AFNR Standards - National FFA Organization

APPENDIXNational Academic Content StandardsAligned to AFNR StandardsNational academic standards for mathematics, science, English language arts andsocial studies are reported below. The statements are based on information inreports of the respective associations/organizations in the academic areas. Someadjustment of numbering was done to facilitate the process of alignment withthe standards that have been developed in the pathways of the Agriculture, Foodand Natural Resources (AFNR) Career Cluster.The approach was to determine the presence of alignment between the contentstandards, expectations or thematic strands of the four academic areas and theperformance indicators of the AFNR Standards. Supporting statements havebeen included to clarify content of the respective content standards, expectationsor thematic strands. The statements were initially developed independently bythe respective organizations and, therefore, are not parallel in wording andpresentation. Occasionally minor editing was done to adjust the background orstem of a statement but not the statement itself.MathematicsThe mathematics standards presented here are for high schools and are reprintedwith permission from Principles and Standards for School Mathematics, copyright2000 by the National Council of Teachers of Mathematics. All rights reserved.1. Standard and Expectations: Number and OperationsInstructional programs should enable all students to:1A. Understand numbers, ways of representing numbers,relationships among numbers, and number systems.1B. Understand meanings of operations and how they relate to oneanother.1C. Compute fluently and make reasonable estimates.Standards are listed with the permission of the National Council of Teachers of Mathematics(NCTM). NCTM does not endorse the content or validity of these alignments.62