• Mathematics in Context (MiC), Grades 5-8 (Holt, Rinehart and Winston)

• MathScape: Seeing and Thinking Mathematically, Grades 6-8 (Glencoe/McGraw-Hill)

• MathThematics (STEM), Grades 6-8 (McDougal Littell)

• Middle School Mathematics Through Applications Project (MMAP) Pathways to Algebra and Geometry, Grades 6-8 (currently unpublished)

High School:

• Contemporary Mathematics in Context (Core-Plus), Grades 9-12 (Glencoe/McGraw-Hill)

• Interactive Mathematics Program (IMP), Grades 9-12 (Key Curriculum Press)

• MATH Connections: A Secondary Mathematics Core Curriculum, Grades 9-12 (IT’S ABOUT TIME, Inc.)

• Mathematics: Modeling Our World (MMOW/ARISE), Grades 9-12 (W.H. Freeman and Company)

• Systemic Initiative for Montana Mathematics and Science (SIMMS) Integrated Mathematics, Grades 9-12 (Kendall/Hunt Publishing Company)

Given our expanded charge, we also included a few of the commercially published, non–NSF-funded curricula. We planned to select the curricula by market share; however, such data are highly proprietary and contested. An additional complicating factor was that most reports of market share are identified by publisher name rather than a particular product line. Publishers produce numerous overlapping and sometimes competing mathematics curriculum products, especially given recent acquisitions and mergers. Thus determining market share by program was problematic.

We located two sources of market share data independent of the publishers (Education Market Research, 2001; Weiss et al., 2001). In addition, we received testimonial data from other suppliers of widely used curricular materials in mathematics, including Key Curriculum Press, Saxon Publishers,² and Texas Instruments. Among the six curricula, we sought representation from each of the four major textbook publishers:

Front Matter (R1-R16)

Executive Summary (1-10)

1 The Challenge and the Charge (11-17)

2 Committee Procedures and Characteristics of Studies Reviewed (18-35)

3 Framework for Evaluating Curricular Effectiveness (36-64)

4 Content Analysis (65-95)

5 Comparative Studies (96-166)

6 Case Studies and Synthesis Studies (167-184)

7 Conclusions and Recommendations (185-205)

References (206-218)

Appendix A: Biographic Sketches (219-222)

Appendix B: Bibliography of Studies Included in Committee Analysis (223-258)

Appendix C: Outcomes Measures (259-260)

Index (261-272)