The Department of Education is taking public comment on proposed revisions to the K-12 Mathematics and Health Education curriculum standards. The Board of Education Standards will hold the first public hearings on the standards at the Aberdeen Ramkota on Wednesday, October 15, at 9:00 a.m. Central and at the Sioux Falls Ramkota on Monday, November 10, at 9:00 a.m. Central. The board is also taking public comment via online survey for the health ed and math standards.
The Standards Revision Committee appears to have consisted of 18 practicing South Dakota educators and an intern:
But the Department of Education indicates that these educators didn’t write the standards themselves; they got to “review and provide feedback on the draft standards” created by the Department and guided by an unnamed Math Advisory Group:
Following the revision of the South Dakota English Language Arts standards—where one of the key priorities was alignment to the Science of Reading—the Department of Education recognized the importance of establishing a clear direction for mathematics instruction as well. Unlike ELA, mathematics lacked a similarly unified framework to guide instructional alignment. This recognition led to the decision to convene a statewide Math Advisory group to help determine the direction of math education and standards in South Dakota. This group included K–12 educators and administrators from districts across the state, as well as representatives from higher education educator preparation programs…