材料。每位教师参加三个暑期研修：新项目教师参加为期两周（8天）的研修，老教师参加为期一周（4天）的研修。学校现场的协作工作每年至少增加40个小时的专业发展。LSCM的核心基础设施是六名中学数学专家，他们作为一个团队为参与学校的教师提供教学支持和指导。除了必需的LSC核心评估外，该项目的评估还包括学生成果部分：(a)使用特拉华州8年级和10年级学生测试计划数据的学习收益，以及(b)学生态度。此外，还有一个特定于项目的评估组件，用于监测教师内容知识的增益。可审计的成本分摊来自特拉华大学、特拉华教育部和合作学区。

9819592MANONFunded under the guidelines for "Local Systemic Change through Teacher Enhancement in Mathematics, Grades 7-12 (LSCM)," this 38-month project is a partnership of fourteen Delaware school districts, the University of Delaware, and the Delaware Department of Education. The Delaware 6-12 Exemplary Mathematics Curriculum Implementation (DEMCI) project seeks to substantially scale up from existing pilot projects to the implementation of research-based, standards-driven mathematics curricula in middle- and high-school programs throughout the state. Over the life of the project, 300 middle- and high-school mathematics teachers -- nearly two-thirds of all secondary mathematics teachers in Delaware -- engage in a substantial program of professional development that exceeds 150 hours for all teachers, and may well approach 200 hours for many.Schools/districts have selected or will select instructional materials from among the middle- and high-school NSF-supported, comprehensive instructional materials (primarily Mathematics in Context and Connected Mathematics for the middle grades, and Contemporary Mathematics in Context and MATH Connections for the high school grades). Professional development is keyed, but not limited, to the chosen instructional materials. Each teacher participates in three summer institutes: new project teachers in a two-week (eight-day) institute, and veteran teachers in one-week (four-day) institutes. Collaborative work at the school sites adds at least another 40 hours of professional development per year. Central to the infrastructure of this LSCM are six Secondary Mathematics Specialists who work as a team to offer instructional support and mentoring to teachers in participating schools.In addition to the required LSC core evaluation, the project's evaluation includes a student outcome component: (a) learning gains using data from the Delaware Student Testing Program at grades 8 and 10, and (b) student attitudes. Furthermore, there is a project-specific evaluation component that monitors gains in teacher content knowledge.Auditable cost sharing is derived from the University of Delaware, the Delaware Department of Education, and partnering school districts.