Mathematics K–12 Learning Standards
K-12 Mathematics
Arlene Crum
Director of Secondary Mathematics360-789-7143
Laura Grant
Associate Director of Elementary Mathematics360-742-4735
Washington state formally adopted the Mathematics and English Language Arts K–12 Learning Standards. These standards describe what students should know and be able to do at each grade level.
Assessments for these standards began in the 2014–15 school year.
Resources
- Elementary, Middle, and High School Guidance
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- WA Assessment System – Guidance on the clusters that should be a major focus, an additional/supporting focus, and how the math practices are applied across the content of the standards.
- Catalyzing Change - National Council of Teachers of Mathematics (NCTM) - resources to identify mathematical content for focus in elementary, middle, and high school.
- Focus by Grade Level (K–8) – Achieve the Core – a collection of documents detailing the mathematical content emphasized in the standards by grade level. These can be used as guides to inform instructional decisions regarding time and other resources.
- Progression Documents
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The standards were built on progressions: narrative documents describing the progression of learning across a number of grade levels and within a given grade.
Developed by the University of Arizona, the Progression Documents for Common Core Math Standards are narrative documents describing the progression of a topic across a number of grade levels, informed both by research on children's cognitive development and by the logical structure of mathematics.
- Standards for Mathematical Practice
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The Standards for Mathematical Practice describe the mathematical “habits of mind” that mathematics educators at all levels should seek to develop in their students.
- Implementing the Mathematical Practice Standards – Educational Development Center
- Implementing the Mathematical Practice Standards/Videos – Inside Mathematics
- K–5 Elaborations of the Practice Standards – Illustrative Mathematics
- 6–8 Elaborations of the Practice Standards – Illustrative Mathematics