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# How one county is overhauling its math culture

by [PRP Group](https://www.prp.group/client-family-news-and-announcements/author/prp-group), on 08/7/2024

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At the [Riverside County Office of Education](https://www.rcoe.us/), we serve about 430,000 students across 23 districts, providing instructional support and other direct services in all content areas. In recent years, our state math assessment data has indicated a need for improvement in how our students learn math. As a state and county, we have struggled to show the hoped-for growth in math in our statewide Smarter Balanced Assessments.

We don’t believe that recommending all our districts adopt new textbooks or curricula would solve the problem because we’d still be teaching math the same way. Instead, we decided to align to evidence-based practices to change our math culture countywide.

[Read More ->](https://edsource.org/2024/how-one-county-is-overhauling-its-math-culture/716949)

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