Instructional Resources
The Massachusetts Curriculum Frameworks and MCAS provide consistent standards and assessments. OMSTE works to support the implementation of standards-based high quality instruction, and to provide resources for schools and classrooms to enhance instruction. Instructional websites, bibliographies and glossaries are included in the Mathematics and Science and Technology/Engineering Frameworks .
Standards-Based Instruction
 | Characteristics of a Standards-Based Mathematics Classroom, May 2007 draft |
 | An Effective Standards-Based K-12 Science and Technology/Engineering Classroom, September 2007 draft |
Connecting Math and Literature
The Massachusetts Department of Elementary and Secondary Education is pleased to offer a resource for K-8 teachers for creating a math library for children to connect math and literature. It includes a bibliography of books at each grade level that address the five strands presented in the Mathematics Curriculum Frameworks: number sense and operations; patterns, relations, and algebra; geometry; measurement; and data analysis, statistics and probability.
last updated: November 26, 2007
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