Our system leadership wants an improvement plan based on evidence of effectiveness. How do we move to achieve this?

There is likely to be growing evidence about the effectiveness of different curriculum programs. The NSF-funded curriculum projects were research-based and you can access evaluation data and other papers at their sites. Additionally, The curriculum centers for the NSF-funded mathematics projects feature research-related articles that may address many of the questions leaders ask regarding evidence of effectiveness. Follow these external links to specific projects:

• Investigations in Number, Data, and Space http://investigations.terc.edu/research/impactstudies.cfm
• Connected Mathematics Project http://connectedmath.msu.edu/rnd/
• Full Report of the Tri-State Student Achievement Study and an executive summary is available from the ARC Center at http://www.comap.com/elementary/projects/arc/tri-state%20achievement%20full%20report.htm
• Everyday Mathematics http://everydaymath.uchicago.edu/educators/index.shtml
• Math Trailblazers http://www.kendallhunt.com/index.cfm?PID=306
• Math in Context http://www.hrw.com/math/mathincontext/index.htm
• MathScape http://www2.edc.org/mathscape/phil/research.asp
• Contemporary Mathematics in Context: A Unified Approach. http://www.wmich.edu/cpmp/
• Interactive Mathematics Program http://www.mathimp.org/research/index.html
• Math Connections http://www.its-about-time.com/htmls/mc/mcall.html
• Mathematics: Modeling in our World http://www.comap.com/highschool/projects/mmow/introduction.htm .