Category Archives: Illustrative Mathematics

We are making some changes to the Illustrative Mathematics website: soon people who register at the site will be able to vote on which tasks they like, to comment on tasks, and to submit tasks directly to the website instead … Continue reading →

For our fourth round of our Standards Task Writing Contest, we are going to do something a little different. Our theme focuses on the development of geometric measurement and it’s applications K-12, and rather than asking for tasks related to … Continue reading →

We would like to announce the third round of our Standards Task Writing Contest beginning Tuesday, January 17th, 2012. We’ve decided that one week is not enough time, so the deadline is in two weeks. Our theme this week focuses … Continue reading →

Thanks to everyone who took time to submit tasks to our last contest! We would like to announce the second round of our Standards Task Writing Contest beginning Monday, January 2nd, 2012. We have two themes this week; the first … Continue reading →

At the Illustrative Mathematics Project, we have been planning to invite people to submit tasks for a “standard of the week.” We decided to make it a bit more interesting, and would like to announce the first round of our … Continue reading →

It’s a long time since I posted something, but today I have some exciting news. Some of you may have noticed that about a week ago the Illustrative Mathematics Project went live with the next version of its website (illustrativemathematics.org). … Continue reading →

I’m pleased to announce the launch of illustrativemathematics.org, site of Illustrative Mathematics. It provides a flexible display of the standards, with the hierarchy expanding or collapsing at a click, and the K–8 standards viewable both by grade level and by … Continue reading →

Illustrative Mathematics had its advisory board meeting a couple of weeks ago at the Institute for Mathematics & Education at the University of Arizona. The board includes representatives from the national mathematics and teacher organizations, from state departments of education, and … Continue reading →

As part of our work with Illustrative Mathematics we have put the standards into TeX format in a database. A byproduct of this is a hyperlinked version of the Standards. You can navigate grade levels by clicking links on the … Continue reading →