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K-12 mathematics education in the state of Washington is currently being debated so vigorously that it is often difficult to distinguish fact from opinion. Some basic facts are getting lost or distorted. The aim of this web site is to provide clear, accessible and accurate information.
	What is Reform Math? The term itself is more a shorthand than a description, and it is now used in a great many ways, especially by those who are opposed to what they think it is.	NEW!! Math is More is a new web site with a goal: it offers a non-partisan opportunity for everyone interested to pull forward together in improving mathematics education.
	Washington is a K-12 mathematics leader Contrary to the message of the naysayers, Washington scored well above the median on the most recent “Nation’s Report Card” (the 2005 National Assessment of Educational Progress).	Its ten "planks" offer the values of the originators (mathematicians, mathematics educators and others interested) but even they are meant to produce discussion, not polarization.
	The Reform Standards are a cure, not a disease At both a national and state level, the Standards (the first the country or the state has had) were produced in response to a real, documented and acute need.	Check it out -- join the discussion and share your views with a lot of interested and interesting people!
	The WASL is a new form of test The WASL (Washington Assessment of Student Learning) is designed to measure elements of student learning that previous testing ignored.
	New Math vs Reform Math The similarities and contrasts can be enlightening.
	Myths Debunked Myth #1: Reform curricula are educationally disastrous. Myth #2: Washington’s Standards rate an “F” Myth #3: A cure for the maladies of Washington’s mathematics is to convert to the Singapore mathematics curriculum, since Singapore scores very well on international mathematics tests. Myth #4 Mathematicians object to Reform Math.
	Correcting the record 1) a letter written to KIRO about the Dave Ross Show on K-12 mathematics. 2) A memo contradicting the Wheres the Math claim that UW placement scores plummeted in the 90's

Contrary to the message of the naysayers, Washington scored well above the median on the most recent “Nation’s Report Card” (the 2005 National Assessment of Educational Progress).