Board members share NASB math takeaways, school-visit reports; meeting adjourns

Board members used the meeting's comment period to report on recent school visits and takeaways from the NASB conference, and the session adjourned after a voice vote.

Vice Chair Bollinger summarized presentations from the NASB conference and said high-performing systems "taught fewer concepts each year, but taught more deeply," noting that students are encouraged to "produce and discuss multiple strategies" and that data and data science are being infused across grades. "None of the highest achieving countries teaches algebra, geometry, algebra two, trigonometry separately, or precalculus at all," she said, and she described Texas's effort to align curriculum to state standards rather…