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2. WIDA Consortium - Wikipedia

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   The WIDA Consortium (formerly World-Class Instructional Design and Assessment) is an educational consortium of state departments of education.Currently, 42 U.S. states and the District of Columbia participate in the WIDA Consortium, as well as the Northern Mariana Islands, the United States Virgin Islands, Palau, the Bureau of Indian Education, and the Department of Defense Education Activity.

3. Math wars - Wikipedia

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   The largest supporter of reform in the US has been the National Council of Teachers of Mathematics. [4]One aspect of the debate is over how explicitly children must be taught skills based on formulas or algorithms (fixed, step-by-step procedures for solving math problems) versus a more inquiry-based approach in which students are exposed to real-world problems that help them develop fluency in ...

4. Mathematics education in the United States - Wikipedia

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   Mathematics instructor Jaime Escalante dismissed the NCTM standards as something written by a PE teacher. [4] In 2001 and 2009, NCTM released the Principles and Standards for School Mathematics (PSSM) and the Curriculum Focal Points which expanded on the work of the previous standards documents. Particularly, the PSSM reiterated the 1989 ...

5. List of state achievement tests in the United States - Wikipedia

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   Florida Standards Assessments Florida Standards Alternate Assessment Florida Assessment of Standards Test FSA FSAA FAST [9] [10] No, but Limited English Proficiency (LEP) students are allowed to use a translation dictionary from their first language to the English language approved by the Florida Department of Education. The dictionary may ...

6. List of United States regional mathematics competitions

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   19 New Jersey. 20 New York. 21 North Carolina. 22 Ohio. 23 Oklahoma. ... Missouri Council of Teachers of Mathematics Math Contests (grades 4–12) Great Plains Math ...

7. Common Core implementation by state - Wikipedia

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   Iowa formally adopted the Standards as the ELA and math components of Iowa Core, the state's K-12 curriculum standards. [7] [36] Common Core was adopted in Iowa in 2010, with full implementation slated for completion in the 2014-2015 school year. [37] Iowa is an affiliate member of SBAC. [15]

8. Big Ideas Learning - Wikipedia

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   Big Ideas Learning develops and publishes mathematics textbooks. The name of the company is related to the 2006 "Focal Point" recommendations of the National Council of Teachers of Mathematics. [4] In September 2006, NCTM released Curriculum Focal Points for Prekindergarten through Grade 8 Mathematics: A Quest for Coherence. In the Focal Points ...

9. Principles and Standards for School Mathematics - Wikipedia

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   The Principles and Standards for School Mathematics was developed by the NCTM. The NCTM's stated intent was to improve mathematics education. The contents were based on surveys of existing curriculum materials, curricula and policies from many countries, educational research publications, and government agencies such as the U.S. National Science Foundation. [3]