Plane Geometry - Bruce E. Shapiro

Section 2NCTM MathRecommendationsThe National Council of Teachers ofMathematics (http://www.nctm.org)is the world’s largest mathematicseducation organization, with almost100,000 members. They have publishedseveral highly influential – andat times, controversial – standards overthe past several years. The first setof curriculum standards was released in1989; professional standards for teachersin 1991; and assessment standardsin 1995. A more focused set of contentstandards was released in their 2000 report.1 Although California was one ofthe first states to adopt much of theoriginal 1989 standards, they remaincontroversial, even in our own university.The 2000 report listed four goals of its study:1. To set forth a comprehensive set of goals for students at all levels(PK-12);2. To serve as a resource for educators and policy makers;1 Principles and Standards for School Mathematics, NCTM, 2000, ISBN 0873534808.5