Research In the News

RME Director Leanne Ketterlin Geller and colleagues latest work Disentangling Mathematics Target and Access Skills: Implications for Accommodation Assignment Practices was recently published in the journal, Learning Disabilities Research & Practice.

Dr. Candace Walkington studies the emerging payoff of personalization for struggling math students. Learn more...

Published

Journal Articles

Middle School Teachers' Assignment of Test Accomodations. Link to Article...

Algebra readiness for students with learning difficulties in grades 4-8: Support through the study of number. Link to Article...

Gaining perspective on success, support, retention, and student test scores: Listening to beginning teachers (in press). Link to Article...

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Presented

RME researchers are committed to disseminating research findings to a broad mathematics and education audience both nationally and globally through conference presentations.

Innovations in Research

Elementary School Students in Texas: Algebra Ready (ESTAR)

The goal of ESTAR, the latest initiative within the Texas Algebra Ready (TXAR) framework, is to support elementary students in the state of Texas to achieve a high level of preparedness in mathematics. ESTAR is designed to improve overall mathematics instruction and achievement in order to reduce the percentage of students who need math intervention in the elementary grades. Read more...

Middle School Students in Texas: Algebra Ready (MSTAR)

The MSTAR initiative is in collaboration with Education Service Center Region XIII and the Texas Education Agency and is comprised of three lead components structured and integrated to support students and teachers in grades five through eight to achieve mathematics success. Read more...

Promoting Algebra Readiness: Developing a Strategic Intervention on Rational Number Concepts (Project PAR)

Project PAR is designed to develop a 100-lesson algebra readiness intervention focusing on conceptual understanding and procedural fluency with rational numbers for sixth grade students with or at risk for learning disabilities in mathematics. The gap between the educational requirements for algebra mastery and the reality of algebra competence for middle school students is of growing concern. Read more...

Istation, Inc.

The Istation Project includes three components with the intent to provide a tiered assessment system and Teacher Resources designed to identify and support students struggling in mathematics. Read more...

Latest Thinking

RME director Dr. Leanne Ketterlin Geller and researcher Dr. Nick Wasserman speak to the opportunities and complications facing the mathematics education community today, as well as the explicit and innovative research that can guide effective change.

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There is Nothing Elementary about Elementary Math

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