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The Algebra Project: An Evaluation of the Development of High School
Geometry Materials & the Impact of the Young People’s Project on
High School Students
prepared by
Mary M. West and Frank E. Davis
Senior Research Associates
Program Evaluation & Research Group
Lesley University
Cambridge, MA
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This free executive summary is provided by the National Academies as
part of its mission to educate the world on issues of science, engineering,
and health. This congressionally requested report by a pre-eminent committee makes four recommendations along with 20 implementation actions that federal policy-makers should take to create high-quality jobs and focus new science and technology efforts on meeting the nation's needs
Four recommendations/implementation actions focus on actions in K–12 education.
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This Panel, diverse in experience, expertise, and philosophy, agrees
broadly that the delivery system in mathematics education—the system that
translates mathematical knowledge into value and ability for the next
generation—is broken and must be fixed. This is not a conclusion about any
single element of the system. It is about how the many parts do not now work together to achieve a result worthy of this country’s values and ambitions.
The Toolbox Revisited is a data essay that follows a nationally representative cohort of students from high school into postsecondary education, and asks what aspects of their formal schooling contribute to completing a bachelor's degree by their mid-20s. The universe of students is confined to those who attended a four-year college at any time, thus including students who started out in other types of institutions, particularly community colleges. Completion of HS level mathematics courses is a central theme to the researchers' findings.