Standards, Assessment, and Instruction

• • Eight Mathematical Practice Standards (identical for each grade level); and

  • Mathematical Content Standards (different at each grade level). 

Together these standards address both “habits of mind” that students should develop to foster mathematical understanding and expertise and skills and knowledge—what students need to know and be able to do. 

The mathematical content standards were built on progressions of topics across grade levels, informed by both research on children’s cognitive development and by the logical structure of mathematics.

Students should spend the large majority of their time on the major work of the grade (🟩)*. These documents from "Achieve the Core" show what is the the Major Work for each grade. Emphases are given at the cluster level. 

Major Math Work (shown above) are aligned to the Priority Clusters assessed on CAASPP (see below)

These claims are what is reported back to schools and families from CAASPP. The overall score is based on the performance for these claims.

IM Certified® math curricula have earned EdReports’ highest ratings across all three review gateways: focus and coherence; rigor and mathematical practices; and usability. EdReports is a highly regarded independent nonprofit that reviews K–12 curricula for standards alignment and quality. Download the full analysis IM K–5 Math and IM 6-8 Math.