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To Close the Math Achievement Gap, We Must Recognize What Students Bring to the Classroom

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As hopeful as this scenario sounds, mathematics is a struggle for many learners. Nationally, mathematics achievement on average remains low with glaring, persistent inequities across racial and ethnic groups. To foster success in mathematics, we need to consider what students already know as a way to advance what they don’t yet know.

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Integrate OUR Curricula into Your Kiddom Digital Platform

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They received excellent ratings from EdReports , a leader in evaluating textbooks and curricula for rigor, usability and alignment to academic standards. OUR’s Math curriculum for grades 6-8 is a problem based curriculum authored by Illustrative Mathematics.

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As STEM evolves, so does South Carolina’s Coalition for Mathematics & Science

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Peters describes South Carolina’s Coalition for Mathematics & Science. The coalition, created in 1993, under a different name, initially worked to support science and mathematics education in the state. That’s how Thomas T. SCCMS is unique in its current iteration in that we are not directly affiliated with any government agency.

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The heart of the loop: Reattempts without penalty

Robert Talbert, Ph.D.

It leads to "grade inflation" It violates some kind of academic machismo code that views student assessment like competition in an arena. An advantage of this approach is that it introduces time for thought and practice students can't typically take an assessment and then turn around mere hours later and do a reassessment.