Mathematics at Seattle Public Schools

Our goal is to equip each of our students with the ability and preparation to meet the mathematical demands presented by college and careers. We strive to support students as they carry their mathematical thinking and problem-solving into multiple learning situations.

SPS Mathematics Vision

The National Council of Teachers of Mathematics’ (NCTM) Effective Math Teaching Practices (ETP) are a core set of high-leverage practices and essential teaching skills necessary to ensure successful mathematics learning for all students.  Teachers in Seattle use the ETPs to ensure students engage in challenging tasks, make connections between new learning and prior knowledge, acquire conceptual and procedural knowledge, construct knowledge socially, and reflect on and revise their thinking.  Teachers in Seattle also attend to equity in their mathematics classrooms and make decisions that reflect the needs and cultures of their students.  Seattle teachers go deep with mathematics, leverage multiple mathematical competencies, affirm mathematics learning identities, challenge spaces of marginality and draw on multiple resources of knowledge which will strengthen mathematical learning and cultivate positive student mathematical identities.  Seattle teachers use these practices effectively to allow every student to develop a strong math identity and sense of agency in their mathematics learning. 

Sources:

• Principles to Actions: Ensuring Mathematical Success for All, NCTM 2014
• The Impact of Identity in K-8 Mathematics: Rethinking Equity-Based Practices, Aguirre, J., Bernard Martin, D., Mayfield-Ingram, K., 2013

SPS Adopted Instructional Materials

Elementary School

enVision Math 2024 Common Core has been adopted as the K-5 math instructional material starting in the 2022-23 school year. Students can access SavvasRealize, the digital platform for enVision, through the Seattle Public Schools student portal (Clever).

Middle School

SPS adopted enVision Math 2.0 in 2018. The current version in place is  enVisionmath 2024 for middle school. Students can access SavvasRealize, the digital platform for enVision, through the Seattle Public Schools student portal (Clever).

High School

SPS adopted Illustrative Math by Imagine Learning for Algebra 1, Geometry, and Algebra 2 starting in the 2024-25 school year. Students can access IL Classroom, the digital platform for Illustrative Math, through the Seattle Public Schools student portal (Clever).