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State Board of Education approves state superintendent’s adoption of revised K-8 math standards

 

Curriculum review, teacher training start later this spring

 

OLYMPIA, WA — The State Board of Education (SBE) today approved adoption by the state superintendent of public instruction of the revised math standards for Washington state students in kindergarten through eighth grade.

 

“The revised math standards have firmly set Washington on the path to greatly improving math achievement,” said Steve Floyd of Gig Harbor, SBE member and lead for the board on mathematics. “The new standards will help ensure our students have the best math foundation to prepare them for post-secondary education, the 21st century workforce and life."

“I am thrilled by the state board’s green light,” said Terry Bergeson, state superintendent. “Not only does this bring us closer to teaching students the math we know they need to be successful, it also validates the incredibly hard work of the many people who created these rigorous standards.”

 

In its review of the revised K-8 standards earlier this month, the SBE’s math consultant, Strategic Teaching, called the standards a model for other states: “We believe these new standards compare favorably with the best in the world. The standards are now what leaders in the state have insisted they must be — clear, rigorous and measurable.”The adoption culminates a process that began when the 2007 Legislature asked for a review of the current math standards. Strategic Teaching — together with an SBE-appointed math advisory panel of education, business and community leaders from across Washington — completed the review in August 2007. The Office of Superintendent of Public Instruction (OSPI) then coordinated a standards revision team consisting of state K-12 teachers, school district curriculum experts and higher education mathematicians. OSPI contracted with the Dana Center at the University of Texas to oversee the process.

 

The standards were revised twice and were the subject of multiple public meetings before they were sent to the state Legislature on Feb. 28, 2008. Shortly before the session ended in March, the Legislature asked the SBE to provide final review and approval of the standards, for adoption by OSPI.

 

“Over the last year we have received input from educators, business people, legislators and parents,” said Edie Harding, SBE executive director. “We had healthy and fruitful debates on what should and shouldn’t be included.”

 

With the approval of the revised standards, action now shifts to curricula review and recommendations, and to preparing math educators to teach the new standards. OSPI’s goal is to train as many K-8 math educators as possible by the end of 2008.

 

“We have already received more than 400 applications from math educators who want to review curricula or train teachers,” said Bergeson. “This amazing response shows us that the teachers of Washington state are enthusiastic about the new and improved standards.”

 

Revised math standards for grades 9-12 will be presented to SBE for review later this spring or summer.

 

“There’s still a lot of work to do, but we are very excited for the future,” Bergeson said. “We now have world-class math standards in place, and we are committed to making sure our math teachers have the knowledge and the materials they need to effectively teach those standards to our kids.”

SBE/OSPI Press Release, April 25, 2008

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TMP Phase II Underway in Washington State

TMP - II : Building Math Capacity by Supporting Teachers & Developing PartnershipsWith the successful completion and publication of the College Readiness Standards, the Transition Mathematics Project transitions itself into an implementation-focused Phase II. The project has created funding opportunities establishing partnerships to continue the critical process of encouraging and enabling teachers in efforts to increase student math achievement. From throughout the state, newly-funded and enhanced collaborative efforts will join the current TMP partnership.

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Washington’s Top Education Organizations Pledge to Support the TMP and . . .

. . ."work together to help students succeed when they leave high school.”

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PARTNERS

Four State Agencies / Organizations 
Support Development of New Readiness Standards
State Board for Community & Technical Colleges Office of Superintendent of Public Instruction
Higher Education Coordinating Board  Council of Presidents

The highly collaborative approach being taken by the Transition Mathematics Project is part of an effort by the higher education community, K-12 schools and employers to create a seamless system that will benefit all Washington students.

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