To build and sustain a successful mathematics program, mathematics leaders need to work collaboratively to establish a cohesive vision for teaching and learning and put that vision into action. This book details the necessary steps that mathematics leaders must take to change traditional practices; meet new curricular, instructional, and assessment challenges; and engage students, families, and community members in mathematics education.

This book helps school and district leaders focus their curriculum and vision on the elements of instruction and assessment necessary for student achievement. Practical guidelines take administrators beyond state or local standards to create the essential conditions to ensure success in mathematics for all students. The book helps leaders identify and cultivate the elements of mathematics instruction and assessment that have the greatest impact on learning.

The importance of mathematical literacy for all students, both in everyday life and in the workplace, has never been greater. Realizing the vision of high-quality mathematics education for all students, as described in NCTM's Principles and Standards for School Mathematics, requires the active participation of everyone in the education community, including administrators.

Nearly a decade ago, NCTM published Administrator's Guide: How to Support and Improve Mathematics Education in Your School. This updated Administrator's Guide now positions school and district leaders to make sense of the past decade's many recommendations, with special emphasis on the Common Core State Standards for Mathematics.

The Teaching and Learning Mathematics series presents ideas from research to improve mathematics education in schools. Translating Research for School Administrators contains six stand-alone articles, each with a list of references, which put current research into the hands of school administrators. Each article addresses key practitioner-generated questions with brief, direct answers, devoid of technical language and theory.

The compendium is a valuable new resource that provides the most comprehensive evidence about what is known about research in mathematics education.

The 38 chapters present five sections that address research about (1) foundations, (2) methods, (3) mathematical processes and content, (4) students, teachers, and learning environments, and (5) futuristic issues. Each chapter offers a synthesis of research with an eye to the historical development of a research topic and, in particular, historical milestones of the research about the topic.