Table 1

North Carolina Standard Course of Study Competency Goals (2003)

CourseCompetency Goals
Seventh grade mathUnderstand and compute with rational numbers.
Understand and use measurement involving two- and three-dimensional figures.
Understand and use properties and relationships in geometry.
Understand and use graphs and data analysis.
Demonstrate an understanding of linear relations and fundamental algebraic concepts.
Eighth grade mathUnderstand and compute with real numbers.
Understand and use measurement concepts.
Understand and use properties and relationships in geometry.
Understand and use graphs and data analysis.
Understand and use linear relations and functions.
Introductory mathematics (High school pre-algebra)Understand and compute with real numbers.
Use properties and relationships in geometry and measurement concepts to solve problems.
Understand and use graphs and data analysis.
Understand and use linear relations and functions.
Algebra IPerform operations with numbers and expressions (exponents, polynomials).
Describe geometric figures in the coordinate plane.
Collect, organize, and interpret data with matrices and linear models.
Use relations and functions to solve problems.