NCTM Standards
Go to the National Council of Teachers of Mathematics website to explore the NCTM Principles and Standards for School Mathematics, Focal Points and other resources. Minnesota's Mathematics Standards rely heavily on these resources.
Go to the National Council of Teachers of Mathematics website to explore the NCTM Principles and Standards for School Mathematics, Focal Points and other resources. Minnesota's Mathematics Standards rely heavily on these resources.
Go to the American Association for the Advancement of Science website to explore the Atlas of Science Literacy and other resources. Minnesota's Science and Engineering Standards rely heavily on these resources.
Go to the NGA website to view and download the Common Core Standards for Mathematics. Many states have adopted these standards. Common Core standards for science have not been developed yet.
The 2009 Minnesota Academic Standards in Science are required for all Minnesota K-12 public schools (including charter schools), and are the focus of the Minnesota Comprehensive Assessments (MCA II).
The 2019 Minnesota Academic Standards in Science are intended to be fully implemented by the 2024-25 school year. They will be the basis for the MCA IV beginning in spring of 2025. They are available at the MDE Science webpage.
The 2007 Minnesota Academic Standards in Mathematics are required for all Minnesota K-12 public schools (including charter schools), and are the focus of the Minnesota Comprehensive Assessments (MCA III) as well as the Graduation Required Assessment for Diploma (GRAD) in mathematics. There are many different forms of the standards as well as the Test Specifications that can be downloaded and used in schools and districts.
The study of Language Arts teaches students how to effectively communicate and to use related knowledge and contexts to synthesize information into meaningful messages. The 2010 Minnesota K-12 Academic Standards - English Language Arts use the Common Core State Standards for English Language Arts and Literacy in History/Social Studies, Science and Technical Subjects as a base. Additional standards were added to address state statutory requirements and best practices.
New "national" standards are being written to serve as models for state science standards. The Minnesota science standards were revised in 2009 and by statute they are scheduled for the next revision in 2017-2018. However, Minnesota is very interested in these Next Generation Science Standards (NGSS) and is serving as a lead state in there development.
This linked page contains resources and events related to Minnesota's role in the Next Generation Science Standards.
The presentation materials for Framework and NGSS events are included.
These documents provide support for Minnesota Science Standards
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