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Web Resources

• MATH*Ability addresses the question, "Does it really work?" See also its data on standardized test results.
• The School Mathematics Project at the University of Chicago—whose principles "emphasize reading, problem-solving, [and everyday applications ..."—posts curricular resources for the elementary and secondary levels.
• "Adding It Up: Helping Children Learn Mathematics," a 2001 book by the Center for Education, "addresses the concerns expressed by many Americans ... that too few students in our elementary and middle schools are successfully acquiring the mathematical knowledge, the skill, and the confidence they need to use the mathematics they have learned." See also related Web resources.
• The National Council of Teachers of Mathematics has developed math standards that attempt to promote "broader and more meaningful mathematics curriculum that meets the needs of a far greater proportion of the student population than has been true in the past."
• The U.S. Department of Education has launched a "Math and Science Initiative," intended in part to "develop an academic research base to improve our knowledge of what boosts student learning in mathematics and science." Read papers and presentations from a "summit" focusing on the initiative.

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