Welcome to " The Math UnderGround " -- Seattle & Washington State

Recently I was reading the introduction to the Mathematics Vision Project (MVP) and was immediately reminded of (IMP) the Interactive Mathematics Program.  See this link on IMP . Upon a first ...

http://mathunderground.blogspot.com/2017/05/mvp-and-alignment-thoughts-vs-what-is.html

Recently WA State Attorney General has been at the forefront in resisting federal actions.  Chris Reykdal is WA State's recently elected Superintendent of Public Instruction.  WOULD THEY TOGETH...

http://mathunderground.blogspot.com/2017/05/essa-and-devos-is-it-time-for-reykdal.html

Here are the materials under consideration  for adoption by Seattle Public Schools. This is a school district that supposedly seeks stakeholder engagement.  Seriously?  Such engagement is on...

http://mathunderground.blogspot.com/2017/05/seattle-excludes-jump-math-from-middle.html

I compared the NAEP 2011 and 2015 for various population groups at grade 4 and grade 8. Here are the 2015 8th grade average NAEP scores followed by the cohort improvement (+__ ) from 2011 4th ...

http://mathunderground.blogspot.com/2017/05/equity-has-been-big-emphasis-here-are.html

In 1999 US Secretary of Education, Richard Riley endorsed the use of a selection of math programs judged Exemplary and Promising.  This endorsement of selected programs was not based on any larg...

http://mathunderground.blogspot.com/2017/05/math-history-and-ccss-thoughts.html

Some 49 years ago, teachers had a lot more latitude than is permitted today. NOW ADMINISTRATORS CALL TEACHERS "PROFESSIONALS" BUT TREAT THEM MORE LIKE YOUNG CHILDREN. Here is a note I just rece...

http://mathunderground.blogspot.com/2017/04/a-former-student-writes-with-thank-you.html

SINGAPORE’S MATH RESULTS, HOW DO THEY DO IT? the link  http://www.educationviews.org/singapores-math-results-it/

http://mathunderground.blogspot.com/2017/04/singapores-math-results-how-do-they-do.html

http://www.educationviews.org/nctm-fooled-twice/ My article appears in Education News.

http://mathunderground.blogspot.com/2017/04/nctm-fooled-me-twice-but-no-more.html

I am continually amazed at the relatively poor performance of USA math students relative to the East Asian countries of Korea, Japan, Singapore, etc. While legislators discuss how to change vario...

http://mathunderground.blogspot.com/2017/04/add-subtract-and-more-plan-for.html

To: Executive Director  The Center for Strengthening the Teaching Profession Dear Nasue Nashida, I initially listened to the Jana Dean webinar of 4/13/17 because among other things it...

http://mathunderground.blogspot.com/2017/04/no-links-version-singapore-crushes-usa.html

To: Executive Director  The Center for Strengthening the Teaching Profession Dear Nasue Nashida, I initially listened to the Jana Dean webinar of 4/13/17 because among other things it ...

http://mathunderground.blogspot.com/2017/04/8th-grade-math-singapore-crushes-usa.html

At the International Conference on Mathematics Education held in Hamburg, Germany in July 2016, Berinderjeet Kaur gave a presentation on mathematics classrooms studies.   She is the foremost au...

http://mathunderground.blogspot.com/2017/04/8-thoughts-from-singapore.html

Recently I attended a 60 minute webinar, originally attracted by the inference that information about Singapore's techniques and methods that contributed to its great TIMSS math results would be ...

http://mathunderground.blogspot.com/2017/04/math-in-singapore-where-is-data.html

CCSS-M It fails in its design because the authors went home instead of remaining on the job. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=i9P-l4y6FqI Richard Innes of the Bluegrass Institute explains the ...

http://mathunderground.blogspot.com/2017/04/ccss-m-it-fails-in-its-design-because.html

I've been wondering WHY THE PERFORMANCE OF THE MATH STUDENTS IN THE USA IN TIMSS AT GRADE 8, NAEP AT GRADES 4, 8, AND 12, AND PISA (15 YEAR-OLDS) IS NOT IMPRESSIVE in comparison to high performin...

http://mathunderground.blogspot.com/2017/04/master-in-teaching-year-1-training-to.html

April 14, 2017 to: Executive Director of Center for Strengthening the Teaching Profession Nasue Nashida Dear Nasue, I thank you for your efforts to improve teaching. I have some major co...

http://mathunderground.blogspot.com/2017/04/a-letter-to-nasue-nashida-executive.html

WHAT FOLLOWS IS A LIST OF STRATEGIC PRIORITIES FROM THE NCTM.      Unfortunately NAEP, TIMSS, and PISA results for the USA indicate a startling lack of progress.  Is it time to look for acco...

http://mathunderground.blogspot.com/2017/04/nctm-strategic-priorities.html

January 17, 2017 A Perfect Storm of Data: We Must Take Action -- by NCTM President Matt Larson Mr. Larson wrote the following: " I am empathetic to these perspectives: the assessments are im...

http://mathunderground.blogspot.com/2017/04/a-perfect-storm-of-data-we-must-take.html

February 20, 2017 from NCTM President Matt Larson The Elusive Search for Balance Mr Larson gives a summary of US Math education history and begins with:  “The Common Core math standards...

http://mathunderground.blogspot.com/2017/04/the-elusive-search-for-balance-with.html

The Seattle Schools on 4/11/2017 webpage has a first  link to: "ELIMINATING OPPORTUNITY GAPS ". Where you can learn the "SUPPOSED" good news. THE GOOD NEWS IS THAT SINCE 2011, THE NUMBER O...

http://mathunderground.blogspot.com/2017/04/seattle-schools-and-white-black.html

Some HS Math teachers in Seattle often bemoan the SPS failure to emphasize PRACTICE as a tool to reduce the "Opportunity Gap". Although the politically correct term is "the opportunity gap", ...

http://mathunderground.blogspot.com/2017/04/white-black-math-gap-in-wa-state.html

COGNITIVE SCIENCE AND THE COMMON CORE MATH STANDARDS        a .pdf link  from Chem Review This extensively documented 10 page paper  contains the truth that current pushers of Reform Math...

http://mathunderground.blogspot.com/2017/04/cognitive-science-and-common-core-math.html

THE 2011 4TH GRADE COUNTRY COHORT IS FOLLOWED FOUR YEARS TO THE 2015 8TH GRADE. 500 is the mean score on TIMSS Math for all countries the large number of counties scoring below 500 are not sho...

http://mathunderground.blogspot.com/2017/04/usa-timss-analysis.html

WE NOW HAVE SOME HIGH SCHOOLS ATTEMPTING TO TEACH EVERY MATHEMATICS CLASS WITHOUT BOOKS AND "SUPPOSED" EXPERTS TELLING US THAT MATH HOMEWORK IS UNNECESSARY, even in the preparation of students f...

http://mathunderground.blogspot.com/2017/04/crazy-or-what-using-stem-to-sell-any.html

The Hechinger Report often publishes items of great interest, but occasionally prints opinions of dubious worth.  Jo Boaler frequently publishes in a wide variety of publications. On April 3, 20...

http://mathunderground.blogspot.com/2017/04/more-math-nonsense-masquerading-as.html