{"id":1071,"date":"2021-04-06T13:12:01","date_gmt":"2021-04-06T13:12:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.terc.edu\/adultnumeracycenter\/?page_id=1071"},"modified":"2026-06-02T07:32:31","modified_gmt":"2026-06-02T07:32:31","slug":"history-of-anc","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.terc.edu\/adultnumeracycenter\/what-we-do\/history-of-anc\/","title":{"rendered":"History of ANC"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

For nearly 30 years, the Adult Numeracy Center at AV巴士 has been providing support to the facilitators and learners in the adult math community. Here are some of our highlights!<\/p>\n\n\n\t\t\t\r\n\t\t\t

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2024<\/span><\/div><\/div>
January 1<\/div><\/div>
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Adult Numeracy Institutes<\/a><\/div>
\"Adult<\/a><\/div>

AV巴士 begins offering Adult Numeracy Institutes, the precursor series to (AR)2<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div>

2021<\/span><\/div><\/div>
January 1<\/div><\/div>
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BeCALM<\/a><\/div>
\"BeCalm<\/a><\/div>

The Beginning Curriculum for Adults Learning Math debuts.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div>

2020<\/span><\/div><\/div>
September 1<\/div><\/div>
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Happy Birthday!<\/a><\/div>
\"ANC<\/a><\/div>

The Adult Numeracy Center celebrates 20 years!<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div>

2017<\/span><\/div><\/div>
March 9<\/div><\/div>
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CAM \/ CALM<\/a><\/div>
\"CALM<\/a><\/div>

Development of Curriculum for Accelerated Math (CAM) for pre-ASE and ASE-level learners and offshoot Curriculum for Adults Learning Math (CALM) for ABE through ASE-level learners.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div>

2015<\/span><\/div><\/div>
April 2<\/div><\/div>
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Adults Reaching Algebra Readiness<\/a><\/div>
\"Adults<\/a><\/div>

ANC develops and facilitates\u00a0Adults Reaching Algebra Readiness (AR)2 workshops.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div>

2014<\/span><\/div><\/div>
March 9<\/div><\/div>
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SABES<\/a><\/div>
\"SABES\"<\/a><\/div>

Massachusetts Department of Elementary and Secondary Education awards the ANC contract to manage the SABES Mathematics and Adult Numeracy Curriculum & Instruction PD Center.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div>

2012<\/span><\/div><\/div>
March 9<\/div><\/div>
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EMPower Plus<\/a><\/div>
\"Benchmarks<\/a><\/div>

EMPower Plus titles are developed and piloted with support from New York City teachers.\u00a0<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div>

2008<\/span><\/div><\/div>
March 20<\/div><\/div>
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Adult Numeracy Instruction<\/a><\/div>
\"TIAN<\/a><\/div>

ANC develops\u00a0and implements\u00a0the Adult Numeracy Instruction (ANI) national initiative in collaboration with MPR and CLS.\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div>

January 17<\/div><\/div>
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ANC develops Statistics for Action materials<\/a><\/div>
\"ANC<\/a><\/div>

Math education meets environmental organizing.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div>

2006<\/span><\/div><\/div>
March 1<\/div><\/div>
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TIAN Initiative<\/a><\/div>
\"TIAN<\/a><\/div>

The National Science Foundation (NSF) awards funding to the ANC to disseminate EMPower through Teachers Investigating Adult Numeracy (TIAN) initiative.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div>

2000<\/span><\/div><\/div>
March 1<\/div><\/div>
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The Adult Numeracy Center established at AV巴士 by Mary Jane Schmitt<\/a><\/div>
\"Mary<\/a><\/div><\/div><\/div>
March 1<\/div><\/div>
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New Adult Math Curriculum<\/a><\/div>
\"empower<\/a><\/div>

The National Science Foundation (NSF) awards funding to the Adult Numeracy Center at AV巴士 to create EMPower.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div>\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\r\n\t\t\t\t\t

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