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• "Motivating American Indian Students in Science and Math," Gregory A. Cajete
  ERIC digest offers insight and constructive suggestions to motivate American Indian students who tend to drop out of high school math and science. Worthwhile and concise; applicable to a wider population.
• Equal Mathematics Education for Female Students, ERIC Digest
  Discourse! �This digest reviews common teaching practices and methods of communication in the classroom--known as discourse--to indicate the treatment of female students that inhibits their ability to successfully learn math.� .
• Helping Children Learn Mathematics, Jeremy Kilpatrick and Jane Swafford, Editors
  Information to guide efforts to improve mathematics instruction pre--kindergarten through grade 8. Stresses the importance of parents, teachers, administrators, and policy makers working together to guarantee a mathematically literate society.
• Improving Mathematics Education: Resources for Decision Making
  Designed to inform stakeholders about the decisions they face, this 60 page report is based on eight documents. Addresses questions such as: Does working in small groups help students to develop math proficiency? What should be taught? How? and much more.
• Testing Our Schools, A Guide for Parents, Frontline, PBS
  Use this guide to understand more about school testing and help your child prepare for taking tests. Includes background on some of the controversy surrounding testing; information about different types of tests and what standardized tests measure and do not measure; advice on communicating with school officials and talking with your child about tests; and a glossary and list of additional resources.