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YearLocationDates
1999-2000Chicago, IllinoisApril 10-12, 2000Total Membership: TBAAttendance: TBA


Conference Focus:

  • Curriculum
  • Assessment
  • Professional Development
  • Equity and Access
  • Leadership Skills
  • Community Outreach: Administrators, Parents, Public
  • Technology
1998-1999San Francisco, CaliforniaApril 19-21, 1999Total Membership: 2989Attendance: 1454
Glenn Gilbert Award Recipient: F. Joe Crosswhite

Keynote Speaker: Susan Loucks-Horsley - "Professional Development Comes into Its Own" and Leo Edwards - "Mathematics LeaderSHIP Sailing Toward the Next Millennium"

Conference Focus:

  • Algebra for All
  • Assessment
  • Equity and Access
  • Leadership Skills
  • Staff Development
  • Technology
1997-1998Washington, D.C.30 March - 1 April 1998Total Membership: 2848Attendance: 1386
Glenn Gilbert Award Recipient: Robert D. Davis

Keynote Speaker: Lee Stiff-"Revolutionaries, Reformers, and Revisionists - TIPS for Special Math Educators" and John Dossey-"The NVMT (National Voluntary 8th Grade Mathematics Test) and Implications Across the Math Curriculum"

Conference Focus:

  • Equity: Not just a concept, but a set of actions that leaders must initiate
  • Algebra: Not just a course, but a set of essential K-12 experiences that leaders must implement
  • Technology: Not just a tool, but an indispensable part of all instruction that leaders must promote
  • Assessment: Not just a test, but the glue for all effective programs that leaders must create
  • Opposition to the Revolution: Not just a passing fancy, but an undeniable reality that all leaders must face
  • Leadership Skills: Not an option, but necessary tools to bring about change
1996-1997Minneapolis, Minnesota14 - 16 March 1997Total Membership: 2673Attendance: 1092
Glenn Gilbert Award Recipient: Franklin Demana and Bert Waits

Keynote Speaker: Glenda Lappan-"Keeping Reform Alive: The Challenge for Leaders" and Tim Kanold-"The Heart of Leadership: Impacting Lives in a Decade of Change!"

Conference Focus:

  • Building the Case (and Support) for Reform
  • Reforming Assessment Practices
  • Providing Effective Professional Development
  • Diversity
  • Developing and Implementing Curriculum
  • Making Algebra Work for All
  • Assuring Effective Use of Technology
1995-1996San Diego, California22 - 24 April 1996Total Membership: 2632Attendance: 1318
Glenn Gilbert Award Recipient: Marilyn Burns

Keynote Speaker: Barry Wishner-"Carpe Futurum... Seize the Future" and Dr. Ruth Cossey

Conference Focus:

  • Practical Ideas for Fostering Reform
1994-1995Boston, Massachusetts4 - 5 April 1995Total Membership: 2481Attendance: 1367
Glenn Gilbert Award Recipient: James D. Gates

Keynote Speaker: Dr. Zalman Usiskin- "The Stages of Change" and Marilyn Burns-"Making Sense - A Vision for School Mathematics"

Conference Focus:

  • Professional Development
  • Algebra for All
  • Grant Moneys
  • Assessment
1993-1994Indianapolis, Indiana11 - 13 April 1994Total Membership: 2397Attendance: ~ 1200
Glenn Gilbert Award Recipient: Zalman P. Usiskin

Keynote Speaker: Frank Demana, Paul Lawrence, Steven Dowling, and Patsy Kanter

Conference Focus:

  • Technology
  • Communication
  • Assessment
1992-1993Seattle, Washington29 - 31 March 1993Total Membership: 2561Attendance: ~ 1200
Glenn Gilbert Award Recipient: Dale Seymour

Keynote Speaker: Gene E. Hall- "Changing Mathematics Teaching: The Blood and Guts of Implementation"

Conference Focus:

  • Technology
  • The Professional Teaching Standards
  • Leadership in Mathematics Education
  • New Curricula in Mathematics
1991-1992Nashville, Tennessee31 March - 1 April 1992Total Membership: 2391Attendance: ~ 1200
Glenn Gilbert Award Recipient: Iris Carl

Keynote Speaker: Glenda Lappan- "The Decade of the Nineties: Making Reality Out of the Vision"
Featured Speakers: Charles Nelson, Francis Fennell, Wade Ellis, Jr., Steven Leinwand, and Timothy Kanold

