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    On Sunday, March 3, 2019, Susan Gurganus via Simtrainer-l <simtrainer-l@lists.ku.edu> wrote:
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<blockquote style="margin:0 0 0 9px;padding:0 0 0 9px;"><div id="yiv5919913778"><div><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr">Hi Ed,<div><br clear="none"></div><div>Here is a study of four curricula. Study the table on page 4:  <a rel="nofollow" shape="rect" target="_blank" href="https://na01.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fies.ed.gov%2Fncee%2Fpubs%2F20134019%2Fpdf%2F20134019.pdf&data=02%7C01%7Csimtrainer-l%40lists.ku.edu%7C41f3a345fccb4ff5653f08d6a00e1194%7C3c176536afe643f5b96636feabbe3c1a%7C0%7C0%7C636872379620299157&sdata=dQzk93QbWdhL3cTZs8K3wj%2BujQ64CrhtXd%2BxS3W9%2Bnw%3D&reserved=0" originalSrc="https://ies.ed.gov/ncee/pubs/20134019/pdf/20134019.pdf" shash="IlkGmBZyENi54geqMfjjZYZP1gZezGHRLDIx8P2KW00z5zk2hDH8aMFqz8QuxFWPW6qFXikyc/hsBQCiXO4hbmw8OkygdXxu6BCbeSglaJaL9M3rjMNIGNiIf8uPPud63eURmRNu5TaacX2fjla+A1WvaeyWjreIHwv25lP2X5w=">https://ies.ed.gov/ncee/pubs/20134019/pdf/20134019.pdf</a></div><div><br clear="none"></div><div>I wouldn't adopt a fully scripted curriculum, but wouldn't adopt a fully exploratory (constructivist) one either. </div><div><br clear="none"></div><div><br clear="none"></div><div>It is important that all the teachers view the full scope of the math curriculum PreK - 12 to see how concepts are developed over time. (Yes, the first grade teacher should look all the way through the high school topics.) I am tutoring high school integrated math right now. Most students require 5-7 hrs of tutoring a week--disabled or not--because they do not have enough modeling and practice. Explicit strategies are not taught. </div><div><br clear="none"></div><div>The folks at NCSU have developed a trajectory web of the mathematics curriculum: <a rel="nofollow" shape="rect" target="_blank" href="https://na01.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.sudds.co%2F&data=02%7C01%7Csimtrainer-l%40lists.ku.edu%7C41f3a345fccb4ff5653f08d6a00e1194%7C3c176536afe643f5b96636feabbe3c1a%7C0%7C0%7C636872379620299157&sdata=1qseGWPqK%2FBnm%2BdtxWk2MDy5p2lvjNhbrRPFWf%2BZAgU%3D&reserved=0" originalSrc="https://www.sudds.co/" shash="F8H6VPYEFj9Upd9S75rp7z11DS4/5j0gG7ZtXiOSA0MPgdYSVAoAYYwgc0V1w0Ozu4Py4ngj1twCG6wQwDXt52qpFltqJod62Ra/Q8ykRr7SKI/sWK0ehGa0mnuToCXnx9gq6CPw0fqiLkvx8jBvM5kOB8KFKjUgUuAMK6Lacpw=">https://www.sudds.co/</a><br clear="none"></div><div>and Clements for birth through age 8: <a rel="nofollow" shape="rect" target="_blank" href="https://na01.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.learningtrajectories.org%2F&data=02%7C01%7Csimtrainer-l%40lists.ku.edu%7C41f3a345fccb4ff5653f08d6a00e1194%7C3c176536afe643f5b96636feabbe3c1a%7C0%7C0%7C636872379620309157&sdata=davQsCzTWMeVp0RGIGmTYtbxtT%2BaTGpexWhmzik%2Ftvs%3D&reserved=0" originalSrc="https://www.learningtrajectories.org/" shash="OJVB4F3vrmn++TETYDnXU8WeS+vrkA7538Mk9dF7ejNzugrt1bdU+Bawk8S29HBZbvGMOXxJoQ78woUnOjpJz3ZfBS2ZSwKkzoOkX/yD/N4CZ2s9K/MoOY2CNEsY0oAocxyZuOVXnnBnfcn2rwlDj73LUulyGvQ0AOxM3Np+YN8=">https://www.learningtrajectories.org/</a></div><div>These can be helpful for inservice training.</div><div><br clear="none"></div><div>Teachers not trained to teach math at all may handicap their students as they don't tend to see the big picture, understand the concept connections, and realize where fluency is important and when students can just be taught to figure it out. They need to be tuned in to each student's responses to determine what needs reteaching, what needs another methods, or what just needs a bit more practice. The district here also handicapped the parents because there is no textbook or material for parents to see what is being taught (even mathematics professors are complaining about their children's classes). Their teachers also use an online program for practice and homework. (Teachers create no materials at all.) Thus they have no idea what students' work looks like, where concept understanding or procedural knowledge breaks down. Many students just guess.