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Success adds up for D.C. schools' math program

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Rising NAEP scores attributed to new "Everyday math" curriculum.

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Behind D.C. schools' math gains, an obstacle

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WIDER RACIAL GAP IN ACHIEVEMENT in D.C. --"What remains embedded in the latest numbers from the National Assessment of Educational Progress is the persistent achievement gap between African American and white students both locally and nationally."

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State ranks low in ACT math scores

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Nationwide, only 23 percent of students who took the test were ready for college-level courses in all four ACT subjects — English, reading, math and science. But only 18 percent of Oklahoma students who took the test were ready in all four subjects.

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Wichita schools' new math curriculum has touch of old-school

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There's a new math coming to Wichita classrooms next school year, but it heralds the return of some old-school strategies.

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Everyday Math a success? You bet

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In the letter to the editor March 14, an anonymous writer made many mistakes when trying to prove Everyday Math has not been a success in the Norman Public Schools. As elementary teachers we wish to resolve some of these issues.

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More Students at Oklahoma's Norman Public Schools Score Advanced in Math With Everyday Mathematics

nitajo sumitted ago via http://www.examiner.com (Views: 33, Clicks: 11)
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Elementary math scores are on the rise in the Norman Public Schools, and teachers credit the increase to Everyday Mathematics(R) from Wright Group/McGraw-Hill. The district adopted the program in the fall of 2004 for Grades 1-5. Now Everyday Mathematics is used in Grades K-5.

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More Students at Oklahoma's Norman Public Schools Score Advanced in Math With Everyday Mathematics(R)

nitajo sumitted ago via http://www.smartbrief.com (Views: 92, Clicks: 37)
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Elementary math scores are on the rise in the Norman Public Schools, and teachers credit the increase to Everyday Mathematics(R) from Wright Group/McGraw-Hill. The district adopted the program in the fall of 2004 for Grades 1-5. Now Everyday Mathematics is used in Grades K-5.

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Everyday Mathematics

nitajo sumitted ago via http://everydaymath.uchicago.edu (Views: 53, Clicks: 9)
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Teachers, coaches, and administrators who use Everyday Mathematics are supported by the University of Chicago Center for Elementary Mathematics and Science Education, which provides professional development training, tools, and advice for implementation.

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Panel Calls for Systematic, Basic Approach to Math

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The influence of a federal report calling for a more orderly approach to teaching mathematics in the early grades will hinge largely on whether its message is accepted by the nation’s diverse and often fiercely divided math community, members of the panel that crafted it acknowledge.

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