New York State Math Curriculum Changes

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New York State Math Curriculum Changes
Andy Irvin High School Principal Todd Mensch
Math Department Chair Bob OMalley Director of
Guidance Julia Sniffen Middle School Coordinator
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Current Program

• Both Math A and Math B are two year courses.
• Students can start Math A in 7th grade if they
  are on an accelerated track.
• All other students start Math A in 9th grade.
  They have the option of continuing through Math
  B.

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New Program

• All math classes are taught over one school year.
• Sequence can start in 8th or 9th grade.
• Sequence is
• Integrated Algebra
• Geometry
• Algebra II/Trigonometry

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What do the changes mean?Middle School

• Traditional track would stay the same in grades
  6,7, and 8.
• Accelerated track would change

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What do the changes mean?High SchoolGraduation
Requirements for Regents Diploma
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What do the changes mean?High SchoolRegents
Diploma with Advanced Designation
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What do the changes mean?High School
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Integrated Algebra

• There are 43 algebra performance indicators
  (grades 5-8) that have to be mastered prior to
  moving into Integrated Algebra.
• An eighth grade student, accelerated into
  Integrated Algebra, has to master all 32 of the
  47 performance Indicators from the grade 8
  curriculum prior to March.
• Mastery of all 89 performance indicators of the
  Integrated Algebra curriculum prior to the June
  Regents.

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Geometry

• There are 56 geometry performance indicators in
  grades 5 8 and 10 in Integrated Algebra
• Geometry has 74 performance indicators all
  identified as geometry

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Algebra II Trigonometry

• There are 105 performance indicators in this
  course. Seventy seven are algebra and sixteen
  are probability and statistics. Probability and
  statistics was last taught in the Integrated
  Algebra course.

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Calendar of Changes Regents
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Number of Performance Indicators
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Number of Performance Indicators