Curriculum Connections/Mis-Connections with College Readiness Standards

Curriculum Connections/Mis-Connections with College Readiness Standards

NOTE: Please review the list from your school or college and indicate, for each item noted in column 1, if you believe it’s listed because it’s addressed fully elsewhere in the math curriculum (and if so, where). It’s reasonable that the particular course in question might not address areas or issues presumed to be covered and addressed previously in the curriculum, so I just want to make sure we clarify the difference.

College or School Curriculum / 1. Areas of College Readiness Standards or Grade 11/12 GLEs not Addressed in our Math Curriculum through Algebra 2 (or IM 3) / 2. Areas Addressed in our Math Curriculum in or through Algebra 2 (or IM 3) not Addressed in College Readiness Standards or 11/12 GLEs
Community Colleges of Spokane / Real-world problem-solving focus (3)[1]
Modeling geometrically (5)
Probability/statistics (6) / Absolute value inequalities
Rational/quadratic inequalities (SFCC)[2]
Function composition & inverse (SFCC)
Completing the square
Logarithms/exponential equations (SFCC)
EWU / Piecewise functions—other than absolute values (8.4)
Exponential functions (8.4)
Geometry—other than Pythagorean Theorem (5)
Probability & statistics (6) / Complex numbers
Solving quadratic inequalities algebraically
Operations with polynomial/polynomial
Core Plus / Vectors(GLE 3.2)[3]
3-D coordinate systems (GLE, 3.3)
Depth in algebra area—e.g., solving radicals, simplifying expressions, etc. (7) / Lots of recursion—finite & discrete math
Parent functions & manipulations (stretch, translation, …)
Trig functions—sine & cosine
Linear algebra
Graph theory—Euler & Hamilton circuits
Statistics—standard deviations, z-scores, out of control and false alarm probabilities
Traditional Algebra/Geometry sequence / Residuals (GLE 4.5)
Correlation (GLE 4.5?)[4]
Nonlinear regression (GLE 4.5)
Vectors (GLE 3.2)
3-D coordinate graphing (GLE 3.3)
Cross-sections (GLE 3.1)
Counting techniques (6.1)
Piecewise functions (8.4) / Polynomial division
Factoring
Linear programming
Cramer’s Rule
Measures of central tendency & variation
Integrated (District 81)[5] / Operations with rational exponents
Solving absolute value equations / Unit circle
Trig, logarithmic, logistic, & inverse functions
Formal proofs
Circle geometry
Technology use—graphing calculator, computer[6]

Areas of College Readiness Standards with General Consensus of Support/Agreement across Represented Schools/Colleges in Spokane Consortium:

Standards 1-3; 4 (4.2: at what level?; 4.3: possibly neglected); 7 (7.1: simplify vs. solve, equation vs. expression; 7.2 w/o rational exponents); 8 (8.2: table to graph; 8.4: no piecewise)

[1] Number in parentheses is CR standard and/or component referenced, unless “GLE” is specified.

[2]Spokane Falls CC only, not Spokane CC

[3] “GLE” means item is referenced in 11/12 GLEs only—note that GLE numbers do not correspond to CRS numbers

[4] Items in red need clarification/confirmation from group

[5] 3 schools in district do not all follow the same exact curriculum for the 3rd year of sequence.

[6] Not explicitly addressed in version of standards reviewed—will be addressed by separate statement in preface.