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Common Core Guide: Mathematics

Click below for the Common Core State Standards Guides in pdf format provided by the California Department of Education:
 
During the 2014-15 academic year, when California moves from the current California Standards Test (CST) to a standardized assessment (developed by the Smarter Balanced Assessment Consortium) we will be ready and aligned with CCSS to more fully assess student learning.
 
CCSS – Mathematics
CCSS- Mathematics/En Español
 
The CCSS are consistent with the goal that all students succeed in Algebra 1. Students who master the content and skills through grade seven will be well-prepared for algebra in grade eight. Recognizing that all students must continue their study of mathematics, the CCSS moves students forward with grade eight standards that prepare them for higher math, including Algebra 1. The high school standards identify the mathematics that all students should study to be college and career ready. The standards are organized by conceptual categories: number and quantity, algebra, functions, modeling, geometry, and statistics and probability. In addition, the CCSS include standards for Algebra 1, Calculus, and Advanced Placement Probability and Statistics.

As a result, the Common Core Math Standards include two types of standards:

The new math standards were developed in context of how students’ mathematical knowledge, skill, and understanding develop over time. The standards offer a more in-depth and rigorous approach to learning math – emphasizing critical thinking, problem solving, and mathematical practices.

Mathematics standards for kindergarten through grade eight are organized by domain. Students in kindergarten through grade five are expected to achieve mastery in whole numbers arithmetic (addition, subtraction, multiplication, and division) and to develop a strong conceptual understanding and procedural skill with fractions– critical foundations for the learning of algebra. The standards for grades six and seven extend work with fractions and develop concepts such as rational numbers and proportional relationships.

Across grade levels and content areas, the CCSS are designed to balance the development of conceptual understandings with the acquisition of procedural skills. Students are expected to apply mathematical ways of thinking to real world issues and challenges, to construct sound mathematical arguments, and to be precise in their mathematical communications.

One way that teachers can know if a student has met the standard, at any grade, is in measuring a student’s ability to know why a particular math statement is true or where a math rule comes from.

Practice: How students are able to apply and extend math principles (procedure), and

Content: What students know about math (understanding).