National Curriculum Development.

The article reports on the release of the National Mathematics Curriculum Framing Paper on February 28, 2009 in Australia. A contextual summary of the framing paper is presented. It says that the key element of national curriculum reforms to improve academic performance is the framing papers, which call for implementation and determination of teachers' and students' needs. Professor Peter Sullivan says that access to all mathematics until Year 9 is the key to success.