</div><div><br clear="none"></div><div><br clear="none"></div><div>I haven't seen this curriculum in person, but worth taking a look at based on sample lesson:</div><div><br clear="none"></div><div>(concrete to abstract, structured lessons, clear content trajectory, includes diagnostic assessments, room for teacher modifications within lessons and assessments)</div><div><br clear="none"></div><div><a rel="nofollow" shape="rect" target="_blank" href="https://na01.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fcurriculum.illustrativemathematics.org%2F&data=02%7C01%7Csimtrainer-l%40lists.ku.edu%7C41f3a345fccb4ff5653f08d6a00e1194%7C3c176536afe643f5b96636feabbe3c1a%7C0%7C0%7C636872379620319162&sdata=LF81XlDc%2BfwwaskWu31wQTMp3NjAxI0wBzjpQr%2FwlRA%3D&reserved=0" originalSrc="https://curriculum.illustrativemathematics.org/" shash="bblC/GZc44B6aTh7MEaDdZsunw/8XHbaN6gFUDuzWLvGnI1q4CFNY4YDk9iv5t0ZhF/1hLf+onLzOLOWvgTGxI7FXnaZFJKi/T1IlrckeBkIyjB8l32V2Vh4QT5DM6XiOxPvMQ2U5bQ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<p class="yiv5919913778MsoNormal">Hi everyone, </p><p class="yiv5919913778MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:Avenir-Book;">I’m
currently assisting a ‘failing elementary (k-5) school, as well as an ’about to
fail’ middle school in an effort to turn things around. About 7 years ago, the
school district was cursing along with B+/A- performance levels when its
leadership made a series of truly bonehead decisions that resulted in a steep
and rapid decline in performance.</span></p><p class="yiv5919913778MsoNormal"><font face="Avenir-Book"> </font><span style="font-family:Avenir-Book;">Basically,
the district abandoned </span><u style="font-family:Avenir-Book;">all</u><span style="font-family:Avenir-Book;"> commercial programs, textbooks, etc. and
attempted to educate its children via tablets and ipads and teacher-invented
curricula. </span><span style="font-family:Avenir-Book;"> </span><span style="font-family:Avenir-Book;">As you might guess,
math performance outcomes are about as low as they can get (e.g., roughly 80%
of the middle school students’ math skills are 2</span><sup style="font-family:Avenir-Book;">nd</sup><span style="font-family:Avenir-Book;"> grade level).</span></p><p class="yiv5919913778MsoNormal"><font face="Avenir-Book"> </font><span style="font-family:Avenir-Book;">Due
to turnover over the years, few of the teachers have any experience using
evidence-based programs and their pedagogical skills are quite limited, to say
the least.</span></p><p class="yiv5919913778MsoNormal"><font face="Avenir-Book"> </font><span style="font-family:Avenir-Book;">Thus,
I’m looking for recommendations for evidence-based math programs that are
highly structured, systematic, and incorporate on-going progress monitoring for
formative assessment… more or less synonymous with what might be used as Tier 3
intervention for math. Can you recommend any commercial evidence-based math
programs that might fit this need? If not Tier 3 in nature, then can you
recommend a really good Tier 1 evidence-based math program?</span></p><p class="yiv5919913778MsoNormal"><font face="Avenir-Book"> </font><span style="font-family:Avenir-Book;">Thanks
for your advice, </span></p><p class="yiv5919913778MsoNormal"><font face="Avenir-Book">Ed</font></p>

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