A guest post by Professor Benjamin Solomon on the multiple omissions and inaccuracies in the newly released NY math briefs and why they should be withdrawn
Today I am sharing a guest post by Benjamin, an Associate Professor in School Psychology at the University of Albany, about what is wrong with the recently released New York math briefs and why NYSED should withdraw them.
Below is a letter that Professor Solomon and others wrote to Commissioner Rosa.
You can find the original letter with all the footnotes here.
You can sign their petition to withdraw the Math Briefs here.
You can listen to his podcast with mathematician Dr. Anna Stokke talking about this issue here.
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