Wake County staff outline state‑approved math standards changes, new Math 1 and Math 2 scope, implementation set for 2028–29

Oct 27, 2026

District staff told the Student Achievement Committee that North Carolina approved revised mathematics standards (draft 3) and that Wake County must align curriculum and training for an installation year in 2027–28 and full implementation in 2028–29; many assessment details remain unresolved.

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A district presenter reviewed the state‑revised mathematics standards and the district timeline for adoption. "The math standards were approved by the Department of Instruction and the school board there on October 1," the presenter said, and described a revision that consolidates high‑school content into revised Mathematics 1 and Mathematics 2 and creates a third layer of data‑literacy/statistics options from which students must take two courses.

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