ESIE: NAEP Mathematics Assessments: Interpretive Analyses and Materials Development

全国数学教师理事会(NCTM)提出了一个为期三年的项目，其目标是编写关于2000年进行的8年级NAEP数学评估、将于2002年发布的任何NAEP项目以及几个更早的NAEP评估的报告。该项目集中于两个问题：(1)重点1是编写解释性报告，包括内容和过程分析、比较研究和趋势分析；(2)重点II是为教师编写材料。专业发展和教学的产品将是：(1)基于四年级、八年级和十二年级学生反馈的三套材料。第一套将面向三至五年级的教师，第二套面向中学教师，第三套面向高中教师。材料将围绕五个NAEP内容链(即：数感；性质和运算；测量；几何和空间感；数据分析、统计和概率；以及代数和函数)进行组织，以与Focus I使用的框架相对应；(2)主持人指南，其中将载有供讲习班领导人使用的建议和战略。专业发展材料将在NCTM会议上试行，并通过数学教师教育工作者协会(AMTE)进行。将通过对参与者的调查和访谈以及参与者的工作副本的形式收集数据。此外，还将对小学、初中和高中的教师进行个案研究，以了解这些材料对教师教学的影响。评估的重点将是重点一的进展情况和教材对教师课堂实践的影响(重点二)。一个顾问委员会将监督分析、流程和产品。

The National Council of Teachers of Mathematics (NCTM) proposes a three-year project, the goal of which is to prepare reports on the 8th grade NAEP mathematics assessment conducted in 2000, any NAEP items to be released in 2002 and several earlier NAEP assessments. The project concentrates on two issues: (1) Focus 1 which will be the preparation of the interpretive reports that include content and process analyses, comparison studies and trend analyses; and (2) Focus II which will be the creation of materials for teachers. Products for Professional Development and Teaching will be: (1) three sets of materials based on 4th grade, 8th grade and 12th grade student responses. The first set will be directed toward teachers of grades 3 through 5, the second toward middle school teachers and the third toward high school teachers. Materials will be organized around the five NAEP content strands (i.e., number sense; properties and operation; measurement; geometry and spatial sense; data analysis, statistics and probability; and algebra and functions) to correspond with the framework used for Focus I; and (2) facilitator's guides that will contain suggestions and strategies to be used by the workshop leaders. Materials for professional development will be piloted in the NCTM meeting and through the Association of Mathematics Teacher Educators (AMTE). Data will be collected in the form of surveys and interviews with participants, as well as copies of participants' work. In addition, case studies of teachers sampled from elementary, middle and high school levels will be conducted in order to obtain a sense of the impact of the materials on teachers' instruction. Evaluation will focus on the progress of Focus I and the impact of materials on teachers' classroom practices (Focus II). An advisory board will oversee the analyses, process and products.