In addition to a collaboration between the New Jersey Mathematics Coalition and the New Jersey Department of Education, this document represents a collaboration involving many of the most knowledgeable mathematics educators in New Jersey and many other members of the community. Some served on the New Jersey Curriculum Standards Panel that developed the draft version of the New Jersey Mathematics Standards. Others were active members of the Curriculum Framework Project Advisory Committee of the New Jersey Mathematics Coalition. Still others served as members of Task Forces which developed recommendations and drafted materials for the framework. Lists of members of these groups are provided on the following pages(1); please bring corrections or omissions to our attention so that modifications can be made in subsequent versions.

We also acknowledge the 294 individuals who submitted comments on the draft version of the New Jersey Mathematics Standards and the 29 District Leadership Teams (DLTs) who reviewed an earlier version of the framework as part of their participation in the pilot implementation program of the New Jersey Mathematics Curriculum Framework Project. Serving as Project Coordinator of the pilot implementation program have been Irwin Ozer and Karin Rupp.

Special mention must be made of the following individuals who have served the Leadership Team in various capacities, attending long and arduous planning meetings, chairing Task Forces, and writing, reviewing, and editing endless drafts of sections of this document.

Janet Caldwell, Professor of Mathematics, Rowan College of New Jersey
Warren Crown, Associate Professor of Mathematics Education, Rutgers University
Karl-Heinz Haas, Mathematics and Science Supervisor, Saddle Brook Public Schools
Dolores Keezer, Director, Academy - Central, New Jersey Department of Education
Phyllis Klosowski, Project Coordinator, New Jersey Mathematics Coalition; Rutgers
Paul Lawrence, Mathematics Supervisor, Livingston Public Schools
Rebecca Lubetkin, Director, Consortium for Educational Equity, Rutgers University
David Marain, Mathematics Staff Developer, Tenafly Public Schools
Elizabeth Marquez, Teacher, North Brunswick Township Schools
Bruce Normandia, Superintendent, Brick Township Public Schools
Anthony Piccolino, Associate Professor of Mathematics, Montclair State University
Joseph G. Rosenstein, Professor of Mathematics, Rutgers; Director, NJ Mathematics Coalition
Maureen Quirk, Center for Communications Research
Karen Sanderson, Assistant Principal, Hamilton (Atlantic County) Public Schools
Roberta Schorr, Mathematics Specialist, New Jersey Statewide Systemic Initiative (NJ SSI)
Sharon Sherman, Senior Project Leader, Science Educ. Program, Princeton Plasma Physics Labs
William Smith, Mathematics Supervisor, Haddonfield Public Schools
Dorothy Varygiannes, New Jersey Department of Education
Linnea Weiland, New Jersey Department of Education
Larry Wiley, Mathematics Consultant, (formerly) New Jersey Department of Education

Special thanks to Phyllis Klosowski who has served as Project Coordinator of this project since its inception, and has been a source of information and assistance to the Leadership Team and to Mary Ann Reilly, who developed the initial draft of the framework upon which this Preliminary Version is based. Thanks also to the Mid-Atlantic Eisenhower Consortium for Mathematics and Science Education located at Research for Better Schools for providing refreshments for those reviewing framework drafts.

That this document now exists is a tribute to a team of five people each of whom has spent hundreds of hours converting an idea into a reality:

Karen Sanderson, currently Assistant Principal, Hamilton (Atlantic County) Public Schools, who served for nearly two years as Project co-Director for the New Jersey Department of Education;

William Smith, Mathematics Supervisor, Haddonfield Public Schools, who served as Facilitator of the New Jersey Mathematics Standards Panel;

Janet Caldwell, Professor of Mathematics, Rowan College of New Jersey, and
Warren Crown, Associate Professor of Mathematics Education, Rutgers University, and
Associate Director, New Jersey Mathematics Coalition

who were principal authors of the Preliminary Version of the New Jersey Mathematics Curriculum Framework with Joseph G. Rosenstein, writing, rewriting, and weaving together the contributions of many others; and

Joseph G. Rosenstein, Professor of Mathematics, Rutgers University, and
Director, New Jersey Mathematics Coalition

who served as Project co-Director, and headed the team and managed the effort to create this document.

Congratulations and thanks to all who have participated in developing the Preliminary Version of the New Jersey Mathematics Curriculum Framework.

New Jersey Mathematics Standards Panel

Curriculum Framework Project Advisory Committee

New Jersey Mathematics Coalition

Task Force Members

District Leadership Teams (DLTs) and DLT Coordinators
New Jersey Mathematics Curriculum Framework Project

Regional Leadership Team I

	Atlantic City DLT				Ray Allen
	Mainland Regional DLT				Daniel Kortvelesy
		(including Linwood, Northfield, Somers Point)
	Ocean City DLT					Sherry Bosch
		(including Sea Isle, Upper Township)
	Stone Harbor DLT				Lynn Mathis,
							Ronald Bonner,
							Tom Cushane
		(including Middle Township, Dennis Township, Avalon)	

Regional Leadership Team II

	Haddonfield DLT					William Smith
	Bridgeton DLT					Rita Sherman
	Pitman DLT					Barbara Michalsky
	Salem City DLT					Esther Lee
		(including Quinton)
	Pittsgrove Township DLT				Carol Taylor Winkie, Jacqueline Murphy
		(inlcluding Elmer)

Regional Leadership Team III

	Florence Township DLT				Dana Paykos
	Northern Burlington County Regional DLT		Ellen Mulligan
		(including Chesterfield, Mansfield, North Hanover, Springfield)
	Trenton DLT					Mary Mitchell
	Metuchen DLT					Joseph Bulman
	South Brunswick DLT				Kaye L. Crown

Regional Leadership Team IV

	Pinelands Regional DLT				Harry Bublin
		(including Eagleswood Township, Little Egg 
		Harbor Township, Tuckerton Elementary, Bass River)
	Southern Regional DLT				Deborah Mayeux
		(including Stafford Township, Long Beach Island Township)
	Eatontown DLT					Diane Bloom
 		(including Monmouth Regional)
	Ocean Township DLT				Leona Worth
	Rumson-Fairhaven Regional DLT			Louis W. Mitchell
		(inlcuding Rumson, Fairhaven)

Regional Leadership Team V

	Midland Park High School DLT			Patricia A. Dunn, Victoria Kniewel
		(including Ho-Ho-Kus)
	East Orange DLT					Howard Walker, James Leutz
	Dover DLT					Gary Meyer
		(including Mine Hill)
	Jefferson Township DLT				Mary Ann Tierney
	Sparta Township DLT				Pat Spagnoletti, Karl Mundi

Regional Leadership Team VI

	Union City DLT					Silvia Abbato
	Washington Township DLT				Dolly Cinquino  
		(including West Morris)
	Franklin Township DLT				Jane Taglietta
	Bernardsville DLT				Louis Rodriguez
	Linden DLT					Walter Tylicki