Presents the results of a major NSF-funded study to gather, analyze, and synthesize the research on K-12 student outcomes in standards-based mathematics curriculum projects. Audiences include math ed researchers, policymakers, teachers, etc. "Standards-Based School Mathematics Curricula provides a comprehensive view of emerging research on standards-based curricula that is unique in its depth and rigor. To be included in the book, curriculum project evaluators had to have conducted research involving student achievement in mathemataics related to the use of the curriculum development project materials. Both the research conducted and the commentaries that discuss it are consistent with the NCTM Standards, focusing on reform-oriented content and processes, in addition to traditional arithmetic and algorithms...The book is very well written and organized in a way that provides the reader with the information necessary to make informed decisions about the studies of the standards-based curricula."—Horizon Research Inc."...is organized in a nicely symmetrical way. The editors...begin by summarizing issues related to math curriculum. The three major sections of the book address curriculum at the elementary, middle, and high school levels, with chapters on projects at each level followed by analysis and critique. The book concludes with a commentary...that pulls together all of the evaluation reports and critiques....Further research will provide more definitive answers, but this is encouraging news indeed about the future of mathematics education."—American School Board Journal"If you are interested in mathematics education and in what the data have to say about student learning, pedagogical change, and standards-based cirricula, reading Standards-Based Schoool Mathematics Cirricula will be informative and interesting, maybe even fascinating. The book features a thought-provoking analysis of research about student achievement using data gathered by the 12 cirriculum development projects funded by the National Science Foundation."—Enc"The book is valuable to all who are interested in improving mathematics instruction. This includes educational researchers, federal and state policy makers, and school administrators (such as board members, superintendents, principals, and curriculum coordinators)."—American Journal of Psychology"...summarizes the formative research that has gone into funded mathematics curriculum development, mostly from NSF, over the past decade or so. An account of the evidence on student learning for the various projects is sorely needed, and given the hostile 'math wars' that are now going on, we need a scholarly presentation, not more harsh rhetoric. Senk and Thompson are first rate mathematics education scholars....I feel they can present the case better than most others....Standards-Based School Mathematics Curricula is a major contribution to the literature in mathematics education."—James W. WilsonUniversity of Georgia