Math

AUSD will hold a K-12 Math adoption next year, 08-09. K- Geometry will be the first priority. Intervention materials are newly on the state adoption list for grades 4 – Algebra Readiness (or Transitions to Algebra as it is called in AUSD.) The [|SIMI grant] at the county has expired. Staff development most likely will be scaled back to mainly focus on the adoption process for those on the adoption task forces. Currently we have a district lead teacher to support Math Tech, a middle school math coach and Alameda County pays for a high school coach. In the area of assessment, we will use district math benchmark tests that have been developed thus far, but discontinue work on refinement in 08-09. The assessments that come with the adoptions will be reviewed, as part of the process, and decisions about how to proceed will be made at that time. Six schools are currently using [|Everyday Calendar Math] as a supplement to the core curriculum. There is an elementary math coach assisting these schools along with an online e-coaching program that was in place in the first half of the school year.