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9 Jun 2018
Report

Alabama State Department of Education Plan for Progress in Mathematics

Heidi Goertzen, Concepcion Molina, and Beth Howard-Brown, AIR
The Alabama Mathematics Strategic Planning Committee

The Alabama State Department of Education (ALSDE) was grappling with several issues including:

  • A respectable rate of growth in student achievement for both fourth- and eighth-grade math in the state of Alabama, as measured by the National Assessment of Educational Progress (NAEP), but below the national average
  • A growing concern about the state’s ability to produce graduates capable of competing successfully in fields associated with economic development—science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM)

To address the above challenge, Alabama collaborated with the Southeast Comprehensive Center (SECC) to examine instruction and achievement in mathematics using evidence-based research. Development of this report was part of SECC’s Alabama Professional Learning Commission project work, which concluded September 2019.

PDF icon SECC/Alabama State Plan for Progress in Mathematics (2018, PDF)

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Southeast Comprehensive Center (SECC)

The Southeast Comprehensive Center (SECC) is one of 15 regional comprehensive centers funded by the U.S. Department of Education for the October 2012–September 2019 grant cycle of the Comprehensive Centers Program. SECC provided training and technical assistance to state education agencies in Alabama, Georgia, Mississippi, North Carolina, and South Carolina, to enable them to assist school districts and schools in the implementation and administration of programs authorized under the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965, as reauthorized in 2015 as the Every Student Succeeds Act.

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