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<chapter xml:id="standards" xmlns:xi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XInclude">
	<title>State Standards and the Common Core</title>

    <introduction>
        <p>The learning objectives for this chapter are:
            <ul>

                <li>To understand what state standards say about the teaching of probability and statistics.</li>

                <li>To understand what the Common Core State Standards say about the teaching of probability and statistics.</li>

            </ul></p>
    </introduction>


    <section xml:id="section-standards-state">
        <title>State Standards</title>

        <p><ul>

        	<li>Mathematics Content Standards for California Public Schools <url href="http://www.cde.ca.gov/be/st/ss/documents/mathstandards.pdf" />.</li>

        	<li>Massachusetts Curriculum Framework For Mathematics <url href="http://www.doe.mass.edu/frameworks/math/0311.pdf" />.</li>

        	<li>Texas Essential Knowledge and Skills for Mathematics <url href="http://ritter.tea.state.tx.us/rules/tac/chapter111/index.html" />.</li>

        </ul></p>

    </section>

    <section xml:id="section-standards-common-core">
        <title>The Common Core State Standards</title>

        <p>The Common Core State Standards for probability and statistics can be found at <url href="http://www.corestandards.org/Math/Content/SP/" />.</p>

        <exercise>
			<statement>
				<p>Compare the Common Core State Standards for probability and statistics to the state standards for a state of your choosing.</p>
			</statement>
		</exercise>

    </section>



</chapter>