The Aiken County Mathematics Alignment Project (ACMAP) is an innovative partnership among the University of South Carolina Aiken, Aiken Technical College, and the Aiken County School District. The project goals are to attain mathematics competencies at the middle school, high school, and freshman college entry levels that ensure progressive student transitions from one level to the next; and, to explore common aspects of best practices for acceleration of student learning in mathematics. Funding for the initiative is provided by the co-sponsoring partner institutions and the school district including a grant this year from Honeywell and Savannah River Remediation provided through Public Education Partners.

Since its inception in 2008, the ACMAP has brought together mathematics education faculty from both campuses and local mathematics teachers to examine student achievement data and the scope and sequence of high school mathematics in relationship to entry-level college mathematics courses. On-going sessions are planned and provided during the school year by the ACMAP Committee, which includes a teacher representative from each of the seven high schools, two middle schools, district administrators, and higher education faculty.

As a part of the ACMAP, 25 Aiken County middle and high school mathematics teachers will participate in a five-day Summer Algebra Institute. The Institute, which began on Saturday, May 14, is scheduled for June 6 -9th from 8:30 a.m. - 3:30 p.m in USC Aiken’s B&E Building, Room 138. Instruction and modeling of effective methodologies will be provided by faculty members of the partnering institutions, leading statewide consultants in the area of mathematics, local classroom teachers, and the staff of the CSRA Regional S2MART Center located at the Ruth Patrick Science Education Center.