Learning and Sharing the World Best Practices in Math Education: The U.S. National Commission on Mathematics Instruction

为了让美国青年更广泛地为全球化世界做好准备，美国国家数学教育委员会（USNCMI）将与国际社会合作，通过实施国际教育计划，参与国际基准活动，并与其他国家和多边组织密切合作，协助改善美国的数学教育状况。作为国际科学组织委员会的一个委员会，USNCMI作为国际数学教育委员会（ICMI）的联络人，代表美国数学教育界在国外学习世界上最好的数学教育实践。通过一系列的本地和国际活动，在三年的过程中，USNCMI将实现以下目标：（1）推进美国在国际数学教育界的地位，通过持续参与，利用美国的研究实力;（二）为美国的教育工作者创造机会，学习其他国家有前途的做法，并与数学教育工作者接触（3）向美国数学教育界和决策者传达目标1和2的成果，美国国家数学委员会提供了一个工具，美国国家科学院通过该工具与美国数学教育界接触并协调国际活动。此外，它利用NAS网络传播其国家和国际利益、活动和产品。USNCMI将继续在涉及学习和分享世界数学教育最佳实践的会议中提供有效的国际代表和参与。USNCMI在未来三年的主要活动如下：（1）参加ICMI领导会议，为促进提高全球数学教学质量提供愿景和使命;（2）参与有影响力的ICMI研究，这是一个文件，解决如何更好地理解和解决所面临的多学科和文化多样性的研究挑战（3）为美国在2016年下一届ICMI大会（ICME-13）和大会上的强大代表性提供支持，这将促进涉及当代数学教育理论和实践的思想和信息的合作、交流和传播;（4）支持美国申办2020年在夏威夷举办的ICME-14，这是一个国际会议，旨在制定一个解决数学教育各个方面的科学计划;（5）主办和促进美国-芬兰研讨会，讨论美国和芬兰当前的数学教育政策和最佳实践;（6）举办帕克城数学研究所国际研讨会，邀请来自不同国家的学者讨论与数学教育有关的观点和其他相关问题;（7）向美国数学教育界传播USNCMI和ICMI的机会和产品。

To prepare the country's youth more broadly for a globalized world, the U.S. National Commission on Mathematics Instruction (USNCMI) will engage with the international community and assist in improving the state of mathematics education in the country by implementing international education programs, participating in international benchmarking activities, and working closely with other countries and multilateral organizations. As a commission of the Board of International Scientific Organizations, the USNCMI serves as the liaison to the International Commission on Mathematical Instruction (ICMI), representing the U.S. mathematics education community abroad while learning about the world's best mathematics educational practices. Through a series of local and international activities over the course of three years, the USNCMI will achieve the following goals: (1) advance the U.S. position in the international mathematics education community through continued engagement, leveraging the U.S. strength in research; (2) create opportunities for educators in the U.S. to learn from promising practices in other countries and engage with mathematics educators internationally; and, (3) communicate findings from Goals 1 and 2 to the mathematics education community and policymakers in the United States.The USNCMI provides the vehicle through which the U.S. National Academy of Sciences (NAS) reaches out to, and coordinates international activities with, the U.S. mathematics education community. Further, it takes advantage of the NAS network to disseminate its national and international interests, activities, and products. The USNCMI will continue to provide effective international representation and participation in meetings that involve learning and sharing the world's best practices in mathematics education. The primary activities of the USNCMI over the next three years are as follows: (1) Participate in ICMI leadership meetings, which provide vision and mission for fostering efforts to improve the quality of mathematics teaching and learning worldwide; (2) Participate in the influential ICMI Studies, which is a document that addresses how to better understand and resolve the challenges that face multidisciplinary and culturally diverse research and development in mathematics education; (3) Provide support for a strong U.S. representation at the next ICMI Congress (ICME-13) and the General Assembly in 2016, which foster collaboration, exchange, and dissemination of ideas and information involving the theory and practice of contemporary mathematical education; (4) Support the U.S. bid to host ICME-14 in Hawaii in 2020, an international meeting that develops a scientific program addressing various aspects of mathematics education; (5) Host and facilitate the U.S.-Finland Workshop, which will discuss current mathematics education policies and best practices in the U.S. and Finland; (6) Hold the Park City Mathematics Institute International Seminar, which invites scholars from different countries to discuss viewpoints and other relevant issues related to mathematics education; and, (7) Disseminate opportunities and products of the USNCMI and ICMI to the U.S. mathematics education community.