Standards, Standards Everywhere

First of all I made the mistake of printing off all three standards so that I could do a side-by-side comparison. Even with printing out only my assigned standards, I still had over thirty pieces of paper to compare. This made things a little confusing! The first thing I noticed was that the NCTM standards had a “data analysis and probability “ standard, the Common Core (CC) had a “statistics and probability” standard and the CMP also had a “data analysis and probability “ standard. This meant that none of the CMP and NCTM standards directly aligned with the CC standards. The second thing I noticed was that the NCTM had standards that covered several grades (3-5, 6-8, and 9-12) while the CC had separate standards for each grade level 6th, 7th, and 8th and then a high school standard. Meanwhile the CMP listed the standards and then wrote the grade level beside the standard (6th, 7th, or 8th or a combination of the three). The way these standards were set up made it confusing ad near impossible to compare. In the end I did find similarities amongst the standards, but I could not find two standards from different organizations that completely matched up. As a new teacher, I'm not sure how I'd create a lesson plan that completely conforms to all three standards.