Tools for Quality Practice: 
Improved Student Achievement in Mathematics

Background: 

Kansas Learning First (KLFA) heartily agrees with NCTM that "ALL students deserve the opportunities to learn significant mathematics with depth and understanding and ALL students deserve to have effective support systems in place to foster and sustain this learning. With this belief in our sights, expending significant energy toward improving student achievement in mathematics becomes a major goal."

Organization of this resource:

In order to develop a comprehensive PreK-16 mathematics (numeracy) program, school districts need to coordinate dialogs around research and practices. It is critical that preschool, elementary, middle school, high schools, and colleges of education determine what the teaching of mathematics should look like at all developmental levels. A major focus of discussion should be on how to support all students (PreK-16) in becoming learners/mathematical problem solvers. The goals for students, in addition to becoming mathematical problem solvers, are that students learn to value mathematics, students become confident in their ability to do mathematics, students learn to communicate mathematically, and students learn to reason mathematically.
 

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