NCTM is a public voice of mathematics education, providing vision, leadership, and professional development to support teachers in ensuring mathematics learning of the highest quality for all students. Founded in 1920, NCTM is the world’s largest mathematics education organization, with 100,000 members and 250 Affiliates throughout the United States and Canada.
The National Council of Teachers of Mathematics is a public voice of mathematics education, providing vision, leadership, and professional development to support teachers in ensuring mathematics learning of the highest quality for all students.
In accordance with the mission, the NCTM Board has adopted the following multi-year strategic priorities that is provide guidance and resources for establishing and enacting mathematics curriculum that is coherent, focused, well articulated and consistent with Principles and Standards for School Mathematics. Also to increase the value and benefits of membership, and support Council growth; engage in political and public advocacy to focus decision makers on improving learning and teaching mathematics. Advance professional development by creating a coherent framework of audience-specific products and services. Bring existing research into the classroom, and identify and encourage research that addresses the needs of classroom practice.
The Council is committed to a constructive public dialogue to ensure a mathematics education of the highest possible quality for all students. To this end, the Council has adopted the following legislative platform.