The Washington State Board of Education is pleased to announce the selection of Strategic Teaching to conduct its independent review of Washington’s K-12 mathematics standards. “With only 57% of our students passing the 10th grade Washington Assessment of Student Learning and Washington Learns asking us to look at world class standards, we identified this independent review as a top priority in our Joint Math Action Plan last fall,” said Steve Floyd, Chair of the Board’s Math Committee.
Strategic Teaching is a nationally recognized educational research firm, which has done extensive reviews of standards in other states. A six-person team will work on the Washington standards review. Linda Plattner, President of Strategic Teaching, will serve as project manager. …
