萌妹社 Urges Immediate Action on Findings of Math Panel Report
CONTACT:
Alyssa Mangino,
amangino@aacte.org
or 202.478.4596聽
Washington, D.C. (March 14, 2008). The 萌妹社 (萌妹社) urges immediate action on the recommendations of the National Mathematics Advisory Panel鈥檚 final report. Dr. Sharon P. Robinson, 萌妹社 President and CEO, confirms that 鈥溍让蒙-member institutions are eagerly seeking the information the Panel has identified as not available,鈥 notingthat 萌妹社 testified to that effect in its Comments to the National Math Panel.
Dr. Robinson urged an increase in the level of financial support associated with the report鈥檚
recommendations. She noted the report鈥檚 finding of insufficient rigor or quality on the part of research which is essential to improving professional training. It also found an 鈥渦rgent need鈥 to evaluate supportfocused interventions likely to reduce mathematics achievement gaps that are so prevalent in our society. 鈥淲e need to get this information funded鈥nd fast,鈥 Robinson said.
In addition to the panel鈥檚 recommendation of a national summit and an association forum, Dr. Robinson
stated that, 鈥溍让蒙 calls upon the Congress, the states, the business, and the philanthropic communities
to develop a sustained funding stream to support the essential research and development efforts that the
Panel identified.鈥
Entitled, “Foundations for Success,” the report was released yesterday by the U.S. Department of Education
at the Longfellow Middle School in Falls Church Virginia. It was the product of the nearly two-year effort
of a 17-member presidentially appointed National Mathematics Advisory Panel charged with making
recommendations on improving mathematics education based on the best available scientific evidence.
For more information, please contact Alyssa Mangino, 萌妹社 communications manager, at
amangino@aacte.org聽 or 202.478.4596.
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