About Principles and Standards
and E-Standards

"The E-Standards helps take our efforts of supporting mathematics teachers and promoting a high-quality mathematics education for every child to the next level."

–Lee V. Stiff, NCTM President, July 2000

Welcome to the E-Standards, the electronic edition of Principles and Standards for School Mathematics. Principles and Standards extends the vision of NCTM's previous three Standards documents and represents a continuing effort to support mathematics teachers and ensure that every student receives a high-quality mathematics education. The document delineates six Principles that set forth important characteristics of Mathematics programs and ten Standards that discuss the mathematics students need to be able to know and do across the grades.

The E-Standards includes all of the text of Principles and Standards, plus these added features:

• "E-examples," interactive applets and short videos that provide further insights into the messages of the document.
  
  
• Links to other resources, including the Illuminations Web site and NCTM's previous three Standards documents
  
  
• search capabilities and enhanced navigation.
  

The E-Standards are just one more component of our effort to set high standards for our students, and higher standards for ourselves.

The E-Standards are just one more component of our effort to set higher standards for our students, and higher standards for ourselves. For more information about NCTM and its Programs, see nctm.org or for more information about current activities on the NCTM Standards, see NCTM.org/standards.

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Site Credits

Along with the individuals that contributed significantly to development of Principles and Standards, the E-Standards would not be possible without people giving significant, additional time, energy, and effort. We appreciate your contribution.

How to Get a a Free CD of E-Standards

Attached to the cover of each print version of Principles and Standards is a card that can be redeemed for a free CD of the E-Standards. CD versions of E-Standards can also be purchased separately,

For more information about current activities involving Principles and Standards, check for updates and changes on the live E–Standards site at standards.nctm.org or at www.nctm.org/standards/.

Technical Requirements

For best results with E-Standards, especially the E-Examples, we suggest that you use:

• Internet Explorer 5.0 or higher
  (Installation software can be downloaded from the Web for Mac or PC)
  

Certain site features may not work fully on earlier versions.

To view the videos, you will need to have installed QuickTime 4.0 or higher, including the QuickTime Plug-in 2.0.1 or higher (installed automatically as part of QuickTime).