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image for project ED MSP Program The US Department of Education Mathematics and Science Partnership (ED MSP) program is intended to increase the academic achievement of students in mathematics and science by enhancing the content knowledge and teaching skills of classroom teachers. Partnerships between high-need school districts and the science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM) faculty in institutions of higher education are at the core of these improvement efforts. Other partners may include state education agencies, public charter schools, other public schools, businesses, and nonprofit or for-profit organizations concerned with mathematics and science education.

The MSP program is a formula grant program to the states, with the size of individual state awards based on student population and poverty rates. No state receives less than one half of one percent of the total appropriation. With these funds, each State is responsible for administering a competitive grant competition, in which grants are made to partnerships to improve teacher knowledge in mathematics and science.

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Examining Teachers' Enactments of Standards-Based Mathematics Curricula: The Influence of Professional Development

Findings from Year 1 of an MSP project designed to professional development to elementary schools related to the standards-based mathematics curriculum.

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Partnering to Improve Mathematics and Science Attainment by Improving Teacher Knowledge: A Case Study of the California Mathematics and Science Professional Development Partnership (CaMSP)

This paper reports select findings from a comprehensive multi-year mixed methods case study and impact evaluation of California's Math and Science Partnership (CaMSP). As the state with the largest MSP…


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Examining the Influence of a Curriculum-Based Elementary Mathematics Professional Development Program

This study presents findings from the evaluation of the first year of a U.S. Department of Education Mathematics Science Partnership (MSP) grant designed to support the use of a standards-based…

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