ESIE: NAEP Mathematics Assessments: Interpretive Analyses and Materials Development

全国数学教师协议会（NCTM）提出了一项为期3年的事业，其目标是准备2000年进行的8年级NAEP数学评估报告、2002年将公布的NAEP所有项目以及以前的几次NAEP评估报告。该项目集中于两个问题：(1)重点1，即编写解释性报告，其中包括内容和过程分析、比较研究和趋势分析；(2)焦点二，为教师创作教材。专业发展和教学的产品将包括：(1)根据四年级、八年级和十二年级学生的回答编写的三套材料。第一组将针对3至5年级的教师，第二组针对中学教师，第三组针对高中教师。材料将围绕NAEP的五个内容链（即，数字感觉、性质和操作、测量、几何和空间感觉、数据分析、统计和概率、代数和函数）进行组织，以与焦点一的框架相对应；(2)引导者的指南，其中将包含研讨会负责人使用的建议和策略。专业发展材料将在NCTM会议上通过数学教师教育协会（AMTE）进行试点。数据将以调查和采访参与者的形式收集，以及参与者作品的副本。此外，还将对小学、初中和高中的教师进行个案研究，以了解教材对教师教学的影响。评价将侧重于焦点一的进展和材料对教师课堂实践的影响（焦点二）。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.