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The Math and Science Partnership Network


MSPnet is an electronic learning community for the Math and Science Partnership Program. With the MSP program, the National Science Foundation implemented an important facet of the President's No Child Left Behind (NCLB) vision for K-12 education. A major research and development effort, the MSP program responds to concern over the performance of the nation's children in mathematics and science. Institutions of higher education partner with K-12 districts and others to effect deep, lasting improvement in K-12 mathematics and science education.

MSPnet Academy: Using Social Network Analysis to Study How Teacher Communities of Practice Affect Science Curricula Enactment

Bill Zoellick, Education Research Director, SERC Institute

Description: A primary mission of the MainePSP is improving science teaching practice in rural settings by building and training a community of educators. The core mechanism for improving teaching... See More

New MSP Papers

This week we feature work from two MSP projects that recently presented at NARST. If you have given an MSP related presentation at NSTA, ASCD, NARST, AERA or NCTM, please send us your paper so that we may share it with the MSP community.
"Instructional Materials to Support the Next Generation Science Standards: Results of a Proof-of-Concept Study," Eric R. Banilower, Michele M. Nelson, Peggy J. Trygstad, Adrienne A. Smith, P. Sean Smith, Horizon Research, Inc., AIM: K-8 Science, April 2013.
"Development of a Learning Progression for the Formation of the Solar System," Julia Plummer, Alice Flarend, Christopher Palma, KeriAnn Rubin, Brandon Botzer, Pennsylvania State University, The Middle Grades Earth and Space Science Education Partnership, April 2013.

MSPnet LIBRARY

The MSP Library contains over 1,600 articles of interest to leaders engaged in science and mathematics reform. Browse the Library

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The Condition of Education 2013, Susan Aud, Amy Rathbun, et al., U.S. Department of Education, National Center for Education Stat. May 2013

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