Standards, Standards Everywhere

So…the biggest thing that I noticed that divided the three was that the NCTM standards have the middle grades grouped into 6-8 whereas the CCS and the CMP both have them lined out as individual goals for grades 6, 7 and 8. I did notice that the CCS have very focused standards for Geometry in each of the grades. For example, in the 6^th grade, students are to be able to, “Solve real-world and mathematical problems involving area, surface area, and volume.” After which there are more focused standards. The CMP also has individualized standards for each grade. For the geometry strand, they outline each individual piece of information that a student should learn. What I liked about the NCTM standards however, was that there were overarching concepts in geometry that were to be applied to all students with individual goals for grade groups. This created a major goal that could be built upon throughout the k-12 education pathway.