Who, What, Where, When, Why
Does anyone really truly understand the “Math Standards?” I
know myself, like many other parents do not fully understand these standards. Straight
from the Minnesota Department of Educations handbook on math standards I would
like to share the opening paragraph:
“The Minnesota
Academic Standards in Mathematics set the expectations for achievement in
mathematics for K-12 students in Minnesota. This document is grounded in the
belief that all students can and should be mathematically proficient. All
students should learn important mathematical concepts, skills, and
relationships with understanding. The standards and benchmarks presented here
describe a connected body of mathematical knowledge that is acquired through
the processes of problem solving, reasoning and proof, communication,
connections, and
representation. The standards are placed at the grade level where mastery is
expected with the recognition that intentional experiences at earlier grades
are required to facilitate learning and mastery for other grade levels.”
For the next 44 pages one
can see all four categories that students are assessed on, by grade level: Numbers
and Operations, Algebra, Geometry and Measurement, and Data Analysis and Probability.
To help parents better understand the handbook, you can visit the Minnesota
Association of School Administrators (MASA) website, or click this link, http://www.mnasa.org/cms/lib6/MN07001305/Centricity/Domain/76/acceleration_delaney.pdf, to get all your questions
answered. There is also a website for teachers to help them translate the
standards into their own classrooms, http://scimathmn.org/stemtc/
After looking around the
net, I discovered many websites out there designed to help students reach
important benchmarks associated with the standards, and help them prepare. Here
are the two best website I found:
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