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Developing a Conceptual Understanding of Fractions

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Standards

Standards are goals for learning.

A student's achievement is measured by standards. These standards are fixed criteria by which a teacher judges student attainment of these goals using different measuring tools. These measuring tools compare student performance to a mixed standard.