Detroit Public Schools began working with National Training Network to implement the Algebraic Thinking curriculum in grades 6, 7, and 8 in the summer of 2004. Teachers were trained prior to the start of the school year and follow up trainings were offered each subsequent summer through 2007 for new teachers to Algebraic Thinking.  National Training Network provided onsite coaches in each of the middle schools in Detroit Public Schools on an average of one day per month per school. Students were placed in Algebraic Thinking based on the previous year’s MEAP scores.  Each school determined the cut off score for placement in Algebraic Thinking for students who scored partially proficient or not proficient.  The MEAP state exam is administered in October of each year to assess students understanding of math skills from the previous year. The graph above illustrates the percent of change for students in grades 6, 7, and 8 in Detroit Public Schools between 2005 and 2008.

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