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Revised SD mathematics standards available for
public review and comment
Practicing educators, as well as parents,
board members, and students are invited to log on to the department’s website
and provide feedback on the newly-revised mathematics content standards. The
revised set of standards that was presented to the Board of Education during
its March meeting is now posted online for broad public review and comment.
The revisions were completed in accordance
with the SD Board of Education’s four-year plan for review and revision of its
content standards in core curriculum areas; a committee of K-16 educators has
been conducting a thorough review of the mathematics content standards the
past 12 months.
Goal of the revisions is to insure that what
SD students learn each day in school represents the nation’s best practices
and current research on what students need to know and be able to do to be
prepared for their future, and to set it forth in a logical, sequential
structure that will facilitate both the teaching and learning of mathematics.
Other documents that influenced the revisions
made by the committee are the No Child Left Behind Act,
classroom experience with the existing South Dakota content standards,
published standards from other states, the National Council of Teachers of
Mathematics (NCTM) standards, the National Assessment of Educational Progress
(NAEP) frameworks and descriptors, numerous professional publications, and
lengthy discussions by experienced K-16 South Dakota teachers and instructors.
The SD K-12 Mathematics Standards
provide a listing of essential, core content to be taught and learned, and are
designed to guide the planning of instruction and to anchor the assessment of
learning from kindergarten through twelfth grade. The content students need to
acquire at each grade level is stated explicitly in the document. Mastery of
the specified content will position South Dakota students to compete with
students in the top educational systems in other states and nations.
The members of the Mathematics Standards
Review Committee invite all South Dakotans, especially practicing education
professionals, to review the revised standards, performance descriptors and
supporting information contained with the mathematics standards document. To
view the official invitation for public review, download the standards, and
submit your comments using the online feedback form, please visit
http://www.state.sd.us/deca/OCTA/contentstandards/
math/index.htm .
The deadline for public comment on the
mathematics standards is April 19.
Comments are welcome from educators, students,
parents, community members and business leaders. Please share this
information with teachers and administrators in your schools as well as the
other members of your district's learning community.
Questions can be directed
to Dr. Tammy Bauck, director, Office of Curriculum, Technology, & Assessment,
South Dakota Department of Education, 700 Governors Drive, Pierre
57501, phone 605/773-6118, Fax 605/773-3782, email
tammy.bauck@state.sd.us . |
