Office of Curriculum, Technology, & Assessment

The State Department of Education (DOE) provides support and professional development opportunities to teachers of K-12 mathematics throughout the state.

The South Dakota Mathematics Standards and Performance Descriptors revision was accomplished by a committee of approximately 50 K-16 educators. This document was approved by the South Dakota Board of Education in May, 2004.

To support implementation of these revised standards, a professional development course has been developed. This course is based on the new mathematics standards and the process standards established by the National Council of Teachers of Mathematics (NCTM) in its Principles and Standards document.

Other projects to support mathematics education that are in progress include

• field testing of performance tasks, and
• first year trials of course assessments for core high school math subjects.

Both the tasks and course assessments have also been aligned to the revised standards.

Professional Organizations

• National Council of Teachers of Mathematics (teacher-oriented)
• South Dakota Council of Teachers of Mathematics (local interest)
• Mathematical Association of America
• Center for Statistics Education (K – 12)

Resources

• Eisenhower National Clearinghouse for Mathematics and Science Education
• A leading center for mathematics and mathematics education
• Provides Standards-based resources for classroom use
• NSF funded curriculum support and information
• Non-profit education research and development in math, science and technology
• Source for media and telecommunications resources for professional development