The Math Equity Equation
Rethinking Tracking to = High Probability of Success in Math for All K–12 Students
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August 29, 2024 |
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4:00–4:45 p.m. EDT / 1:00–1:45 p.m. PDT |
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Program
American K–12 public schools continuously strive to ensure all children have equitable and rigorous learning opportunities in mathematics while also attending to diverse student needs. Join us for a 45-minute discussion of one way many public schools try to meet both of these goals: tracking—or grouping students by perceived achievement level. In theory, tracking may be intended to ensure students are exposed to appropriately challenging content, but in practice it can limit students’ access to advanced mathematics courses in high school, particularly students of color and those coming from high-poverty households.
RAND’s American Mathematics Educator Study asked teachers and principals nationally and in four focal states about their schools’ practices for grouping students in mathematics. This webinar focuses on principals’ reports of their schools’ tracking policies and the data they use to make decisions about how to group students. We will explore the results by national subgroups and in our four focal states of California, Florida, New York, and Texas. Our discussants—who come to us from California and Texas—will speak about district and state efforts to mitigate the negative effects of tracking and improve access to advanced mathematics courses for students who are Black, Hispanic, or low income.
Speaker
Julia Kaufman is a senior policy researcher who codirects the American Educator Panels. Her research focuses on how states and school systems can support high-quality instruction and student learning, as well as methods for measuring educator perceptions and instruction. She has led studies in a range of areas from the implementation of K–12 state standards and curriculum materials to factors that support adult and child civic literacy, identity, and engagement. She has also worked closely with a number of state departments of education to support their reform efforts through research and analysis, including the Louisiana Department of Education and a Council of Chief State School Officer network aimed at increasing adoption and use of high-quality instructional materials. Kaufman has also led studies to investigate the implementation, outcomes, and costs associated with pipelines for preparing, hiring, and supporting high-quality school leaders and teachers. She holds a Ph.D. in international education from New York University and an M.A. in teaching from the University of Pittsburgh.
Discussants
Ma Bernadette Andres-Salgarino
Ma Bernadette Andres-Salgarino is the assistant director for Integrated STEAM at the Santa Clara County Office of Education and the California Mathematics Council president. Her work focuses on co-developing, implementing, monitoring, and sustaining support systems to build teacher leadership capacity through professional learning opportunities anchored on rehumanizing mathematics. She’s a National Board Certified Teacher (NBCT) and a member of the California Mathematics Curriculum Framework Committee (2013 and 2023). Her classes had been videotaped for NBCT featuring instructional practices that support all learners fostering their math literacy skills. She was awarded the Texas Instruments Foundation Innovations in STEM Teaching Awards in 2012 and East Side Union High School District Teacher of the Year in 2013.
Paige Darstein
Paige Darstein is the manager of academic readiness on the Middle Grades Initiatives team at the Commit Partnership. Darstein oversees advanced math pathways in grades 4th–8th and its role in preparing students to succeed in high-quality high school and post secondary pathways. Prior to working at Commit, Darstein had various experiences working in K–12 education, including designing engineering curriculum and teaching Algebra 1, robotics, and physics. Darstein graduated from the University of California, Santa Barbara with a degree in mathematics and holds an M.Ed. from Southern Methodist University.
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