Sec. 7.058.  RESEARCH ON MATHEMATICS SKILLS ACQUISITION AND PROGRAM EFFECTIVENESS.  From funds appropriated for the purpose, the commissioner shall award to one or more institutions that have demonstrated an ability to conduct science-based research on effective instructional strategies that improve student performance in mathematics a grant to be used to:
(1)  develop and identify research on mathematics skills acquisition and student learning in mathematics;
(2)  monitor the effectiveness of mathematics achievement academies under Section 21.4553 based on performance in mathematics by the students of teachers who have attended an academy;
(3)  examine the effect of mathematics achievement academies on the classroom performance of teachers who have attended an academy;
(4)  identify common practices used at high-performing school campuses that lead to improved student performance in mathematics; and
(5)  develop research on cognitive development in children concerning mathematics skills development.
Added by Acts 2001, 77th Leg., ch. 834, Sec. 3, eff. Sept. 1, 2001.
Amended by: 
Acts 2021, 87th Leg., R.S., Ch. 1045 (S.B. 1267), Sec. 1, eff. June 18, 2021.