Common Core State Standards
Common Core State Standards for education are challenging standards that have been developed and adopted throughout most of the nation. These standards define the knowledge and skills students should have to succeed in college and in the workforce. They also make it easier for teachers, students, and their families to access different resources and information for any particular math topic.
Click here for lists of Common Core math standards by grade, or here for the Oregon Department of Education's document on Common Core State Standards for eighth grade math. They are complicated! The Mathematical Practice Standards (described further here) are about ways we want all students to learn to approach mathematics, solve problems, and analyze and communicate their results. The Mathematical Content Standards for eighth grade focus on geometry (transformations, congruence and similarity, the Pythagorean Theorem, and volumes of three-dimensional solids), algebra (analyzing, representing, graphing, and solving linear equations and pairs of simultaneous linear equations, and using functions to model proportional relationships), statistics (modeling relationships between two quantitative variables with scatter plots and other models), and rational and irrational numbers, radical and integer exponents, and scientific notation.
Click here for lists of Common Core math standards by grade, or here for the Oregon Department of Education's document on Common Core State Standards for eighth grade math. They are complicated! The Mathematical Practice Standards (described further here) are about ways we want all students to learn to approach mathematics, solve problems, and analyze and communicate their results. The Mathematical Content Standards for eighth grade focus on geometry (transformations, congruence and similarity, the Pythagorean Theorem, and volumes of three-dimensional solids), algebra (analyzing, representing, graphing, and solving linear equations and pairs of simultaneous linear equations, and using functions to model proportional relationships), statistics (modeling relationships between two quantitative variables with scatter plots and other models), and rational and irrational numbers, radical and integer exponents, and scientific notation.