ABSTRACT
The Core-Plus Mathematics Project (CPMP) curriculum is designed to make important and broadly useful mathematics meaningful and accessible to a wide range of students. The curriculum consists of a single core sequence for both college-bound and employment-bound students during the first 3 years of high school. This chapter provides a brief overview of the CPMP curriculum in terms of its design and theoretical framework, and a profile of the mathematical achievement of students who participated in the national field test of the curriculum. Several key principles guided the design of the CPMP curriculum. First and foremost is the belief that mathematics is a vibrant and broadly useful subject that should be explored and understood as an active science of patterns. The primary goals of CPMP were to design, develop, and evaluate a four-year high school mathematics program that embodies the content, processes, and teaching principles recommended by the National Council of Teachers of Mathematics Standards.
