The document discusses a study that examined the math performance of 9th and 10th grade girls in either a female-only math class or a co-ed class. The study found that contrary to expectations, the girls performed the same in both environments. It also discusses the development of a self-assessment tool for teachers to evaluate their implementation of standards-based math teaching, finding it to be reliable and consistent compared to more sophisticated evaluation systems.

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