New Insights & Their Implications

I learned so much from today's discussion on how state standards and NCTM standards differ and how they are the same. I learned many things about state standards that I never seen or thought of before. I also found it very interesting to compare our country's fourth and eighth grade testing scores with other countries. That was a great eye opener to me to see that children aren't being taught what/how they should be. Knowing and understanding how to fix our troubled areas so that we are setting higher expectations for students is the begining of how to fix our systems.