Conference Focus:

  • Ensuring Equity and Excellence
  • The Professional Teaching Standards
  • Mathematics Leadership in an Era of Change
  • Assessment
  • Curriculum and Instruction
1990-1991New Orleans, Louisiana15- l6 April 1991Total Membership: 2236Attendance: 1205
Glenn Gilbert Award Recipient: Dorothy Strong

Keynote Speaker: John Kenelly- "We Have Started A Decade of Implementation"
Featured Speakers: Frank Demana, Howard Johnson, Mary Lindquist, Steven Leinwand, Thomas Ittelson

Conference Focus:

  • Implementing the Standards
  • The Professional Teaching Standards
  • Teacher Evaluation
  • Changing Curricula
1989-1990Salt Lake City, Utah16- 18 April 1990Total Membership: 1646Attendance: 976
Glenn Gilbert Award Recipient: Father Stanley J. Besuszka, S.J.

Keynote Speaker: J.D. Hoover- "Issues in the Assessment of Mathematics Skills: Views of A Standardized Test Author"
Featured Speakers: Thomas Romberg, Eugene Nichols, L. Carey Bolster, Carol Greenes, and Leanna Landsmann

Conference Focus:

  • Assessment on the National Level
  • Alternative Assessment
  • Technology in Instruction/Assessment
  • Integrated Curricula
  • Staff Development
1988-1989Orlando, Florida10-12 April 1989Total Membership: 1595Attendance: 1056
Glenn Gilbert Award Recipient: David R. Johnson

Keynote Speaker: Shirley Frye- "Recognizing the Challenges of the Vision"

Conference Focus:

  • Translating the Standards
  • The Supervisor's Role in Reform Efforts
  • Effecting Change
  • Curriculum Development
  • Collaboratives/Partnerships
1987-1988Chicago, Illinois4-6 April 1988Total Membership: Attendance:
Glenn Gilbert Award Recipient: Thomas E. Rowan

Keynote Speaker: Shirley Frye- "Implementing Change: Implications of the Standards for You, The Supervisor"
Featured Speakers: Paul Trafton, Glenda Lappan, Chris Hirsch, and Dale Seymour

Conference Focus:

  • NCTM Curriculum Standards
  • Effecting Change
1986-1987Anaheim, California6-8 April 1987Total Membership: 1212Attendance: 852
Glenn Gilbert Award Recipient: Albert Shulte

Keynote Speaker: John Dossey- "Professional Development Initiatives: Planning For A Changing Mathematics Curriculum"

Conference Focus:

  • Effective Supervisory Practices
  • Current Curriculum Issues
  • Instructional Strategies
  • Staff Development
  • Teacher Training/Leadership Models
  • Mathematics Collaboratives/Partnerships
  • Effective Use of Calculators/Computers/Manipulatives
  • Textbook Adoption and Evaluation
1985-1986Washington, DC31 March - 2 April 1986Total Membership: 876Attendance:
Glenn Gilbert Award Recipient: Shirley Frye

Keynote Speaker: John Dossey- "Mathematics Education: Changing the National Image"
Featured Speakers: Marvin Cetron, Shirley Hill, David Wells, Steve Krulik, and Audrey Buffington

Conference Focus:

  • Effective Teacher Training Model
  • Use of Technology
  • Collaboration
  • Curriculum Development Modes
  • Research Studies
1984-1985San Antonio, Texas15 - 17 April 1985Total Membership: 749Attendance:
Glenn Gilbert Award Recipient: Ross Taylor

Keynote Speaker: Joe Crosswhite- "NCSM New Coalitions in Support of Mathematics Education"
Joint Closing Session Speaker: Rosemary Fraser- "How Computers Can Change interaction Between Teachers and Students K-12"

Conference Focus:

  • The Supervisor's Role
  • Curriculum Reform
  • Effective Teaching Models
1983-1984San Francisco, CA23 - 25 April 1984Total Membership: 762Attendance:
Glenn Gilbert Award Recipient: Alexander Tobin

Luncheon Speaker: Brother Neal Golden
Joint Closing Session Speaker: Marilyn Burns- "The Essential for Improving the Teaching of K-8 Mathematics

Conference Focus:

  • Technology in Education
  • Problem Solving
  • Retraining/Recruitment of Teachers
  • Implementing the Agenda in Action
  • Current Programs
1982-1983Detroit, Michigan11 - 13 April 1983Total Membership: 600Attendance:
Glenn Gilbert Award Recipient: John Del Grande


