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The Second International Mathematics Study, begun in 1976, was conducted in the schools of twenty education systems under the sponsorship of the International Association for the Evaluation of Educational Achievement (IEA). This is the first of three international reports, each of which focuses on a major component of the study. This report, Volume 1, describes the main findings from a comprehensive survey and analysis of mathematics curricula in the participating systems. It provides an overview of the study and details its background.