Connecticut Core Mathematics Standards align with the National Common Core Standards. For specific grade level information regarding the standards at each grade level, see the state’s website – a link is provided.
Common Core Mathematics Standards
K-12 Standards for Mathematical Practice
- Make sense of problems and persevere in solving them.
- Reason abstractly and quantitatively.
- Construct viable arguments and critique the reasoning of others.
- Model with mathematics.
- Use appropriate tools strategically.
- Attend to precision.
- Look for and make use of structure.
- Look for and express regularity in repeated reasoning.
Standards for Mathematical Content include both concepts (what students need to understand) and skills (what students need to know and be able to do). These Standards aim for clarity and specificity. K-8 grade-by-grade standards are organized by domain and 9-12 high school band standards are organized by conceptual categories.
K-5 Domains
- CC = Counting and Cardinality
- OA = Operations and Algebraic Thinking
- NBT = Number Operations in Base Ten
- NF = Number and Operations – Fractions
- MD = Measurement and Data
- G = Geometry
6-8 Domains
- RP = Ratios and Proportional Relationships
- NS = The Number system
- EE = Expressions and Equations
- F = Functions
- G = Geometry
- SP = Statistics and Probability