2002-02-26 Well, even if half of the states would require it, it would be better than none. At least then a portion of the students would be metric literate as oppose to virtually none now.
John ----- Original Message ----- From: "Gene Mechtly" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "kilopascal" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Cc: "U.S. Metric Association" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Tuesday, 2002-02-26 16:46 Subject: Re: [USMA:18396] Teaching Units of Measurement (fwd) > On Sun, 24 Feb 2002, kilopascal wrote: > > ... > > Do you think Sandy would be able to promote the concept of CMS or CAMS > > certification to the NCTM?... > > Certification of teachers is done independently by each State, as a matter > of law, not by the NCTM. > > However, if the directors of the NCTM are persuaded by Sandy or by any > other person(s) that "NCTM certification" of teachers' knowledge of SI > is desirable, the NCTM would probably rely on its own members to write > criteria or examinations for "NCTM certification", hopefully, based on > the Federal Register Notice of 1998 and on NIST SP 330, 2001. > > Required "NCTM certification" by as many of the fifty States as possible > would be additional hurdles. > > Note that some States do not even accept all the NCWM "Uniform Laws and > Regulations" on Packaging and Labeling, which certainly have greater legal > standing nationally than teacher certifications. > > Gene. >
