Introducing the Science of Math

U.S. students display chronic underachievement in math. Internationally, U.S. math performance on the Programme for International Student Assessment persistently falls below the average of other OECD countries. Resulting from systemic inequities in education broadly and math practices specifically, underachievement in math is not distributed equally across demographic variables related to race and ethnicity, English language proficiency, socioeconomic background, and disability status. Such persistent inequities and poor outcomes behoove educators, school administrators, and school support professionals to assess their math instructional practices and programs in concert with the science of teaching and learning math.