International Mathematical Union (IMU): APEC

APEC members differ in the degree of centralization of mathematics standards and other educational standards. Most education systems in APEC members are set and approved by the central Ministry responsible for education. However, several APEC members, including Canada and the United States, do not have nationally-set standards, but each province or state determines their own.

A summary table comparing recently approved math standards from 10 APEC members is shown below. Much of this information was extracted from the Analysis of Mathematics and Science Standards In APEC report completed by Achieve. Please also see the APEC Wiki page devoted to the Analysis of Mathematics Standards.

Summary Table Comparing Math Standards from APEC Members as of 2007
Economy	National/Regional Standards	Organization	Years Included	Middle and Secondary Structure: Parallel and Sequential
Australia Statements of Learning	Regional. National documents are guidelines for states and territories	Statements of Learning: Every other year beginning with Year 3	Years 3, 5, 7, & 9	Sequential
China Grades 1-9 Grades 10-12	National	Primary & Lower Secondary: three year spans Upper Secondary: single years	Primary: Years 1-3 Years 4-6 Lower Secondary: Years 7-9 Secondary: Years 10 & 11	Parallel
Hong Kong, China Primary (2000) Secondary I-V (1999) Secondary IV-VI (2007) For additional curriculum documents, click here.	National	All Levels: Single Years	Primary: Years 1-6 Secondary: Years 7-11	Sequential
Japan From MEXT (Ministry of Education, Sports, and Culture and Science): Elementary School Teaching Guide for the Japanese Course of Study: Mathematics (Grade 1-6) Junior High School Teaching Guide for the Japanese Course of Study: Mathematics (Grade 7-9) Senior High School Teaching Guide for the Japanese Course of Study: Mathematics (Grade 10-12) (available from MEXT untranslated)	National	All Levels: Single Years	Years 1-9	Parallel
Korea Grades 1-10 Grades 11-12	National	All Levels: Single Years	Years 1-12	Sequential
Malaysia	National	All Levels: Single Years	Years 1-6	Sequential
New Zealand	National with significant flexibility at the regional level.	Primary & Lower Secondary: Year spans with concentration at alternating years	Pre-kindergarten-Year 4 (Year 1 Focus) Kindergarten-Year 6 (Year 3 Focus) Year 2- 8 (Year 5 Focus) Year 3- 10 (Year 7 Focus) Year 6-12(Year 9 Focus) Year 7-12(Year 10 Focus) Year 8- Post-Secondary (Year 11 Focus) Year 9- Post-Secondary(Year 12 Focus)	Sequential
Singapore 2007 Mathematics (Primary) Syllabus 2007 Mathematics (Secondary) Syllabus	National	Primary & Lower Secondary: Single Years Upper Secondary: Two year span	Primary & Lower Secondary: Years 1-9 Upper Secondary: Years 9-10	Sequential
Chinese Taipei Grades 1-9 High School (math I) High School (math II)	National	All Levels: Single Years	Years 1-12	Sequential
United States (MA)	Regional by state.	All Levels: Two year spans	Pre-kindergarten & Kindergarten Years 1-2 Years 3-4 Years 5-6 Years 7-8 Years 9-10 Years 11-12	Sequential
United States (NAEP)	Cumulative national assessment framework.	All Levels: Four year spans	Years 1-4 Years 5-8 Years 9-12	Sequential
United States (CommonCore)	Voluntary by state	Grades K-8, with Upper Secondary (High School) by topic	Years 1-12

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