Why Implementation Requires Change

William SchmidtUniversity Distinguished ProfessorMichigan State University

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How Teachers Allocate Their Time

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Statistics and Probability

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Ratios and Proportional Relationships

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Number and Operations—Fractions

Number and Operations in Base Ten

Expressions and Equations

Measurement and Data

Geometry

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4th & 5th Teachers: Very Prepared to Teach?

Number Sets

& Concepts

Whole Numbers

Common Fractions

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3D Geometry

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Middle School Teachers: Very Prepared to Teach?

Coordinates & Lines

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Linear Equations

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Logarithmic Equations

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log6 (2x-3) + log6 (x+5) = log3 (x)

log (2x-3) + log (x+5) = log (x) log(6) log(6) log(3)

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Future Teachers Reaching International Benchmark

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Chinese Taipei United

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U.S. Future Teachers Reaching International Benchmark in Top and Low Performing

Programs

Top 25% Performing Programs

Bottom 25% Performing Programs

Percent reaching international benchmark

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Alignment of One Text Book Series to the CCSSM

Below On-Grade Above

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All Grades

Number of On-Grade Standards in CCSSM

Number Standards Covered

Total Number Standards Covered 569

% of On-Grade Standards Covered

% of Covered Standards That are On-Grade

Topics in Textbook but Not in CCSSM 5

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Coverage in Grades 2 and 5

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Grade Level of the CCSSM Standards

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Coherence in the Same

Textbook Series

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Allocation of Time from Three Sources

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Triangulate:Teachers,Experts,

Textbooks

Functions

Statistics and Probability

The Number System

Ratios and Proportional Relationships

Operations and Algebraic Thinking

Number and Operations—Fractions

Number and Operations in Base Ten

Expressions and Equations

Measurement and Data

Geometry