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What's on the PARCC Mathematics tests?

Major, Supporting & Additional Content • PARCC Algebra I, Geometry & Algebra II

Key
Major Content
 - Topics that receive the most concentration/emphasis during instruction.
​Supporting & Additional Content: Topics that make close connections to major content (supporting), and those which tend to stand more alone (additional). 

Algebra I

Major Content:

A.SSE.A - Interpret the structure of expressions.
A.APR.A - Perform arithmetic operations on polynomials.
A.CED.A - Create equations that describe numbers or relationships.
A.REI.A - Understand solving equations as a process of reasoning and explain the reasoning.
A.REI.B - Solve equations and inequalities in one variable.
A.REI.D - Represent and solve equations and inequalities graphically.
F.IF.A - Understand the concept of a function and use function notation.
F.IF.B - Interpret functions that arise in applications in terms of the context.
S.ID.C - Interpret linear models.
 
Supporting & Additional Content:
N.RN.B - Use properties of rational and irrational numbers.
N.Q.A - Reason quantitatively and use units to solve problems.
A.SEE.B - Write expressions in equivalent forms to solve problems.
A.APR.B - Understand the relationship between zeros and factors of polynomials.
A.REI.C - Solve systems of equations.
F.IF.C - Analyze functions using different representations.
F.BF.A - Build a function that models a relationship between two quantities.
F.BF.B - Build new functions from existing functions.
F.LE.A - Construct and compare linear, quadratic, and exponential models to solve problems.
F.LE.B - Interpret expressions for functions in terms of the situation they model.
S.ID.A - Summarize, represent, and interpret data on a single count or measurement variable.
S.ID.B - Summarize, represent, and interpret data on two categorical and quantitative variables.
Geometry

Major Content:
G-CO.B - Understand congruence in terms of rigid motions.
G-CO.C - Prove geometric theorems.
G-SRT.A - Understand similarity in terms of similarity transformations.
G-SRT.B - Prove theorems using similarity.
G-SRT.C - Define trigonometric ratios and solve problems involving right triangles.
G-GPE.B - Use coordinates to prove simple geometric theorems algebraically.

Supporting & Additional Content:
G-CO.A - Experiment with transformations in the plane.
G-CO.D - Make geometric constructions.
G-C.A - Understand and apply theorems about circles.
G-C.B - Find arc lengths and areas of sectors of circles.
G-GPE.A - Translate between the geometric description and the equation of a conic section.
G-GMD.A - Explain volume formulas and use them to solve problems.
G-GMD.B - Visualize relationships between two-dimensional and three-dimensional objects.
G-MG.A - Apply geometric concepts in modeling situations.
Algebra II

Major Content:

N.RN.A - Extend the properties of exponents to rational exponents.
A.SEE.A - Interpret the structure of expressions.
A.SSE.B - Write expressions in equivalent forms to solve problems.
A.APR.A - Understand the relationship between zeros and factors of polynomials.
A.REI.A - Understand solving equations as a process of reasoning and explain the reasoning.
A.REI.D - Represent and solve equations and inequalities graphically.
F.IF.B - Interpret functions that arise in applications in terms of the context.
F.BF.A - Build a function that models a relationship between two quantities.
S.IC.B - Make inferences and justify conclusions from sample surveys, experiments, and observational studies.
 
Supporting & Additional Content:
N.Q.A - Reason quantitatively and use units to solve problems.
N.CN.A - Perform arithmetic operations with complex numbers.
N.CN.C - Use complex numbers in polynomial identities and equations.
A.APR.B - Use polynomial identities to solve problems.
A.APR.C - Rewrite rational expressions.
A.CED.A - Create equations that describe numbers or relationships.
A.REI.B - Solve equations and inequalities in one variable.
A.REI.C - Solve systems of equations.
F.IF.A - Understand the concept of a function and use function notation.
F.IF.C - Analyze functions using different representations.
F.BF.B - Build new functions from existing functions.
F.LE.A - Construct and compare linear, quadratic, and exponential models and solve problems.
F.LE.B - Interpret expressions for functions in terms of the situation they model.
F.TF.A - Extend the domain of trigonometric functions using the unit circle.
F.TF.B - Model periodic phenomena with trigonometric functions.
F.TF.C - Prove and apply trigonometric identities.
G.GPE.A - Translate between the geometric description and the equation for a conic section.
S.ID.B - Summarize, represent, and interpret data on a single count or measurement variable.
S.ID.C - Summarize, represent, and interpret data on two categorical and quantitative variables.
S.IC.A - Understand and evaluate random processes underlying statistical experiments.
S.CP.A - Understand independence and conditional probability and use them to interpret data.
S.CP.B - Use the rules of probability to compute probabilities of compound events in a uniform probability model.
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