Middle Grade Math Playbook Appendix and Bibliography

Middle Grade Math Playbook: Chapter 10

Overview

Middle grade math is a critical milestone on the path to lifelong success. Students who build strong math skills by eighth grade are more likely to access advanced coursework, pursue college and career opportunities and increase their lifetime earnings. Communities can change this trajectory through high-quality math instruction, expanded access to advanced coursework, well-trained teachers and coordinated support across schools, families and neighborhoods.

This is part 10 of StriveTogether’s Cradle-to-Career Outcomes Playbook: Middle Grade Math. The playbook synthesizes research and practical guidance communities can use to improve middle grade math.

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Appendix

Design principles

Based on interviews with network members and conversations with StriveTogether staff, the following design principles were used to guide the writing of this playbook.

Expand depth and breadth: Expand on existing frameworking by including indicators from multiple domains.

Universal navigation: The playbook will be a tool for all audiences, Cradle to Career Network members, their communities and any organization working to improve cradle-to-career outcomes. Organize the playbook in an accessible way, using flags/tags and including detailed research in the appendix.

Honor local context: Organizations work closely with their communities to identify and pursue solutions that they believe will work. We will create the playbook as a way to enhance the hyper-local process communities use. This means referencing the community-centered planning processes, which starts by consulting the community and letting community voices lead the planning process. The playbook will likely be part of the second or third step, but not necessarily the first.

Speak the language: Align to StriveTogether language but no jargon.
- Make the playbook language easy to understand.
- Create consistent language by resolving similar concepts using different terminology. By aligning other frameworks behind the E-W framework, we can “crosswalk” and translate concepts into a common language.

Clear sourcing: Cite all sources so that readers can dig deeper in areas of interest.
- Highlight and center various source frameworks within the playbook, not just in the appendix.
- Provide an annotated bibliography.

Bibliography

To view the complete bibliography for the Middle Grade Math Outcomes Playbook, download the full playbook at the link below. The bibliography begins on page 143.

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