Alliance for Improvement of Mathematics Skills PreK-16

PreK-16数学技能提高联盟（AIMS PK-16）是由南德克萨斯州的9个独立学区和两所为西班牙裔服务的高等教育机构——德尔马（社区）学院和位于金斯维尔的德克萨斯农工大学——组成的伙伴关系。合作学区为大约3万名学生提供服务，其中61%是少数民族学生，50%是经济困难的学生。AIMS PK-16的首要目标是让合作地区的所有学生在高中毕业时为大学水平的数学课程做好准备。这将要求合作伙伴关系缩小学生群体之间的显著成绩差距，特别是提高相当大的西班牙裔学生群体的成绩。以数学教育为重点，AIMS幼儿园-16合作伙伴将参与幼儿园-16管理人员、教师、指导顾问和高等教育机构的行动研究、案例研究和学生作业分析。作为为所有学生建立具有挑战性的课程的基础，强调大学课堂所需的数学技能的发展，合作学区的教师和管理人员将与高等教育学院合作，垂直调整preK-12课程中的数学内容，因为它们与大学期望相关。因此，TEXTEAMS教师的专业发展将针对提供符合这些期望的数学课程，以及理解和实施德克萨斯州基本知识和技能（TEKS）和基于TEKS的评估。为了加强教学和学习，AIMS PK-16将支持适当使用技术，为学生提供更丰富的数学和解决问题的经验。AIMS PK-16学区和大学合作伙伴致力于作为一个实验室，研究旨在提高所有学生数学成绩和缩小各种成绩差距的干预策略的有效性。

The Alliance for Improvement of Mathematics Skills PreK-16 (AIMS PK-16) is a partnership of nine independent school districts in South Texas and two Hispanic-serving institutions of higher education, Del Mar (Community) College and Texas A&M University, Kingsville. The partner school districts serve roughly 30,000 students, of whom 61% are minority students and 50% are economically disadvantaged students. The overarching goal of AIMS PK-16 is to prepare all students in the partner districts for success in college-level mathematics courses by the time that they graduate from high school. This will require the partnership to close significant achievement gaps among student groups, especially raising the achievement of a sizeable Hispanic student population. With its emphasis on mathematics education, AIMS PK-16 partners will engage preK-16 administrators, teachers, guidance counselors and higher education faulty in action research, case studies and analysis of student work. As a basis for establishing a challenging curriculum for all students that emphasizes the development of mathematical skills necessary for the college classroom, partner school districts teachers and administrators will work with higher education faculty to vertically align mathematical content in preK-12 courses as they relate to college expectations. TEXTEAMS professional development for teachers, then, will be directed at offering a mathematics curriculum that matches these expectations, and in understanding and implementing the Texas Essential Knowledge and Skills (TEKS) and TEKS-based assessments. To enhance teaching and learning, AIMS PK-16 will support the appropriate use of technology to support richer mathematics and problem-solving experiences for students. AIMS PK-16 school districts and university partners are committed to serving as a laboratory for research about the effectiveness of intervention strategies designed to increase mathematics achievement of all students and closing various achievement gaps.