THE PHILADELPHIA EXPERIENCE - TIMELINE
1.
March 1993: Received
sub-award from National IMP in San Francisco to establish the Philadelphia Interactive Mathematics Program
(IMP) Regional Dissemination Site.
2.
Summer, 1993: Training
begins with 9 teachers and 4 co-directors. Six Philadelphia schools comprise
the first IMP cohort: Central, Girls, Carver, Dobbins, Gratz and Strawberry
Mansion High Schools.
3.
August, 1993:
Philadelphia Superintendent Constance Clayton retires after 10 years as
Philadelphia Superintendent. First attempt to write a Philadelphia USI.
4.
August 1994:
Philadelphia IMP expands to 9 schools.
David Hornbeck hired as Philadelphia’s new superintendent. Philadelphia resubmits USI proposal as part
of Mr. Hornbeck’s “Children Achieving
Agenda.” Philadelphia Regional IMP Site
moves to LaSalle University. Philadelphia begins drafting its new
Curriculum Standards.
5.
August, 1995: NSF
awards USI grant to Philadelphia.
PHUSI develops partnership with Philadelphia
Regional IMP Site at LaSalle University and supports IMP expansion. IMP now in 12 Philadelphia high schools.
6. Spring, 1996: Philadelphia first uses the Stanford Achievement Test- 9th
edition (SAT-9) as criterion referenced test in math, English and science, to
establish baseline scores in grades 5, 8 and 11. New school
accountability system adopted, which is 60% based on SAT-9 scores.
Pennsylvania begins new state assessment system
for students in grades 5, 8 and 11.
7.
Summer, 1996: Strath
Haven High School, in prestigious Wallingford/Swarthmore School District,
becomes the first suburban high school to adopt IMP in the Philadelphia area
and first to commit to go all IMP. SHHS
IMP is not grant supported, but contracts for in-service. Philadelphia IMP
begins training nine New York City teachers in IMP on contract with the New York City USI.
8.
August, 1997: Contract
between National IMP and Philadelphia IMP ends. Philadelphia USI supports entire Philadelphia IMP operation at La Salle
University pending its LSC proposal to NSF. IMP expands to 20 Philadelphia high
schools.
9.
June, 1998: NSF awards
LSC grant to La Salle University. Former Philadelphia IMP directors continue as
LSC directors for The Greater
Philadelphia Secondary Mathematics Project (GPSMP). GPSMP expands IMP
in the suburbs, expands to include CORE-Plus,
and expands to include middle schools using Math
in Context (MiC) and Connected Math
Program (CPM).
10. January, 1999. Pennsylvania adopts mandatory content standards in math
and reading.
11. July, 1999: The GPSMP expands summer training to three
more suburban school districts that begin a four-year process of adopting NSF
curricula whole school for all their secondary math staff and students.
(Bethlehem, Haddon Township and Pennsauken School Districts). NSF awards two
supplemental grants to GPSMP: “Systemic
Elementary Mathematics Teacher Tutoring Initiative” (SEMTTI) and the Strath Haven Research Study.
12. February, 2000. The GPSMP expands to involve 20 school
districts, approximately 90 middle schools and high school schools, and 800 teachers
in a multi-year systemic change process. New York City IMP schools number over
20. The Philadelphia USI continues to
contract with GPSMP to provide IMP
mentors to its comprehensive high schools. Other reciprocal agreements are made
between GPSMP and PHUSI. The GPSMP continues its fourth year of
providing IMP training to New York City teachers in IMP. The original NYC IMP teacher cohort is now
training new NYC IMP teachers. The GPSMP staff now numbers over 90 people
(5 full time and 89 part time).
13. November 2000. Strath
Haven High School, the first all IMP high school in the Philadelphia area,
scores tops on Pennsylvania System of School Assessment (PSSA) for a
comprehensive high school and number 2 overall out of over 600 high schools
statewide.
14.
March, 2001, GPSMP staff helps the Bronx beginning training 500 high
school teachers in either IMP or Math Connections.