Reports of AMS Association Resource Group

The AMSARG is a subcommittee of the AMS Committee on Education, chaired by Roger Howe and charged with representing the AMS to the National Council of Teachers of Mathematics (NCTM) in its revision of the NCTM Standards. Starting in 1989, the NCTM issued three sets of Standards for K–12 mathematics: one set on mathematics curricula, one on assessment, and one on the mathematics teaching profession. The revision will involve updating and refining the existing Standards and blending the three sets into a single document. More background about the work of the AMSARG may be found in the feature article by Roger Howe in this issue of the Notices. The questions that the AMSARG was to answer are listed in a letter from Mary M. Lindquist to Roger Howe that is reproduced in a box with his article. Briefly, these questions are: (1) Do the current statements of the Standards adequately communicate your view of the discipline? (2) Do the statements of the current curriculum Standards convey a sense of consistency and growth in content themes as the student moves across the grade levels? (3) Do the statements of the content Standards adequately reflect the mathematical understanding expected of a student graduating in the twenty-first century? (4) What suggestions could you make as to the most effective ways of blending the ideas of content, teaching, and assessment? —Roger Howe American Mathematical Society NCTM2000 Association Resource Group First Report January 1997