Content Standards for School Mathematics

Algebra Standard:  Instructional programs from pre-kindergarten through grade 12 should enable all students to

• Understand patterns, relationships, and functions;
• Represent and analyze mathematical situations and structures using algebraic symbols;
• Use mathematical models to represent and understand quantitative relationships;
• Analyze change in various contexts.

Geometry Standard:  Instructional programs from pre-kindergarten through grade 12 should enable all students to

• Analyze characteristics and properties of two- and three-dimensional geometric shapes and develop mathematical arguments about geometric relationships;
• Specify locations and describe spatial relationships using coordinate geometry and other representational systems;
• Apply transformations and use symmetry to analyze mathematical situations;
• Use visualization, spatial reasoning, and geometric modeling to solve problems.

Measurement Standard:  Instructional programs from pre-kindergarten through grade 12 should enable all students to

• Understand measurable attributes of objects and the units, systems, and processes of measurement;
• Apply appropriate techniques, tools, and formulas to describe measurements.

Data Analysis and Probability Standard:  Instructional programs from pre-kindergarten through grade 12 should enable all students to

• Formulate questions that can be addressed with data and collect, organize, and display relevant data to answer them;
• Select and use appropriate statistical methods to analyze data;
• Develop and evaluate inferences and predictions that are based on data;
• Understand and apply basic concepts of probability.