Conference Focus:

  • Computer Education
  • Basic Skills
  • Gifted and Talented
  • Retraining/Recruitment of Teachers
  • Equity
1981-1982Toronto, Ontario, Canada12-14 April 1982Total Membership: 622Attendance: 450


Conference Focus:

  • Computers in Mathematics Education
  • Problem Solving
  • The Gifted
1980-1981St. Louis, Missouri20 - 22 April 1981Total Membership: Attendance: ~ 400

Luncheon Speaker: Lola May- "The Trifocal Vision of Problem Solving"

Conference Focus:

  • Problem Solving
  • Technology
  • Probability and Statistics
1979-1980Seattle, Washington14 - 16 April 1980Total Membership: Attendance: 360

Keynote Speaker: Shirley Hill- "The NCTM Math for the Eighties: A Sneak Preview"

Conference Focus:

  • Technological Developments
  • Impact of the NCSM Basic Skills Statement
  • Problem Solving
1978-1979Boston, Massachusetts18 April 1979Total Membership: 616Attendance: 354

Luncheon Speaker: George Immerzeel- "Problem Solving and the Role of Calculators"

Conference Focus:

  • State Plans for Basic Skills
  • Problem Solving
  • In-service Education
  • Competency Testing
  • Current Programs in Mathematics Education
1977-1978San Diego, California11 April 1978Total Membership: 651Attendance:

Luncheon Speaker: David Robitaille- "Decimals and Fractions - Have We Been Doing Things Backwards?"

Conference Focus:

  • Minimal Competencies
  • Basic Skills
  • In-service Education
1976-1977Cincinnati, Ohio19 April 1976Total Membership: 640Attendance:

Luncheon Speaker: Jack Forbes- "Trends and Issues in School Mathematics, Calculators, Competency and Confusion"

Conference Focus:

  • NCSM Position Statement on Basic Skills
  • Accountability
  • In-service Education
  • Future of Fractions
  • Hand-held Calculators
  • Moving to Metrics
1975-1976Atlanta, Georgia20 April 1976Total Membership: 465Attendance:

Luncheon Speaker: Robert Parent- "Publisher's View of Basic Skills'
Joint Closing Session Speaker: Alan Osborne- "Critical Variables that Contribute to Successful Inservice" Ruth Hoffman- "Tips for Punchy Inservice"

Conference Focus:

  • Directions of Governmental Agencies and Programs
  • New Programs in Mathematics Education
  • The Metric Education Act
  • Basic Mathematical Skills
1974-1975Denver, Colorado22 April 1975Total Membership: 300+Attendance: ~ 200

Luncheon Speaker: Eugene Nichols- "In the 1950's and 1960's New Curricula--Now What?"

Conference Focus:

  • Metric Awareness
  • Special Projects
  • Technology
1973-1974Atlantic City, New Jersey16 April 1974Total Membership: 295Attendance: 249

Luncheon Speaker: George Immerzeel- "Today's Alternatives"

Conference Focus:

  • The Role of Mathematics Supervisors
  • Metrication
  • Contemporary Projects in Mathematics
  • Mathematics in Alternative Schools
1972-1973Houston, Texas24 April 1973Total Membership: 295Attendance: ~ 150

Keynote Speaker: Rohert Wirtz- "Drill and Practice at the Problem Solving Level"
Luncheon Speaker: Eugene D. Nichols- "Development of Mathematical Ideas - Childhood through Adolescence"
Joint Closing Session Speaker: Jeffrey Odom- "Implications of the US Changeover to the Metric System for Education"

Conference Focus:

  • National Assessment
  • Performance Contracting
  • Behavioral Objectives
  • Metrication
1971-1972Chicago, Illinois20 April 1972Total Membership: 238Attendance: 160

Luncheon Speaker: Leslie Beatty- "Itsy Bitsies and a Coherent Whole"

Conference Focus:

  • Elementary and Secondary Curriculum
  • Programs for Gifted and Low Achievers
  • Computers in Mathematics Education
1970-1971Anaheim, California13 April 1971Total Membership: 124Attendance: 83


Conference Focus:

  • Curriculum Development
  • Individualized Instruction
  • Upgrading Teacher Competency
1969-1970Washington, DC31 March 1970Total Membership: Attendance:


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