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A report issued on March 13 by The National Mathematics Advisory Panel contains 45 findings and recommendations on instructional practices, materials, professional development, and assessments. The report says that debates over the relative importance of conceptual understanding, computational and procedural fluency, and problem solving skills are misguided, because the skills are equally important. It also says that knowledge of fractions is the most important foundational skill not developed among American students, and that more students must be offered an authentic algebra course in eighth grade.