C: The Future of High School Mathematics

马里兰大学帕克分校与几个专业组织和“数学更重要”组织合作，正在组织一次关于高中数学未来的全国性会议。会议展示和分析了关于高中和大学早期数学课程、教学、评估和技术的进步思想。在为期2.5天的会议上，全体会议和研讨会讨论了四个核心问题：不同兴趣和天赋的学生在高中时期应该掌握哪些最重要的数学概念、技能和推理方法，以便他们为21世纪的大学、工作世界和有效的公民身份做好充分准备？哪些教学实践对美国高中不同学生群体的有效数学教学最有希望？评估学生理解和技能的哪些做法最有效地促进了教与学，并为重要的教育政策决策提供了证据基础？教师专业发展和学校变革的哪些实践对应对在数学教育课程、教学和评估中实施最佳实践的挑战最有希望？会议汇集了州和地方学校系统数学项目的领导者、数学家、课程开发人员、教育研究人员和教育政策制定者，深入讨论高中数学创新的挑战和机遇。参加这次会议为学校系统领导人提供了有关高中数学未来发展方向的信息和观点，他们可以将这些信息和观点带回他们的州和地方课程、教学和评估工作中。课程开发人员、教师教育工作者和教育政策制定者的参与使他们能够深入了解自己在制定未来数学课程、教师和政策方面的工作。数学教育研究人员的参与有助于制定重要评估和研究项目的议程，这些评估和研究项目需要告知和评估各种创新想法。预期媒体对会议的报道提供了最近旨在提高高中数学教育产量的最突出工作的可见性。

The University of Maryland, College Park, in collaboration with several professional organizations and the Math is More group, is organizing a national conference focusing on the future of high school mathematics. The conference showcases and analyzes progressive ideas about curriculum, teaching, assessment, and technology in high school and early college mathematics. The plenary and workshop sessions of the 2.5-day conference address four central questions: What are the most important mathematical concepts, skills, and reasoning methods that students of different interests and aptitudes should master in the high school years so that they are well prepared for college, the world of work, and effective citizenship in the 21st century? What instructional practices hold greatest promise for effective teaching of mathematics to the diverse student population in U. S. high schools? What practices in assessment of student understanding and skills most effectively advance teaching and learning and provide an evidence base for important educational policy decisions? What practices in teacher professional development and school change hold greatest promise for meeting the challenge of implementing best practices in mathematics education curriculum, teaching, and assessment?The conference brings together leaders of state and local school system mathematics programs, mathematicians, curriculum developers, educational researchers, and education policy-makers for in-depth discussion of the challenges and opportunities for innovation in high school mathematics. Participation in this conference provides school system leaders with information and perspectives about future directions of high school mathematics that they can carry back to their state and local work on curriculum, teaching, and assessment. Participation by curriculum developers, teacher educators, and education policy-makers provides them with insights into their own work developing future mathematics programs, teachers, and policies. Participation by mathematics education researchers helps in framing an agenda of important evaluation and research projects required to inform and evaluate the various ideas for innovation. Expected media coverage of conference sessions provides visibility to the most prominent recent work aimed at improving the yield of high school mathematics education.