“SERP field sites are structured as a set of three closely
connected, and partially overlapping, groups: The Core Group,
The Design Team, and the Research Team.” San Francisco Field
Site The SERP San Francisco field site was established in
January 2007 with financial support from The S.D. Bechtel Jr.,
Foundation and The Intel Foundation. The initial foci of the
field site were middle school mathematics and science learning
as well as the literacy and language challenges that create
barriers to accessing content in those subjects. In the four
years since its inception considerable progress has been made.
Today, the SERP collaboration is comprised of teachers,
principals, district staff, and university researchers working
actively on research and development initiatives that aim to
increase student achievement in middle school math, science, and
literacy and to develop leadership capacity within the district
structure and at school sites. Current Research Collaborations
How do math teachers unpack the range of