Countries that have made progress on international assessments of mathematics achievement have national consensus on goals and sustained commitment to change over time. The Common Core State Standards provide a framework for such effort in the U. S., if we focus on five key elements of curriculum, teaching, and assessment.
Jim Fey, University of Maryland; Sol Garfunkel, consortium for Mathematics and its applications; Diane Briars, intensified algebra Project, University of illinois at chicago; Andy Isaacs, University of chicago; Henry Pollak, teachers college, columbia University; Eric Robinson, ithaca college; Richard Scheaffer, University of Florida; Alan Schoenfeld, University of california, Berkeley; Cathy Seeley, Dana center, University of texas; Dan Teague, North carolina school of science and Mathematics; and Zalman Usiskin, University of chicago.