Mathematical Proficiency for All Students: Toward a Strategic Research and Development Program in Mathematics Education. The RAND Mathematics Study Panel invites comments from educational researchers, administrators, teachers, curriculum developers, and other educators, on their draft report, which proposes an agenda of cumulative, programmatic research designed to provide evidence-based knowledge needed to enable all students to become mathematically proficient. The report is part of an effort supported by the U.S. Department of Education. April 2002.
Adding It Up: Helping Children Learn Mathematics, report released by the National Research Council's Mathematics Learning Study Committee, calls for systematic improvements in the teaching of mathematics, and attempts to move past the recent "math wars" by examining research about learning and teaching mathematics. February, 2001.
National Commission on Mathematics and Science Teaching for the 21st Century (Glenn Commission), releases report "Before It's Too Late", September 27, 2000.
Congressman Vernon Ehlers introduces three Bills to improve mathematics and science education.
H.R.4271, which would authorize nearly US$100 million annually for new National Science Foundation programs, was unanimously endorsed by the House Science Committee, July 26, 2000. A key provision of this bill would provide funds for "master" science and mathematics teachers, who would help improve curricula and conduct professional development training for new teachers. The bill has yet to be approved by the full House and--more importantly--receive funding from the Appropriations Committee if it is to be implemented in FY 2001. Prospects for a companion Senate bill are uncertain. Ehlers' other education bills (H.R. 4272 and H.R. 4273) are moving more slowly.
American Association for the Advancement of Science's Project 2061 releases Evaluation of Middle Grades Mathematics Textbooks. Spring 1999.
National Council of Teachers of Mathematics (NCTM) Principles and Standards for School Mathematics released, Spring 2000. Electronic version and instructions for obtaining hard copy.
AMS Association Resource Group (ARG) on the Revision of the National Council of Teachers of Mathematics (NCTM) Standards. Responses of the AMS ARG to NCTM writing groups during the drafting of the revised Standards.
Proposed National Test in Mathematics. Background and status on this test, proposed by President Clinton in 1997.
TIMSS - Third International Mathematics and Science Study, National Center for Education Statistics site.
AMS-MER-SIAM Survey of Professional Master's Degree Programs in Mathematics/Mathematical Sciences. Web version for use by Chairs of Doctorate and Master's degree granting Departments of Mathematics/Mathematical Sciences (U.S.), August 1999.
Recent evaluations of state standards in K-12 mathematics education:
- American Federation of Teachers, Making Standards Matter 1999, fifth annual report evaluating the quality of academic standards across the U.S.
- Fordham Foundation, State Mathematics Standards, March 1998
- Council for Basic Education, Great Expectations? Defining and Assessing Rigor in State Standards for Mathematics and English Language Arts, January 1998. Although this report is no longer available on the CBE Web Site, CBE is a useful source of information on standards.

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