"The essence of mathematics is not to make simple things complicated, but to make complicated things simple."

Stan Gudder

AIMS
AIMS Released Items
AIMS Sample Tests
AIMS Student Guides
AIMS Testing Calendar
A Parent's Guide to Understanding AIMS-Dual Purpose Assessment Grades 3-8
Math Blueprint (PDF document)
Mathematics AIMS Performance Level Descriptors
AIMS Math reference sheets
AIMS high school tutoring guides (Grow Guides)
IDEAL - Formative Assessment Item Bank and Premade Quizzes - Resources for teachers including formative assessments for Arizona standards. To access these documents, you must be an Arizona educator with access to IDEAL. Log onto IDEAL with your username and password. Then click the Assessment tab.

Alternate Mathematics Standards for AIMS-A

Other Mathematics Assessment Information

Balanced Assessment for the Mathematics Curriculum
The Balanced Assessment for the Mathematics Curriculum Project provides a library of over 300 innovative mathematics assessment tasks for grades K to 12.

National Assessment of Educational Progress (NAEP)
The National Assessment of Educational Progress (NAEP), also known as "the Nation's Report Card," is the only nationally representative and continuing assessment of what America's students know and can do in various subject areas.

NAEP Profile for Arizona

Trends in International Mathematics and Science Study (TIMSS)
TIMSS, formerly known as the Third International Mathematics and Science Study) provides reliable and timely data on the mathematics and science achievement of U.S. students compared to that of students in other countries.

Please note: While the following sites have been identified as containing quality information for mathematics education, teachers need to review individual materials for content quality and alignment.

Annenberg Media Learner.org
Annenberg Media uses media and telecommunications to advance excellent teaching in American schools.

ASSET
Arizona School Services through Educational Technology Professional Development and Curricular Resources for Mathematics Educators. To access this information, you must be an Arizona educator with access to ASSET.

The Center for Innovation in Engineering and Science Education
CIESE sponsors and designs interdisciplinary projects that teachers throughout the world can use to enhance their curriculum through compelling use of the Internet.

Discovery Education
This site provides lesson plans for mathematics lessons for grades K-12.

Eisenhower National Clearinghouse (ENC)
ENC offers timely, high-quality math and science resources. Subscription service with limited free access to curricular materials.

Federal Resources for Educational Excellence
Math teaching and learning resources from across the federal government.

Figure This!
Figure This! offers interactive math problems families can use to help children understand estimation, volume, and other important mathematical concepts.

Helping Your Child Learn Mathematics
Helping Your Child Learn Mathematics features dozens of activities parents can use to help children (K-5th grade) learn geometry, algebra, measurement, statistics, probability and other important mathematical concepts.

Illuminations Project
The Illuminations Project is designed to illuminate the vision for school mathematics described in NCTM's Principles and Standards for School Mathematics.

MATHCOUNTS
Information: MATHCOUNTS® is a national math enrichment, coaching & competition program that promotes middle school mathematics achievement in every U.S. state & territory.

The K-12 Mathematics Curriculum Center
The K-12 Mathematics Curriculum Center informs and assists schools and districts as they select and implement Standards-based mathematics curricula.

The Math Forum
The Math Forum is a leading center for mathematics and mathematics education on the Internet. Operating under Drexel's School of Education.

National Library of Virtual Manipulatives (NLVM)
The National Library of Virtual Manipulatives (NLVM) is an NSF supported project that began in 1999 to develop a library of uniquely interactive, web-based virtual manipulated or concept tutorials, mostly in the form of Java applets, for mathematics instruction (K-12 emphasis).

PBS TeacherSource
This site provides lesson plans and activities and online video of teachers modeling math lessons.

Project SkyMath: Making Mathematical Connections
This site is designed for middle school mathematics teachers. It contains all the information for teachers to implement the 16 classroom activities of SkyMath.

Shodor Education Foundation, Inc.
The Shodor Foundation is a non-profit research and education organization dedicated to the advancement of science and math education, specifically through the use of modeling and simulation technologies.

What Works Clearinghouse
The What Works Clearinghouse (WWC) collects, screens, and identifies studies of the effectiveness of educational interventions (programs, products, practices, and policies).