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Now Offering Virtual Office Hours: Every 3rd Thursday of the Month from 3:30-4:30 p.m. 

This will be a space for educators and administrators to connect with the director for guidance on standards, teaching strategies and supporting diverse learners. Join us to collaborate, share ideas and enhance math education for all students. Join us here: 

Assessment Development Recruitment

As a part of the assessment development cycle, DESE Assessment invites Missouri educators to participate in the process to help provide expertise. Missouri is always looking for educators to participate in these meetings. If you wish to be considered for participation for any future development meetings, please complete the online submission form here. Once finished, you will receive an email to the personal email address provided to confirm your submission.

Instructional Resources

Math Standards

Mathematical Practices

Expanded Version of the Mathematics Grade- and Course-Level Expectations

GRADE-LEVEL EXPECTATIONS

  • Kindergarten - Expanded Expectations PDF | Word
  • Grade 1 - Expanded Expectations PDF | Word
  • Grade 2 - Expanded Expectations PDF | Word
  • Grade 3 - Expanded Expectations PDF | Word
  • Grade 4 - Expanded Expectations PDF | Word
  • Grade 5 - Expanded Expectations PDF | Word
  • Grade 6 - Expanded Expectations PDF | Word
  • Grade 7 - Expanded Expectations PDF | Word
  • Grade 8 - Expanded Expectations PDF | Word 
COURSE-LEVEL EXPECTATIONS
  • Algebra 1 - Expanded Expectations PDF | Word
  • Geometry - Expanded Expectations PDF | Word
  • Algebra 2 - Expanded Expectations PDF | Word 

 

Performance Level Descriptors (PLD)

MAP GRADE-LEVEL PLDs

END-OF-COURSE PLDs

 

Assessment Resources

Mathematics Item Specifications

One of the documents developed is the item specification document, which includes all Missouri grade level/course expectations arranged by domains/strands. It defines what could be measured on a variety of assessments. The document serves as the foundation of the assessment development process. Although teachers may use this document to provide clarity to the expectations, these specifications are intended for summative, benchmark, and large‐scale assessment purposes.

Item Specifications

 

Additional Resources

MAP/EOC Reference Sheets

Student reference sheets for the GLA/EOC assessments can be found in the grade level manuals:

Math Practice Forms

Practice forms for Grade Level MAP and EOC can be found here:

 

Professional Learning

Math Forum (in lieu of content meeting)

 February 9, 2026 9:00 a.m. - 11:00 a.m. 

This will be the first biannual virtual meeting where we will discuss statewide data, professional development opportunities, changes in state documents or state testing. These meetings will be geared toward school leadership however classroom teachers are welcome to attend. A recorded version of the information shared will be available on the DESE math website. Content specific professional development will be offered throughout the year and by grade band. 

Find the recording of the virtual Math Forum Fall 2025 meeting here.

K-2 Numeracy

Day 2 (03/10/2026): Room 490/492

Truman Bldg. 301 W. High Street Jefferson City, MO 65101

8:30 a.m. - 3:30 p.m. 

Day 2 (03/10/2026, K-2 sign-up link here) will focus on Geometry, Measurement, and Data. Participants will learn that geometry is much more than shapes and lays the foundation for fractional reasoning. They will also explore computation, estimation and the related learning progressions of measurement and data. 

Grades 3-5 Multiplication and Division

Day 2 (02/26/2026): Room 493/494

Truman Building 301 W High Street Jefferson City, MO 65101

8:30 a.m. - 3:30 p.m.

Day 2 (02/26/2025, 3-5 Multiplication and Division link here) Applying Multiplication and Division 3-5  will focus on integrating concrete, semi-concrete, and abstract understanding and multiple representations in the classroom. Participants will explore hands-on meaningful contexts, the formative assessment cycle, the importance of sense-making and building multiplicative reasoning. 

Modeling and Meaning in 6-12 Mathematics

Day 2 (02/24/2026)

Center for Soy Innovation 734 S Country Club Dr, Jefferson City, MO 65109 

8:30 a.m. - 3:30 p.m. 

Day 2 (02/24/2026, 6-12 Modeling and Meaning link here) Relationships and Functional Thinking will focus on patterns and relationships, building on an understanding of ratios and proportions, expressions, and equations. Participants will build a deeper understanding of functional reasoning through use of models and strategies to enhance student understanding. 

To sign up for any of these opportunities please visit the curriculum calendar: Curriculum | Missouri Department of Elementary and Secondary Education (mo.gov) 

Please contact Traci Gardner at traci.gardner@dese.mo.gov with questions or for more details.

Interface 2026

For forty years the Interface Conference has been a place where educators collaborate to improve mathematics and science instruction for the children of Missouri. Please consider presenting at one of Missouri’s premier professional learning events.  Feel free to forward this message to other educators that you believe would also be interested in providing high quality presentations.

Announcement of Conference Dates coming soon.

Sponsored by the Missouri Department of Elementary and Secondary Education in cooperation with the MU Conference Office  

Organizations

National Mathematics Organizations

National Council of Teachers of Mathematics (NCTM)

National Council of Supervisors of Mathematics (NCSM)

Missouri Mathematics Organizations

Missouri Council of Teachers of Mathematics (MCTM)


Missouri Council of Supervisors of Mathematics (MoCSM)


American Regions Mathematics League (ARML)


Missouri Mathematics Association for the Advancement of Teacher Training (MAT)2

Central Missouri Mathematics Educators (CM2E)

Kansas City Area Teachers of Mathematics (KCATM)

Mathematics Educators of South Central Missouri (MESCM)

Math Resource Consortium (MaRC)

Released Scored Performance Events

Released Scored Performance Events

Grade 3 Grade 4 
Grade 5 Grade 6 
Grade 7 Grade 8