In a 2010 survey, superintendents in Massachusetts identified proficiency in math as an essential element of college and career readiness for contemporary students (Rennie Center, 2010). U.S. students fail math more often than any other subject, and as a result many students dropout of school, especially low-income and minority students (Schmoker,…

The sample of this study consisted of 1,077 eighth grade students and 442 eighth grade teachers from nine states--Alabama, California, Connecticut, Colorado, Florida, Indiana, Massachusetts, Minnesota, and North Carolina during the TIMSS 2011 study. The instrument used to measure student and teacher self-efficacy, student task value, and teacher…

This Framework builds upon the foundation of the 2010 Massachusetts Curriculum Framework for Mathematics as well as versions of the Massachusetts Mathematics Framework published since 1995. The current Framework incorporates improvements suggested by Massachusetts educators after six years of experience in implementing the 2010 standards in their…