MetaMetrics^® is proud to be an "Endorsing Partner" of the Common Core State Standards Initiative. This historic endeavor has established a clear set of K-12 standards that will enable all students to become increasingly more proficient in understanding and utilizing mathematics—with steady advancement to college and career readiness by high school graduation. To date, 25 states have adopted the Standards, including Kentucky, North Carolina, West Virginia, Illinois, Oklahoma, Wyoming and Georgia.

The Mathematics Standards stress both procedural skill and conceptual understanding to prepare students for the challenges of their postsecondary pursuits, not just to pass a test. They lay the groundwork for K-5 students to learn about whole numbers, addition, subtraction, multiplication, division, fractions and decimals, all of which are required to learn more challenging concepts and procedures. The middle school standards provide logical preparation for high school mathematics. The high school standards then assemble the skills taught in the earlier grades to challenge students to apply mathematics to real-world situations, using mathematical thinking and innovative problem-solving methods. Students who master the prescribed mathematical skills and concepts through seventh grade will be well prepared for Algebra in eighth grade.

The Mathematics Standards outline eight practices that each student should develop in the early grades and then master as they progress through middle and high school:

1. Make sense of problems and persevere in solving
2. Reason abstractly and quantitatively
3. Construct viable arguments and critique the reasoning of others
4. Model with mathematics
5. Use appropriate tools strategically
6. Attend to precision
7. Look for and make use of structure
8. Look for and express regularity in repeated reasoning

The Quantile^® Framework for Mathematics is now aligned with the Mathematics Standards. The Quantile Framework places the mathematics curriculum, teaching materials and students on a common, developmental scale, enabling educators to match students with instructional materials by readiness level, forecast their understanding and monitor their progress.

We encourage you to visit the links below to learn how Quantile measures support the Standards and how you can use them to help ensure college and career readiness.

• State Consortia
• Departments of Education
• Educators
• Test Publishers
• Resource Publishers

For more information about the instructional implications of the Quantile Framework and the Mathematics Standards, please contact Quantile Professional Development at 1-888-539-4537 or profdev@Quantiles.com.

Please contact us at webinfo@Quantiles.com or 1-888-539-4537 with questions.

Click here to learn how Lexile^® measures support the Common Core Standards’ goal of preparing students for the text demands of college and careers.