Toward Excellence in K-8 Mathematics (1997) / Chapter Skim
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Recommendations about the Adoption and Implementation of High-Quality Curriculum Materials
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Additional professional development could be centered around helping teachers understand the nature and scoring of extended response items. For the proposed national test to be a useful tool, it must be set in a broader assessment context that includes classroom assessment consonant with it, and with the K-S reforms.
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It will be important to have an organized program to reach administrators, especially principals and superintendents, to guarantee that they understand the high standards for students in grades K-8 set forth by the national test, and the implications for their students of various curricular choices. Provide curriculum materials for use in teacher preparation and development and for use by higher education faculty and staff development professionals.
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In the short term, prototype course modules in mathematics content for use with prospective teachers at undergraduate institutions should be developed and disseminated to faculty in mathematics departments via the Tnternet and a national colloquium. Similarly, appropriate materials for inservice teacher development should be selected or developed and disseminated for school-based leaders in mathematics education, with involvement by the mathematics teacher professional organizations.
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