The American Diploma Project (ADP) Mathematics benchmarks for the end of high school were written in 2004 to describe the skills needed for success in postsecondary education and work. The benchmarks are cumulative, describing what students need to learn by the end of high school.
States requested more detail about the progression of content and skills students would need to master through the grades in order to meet the end-of-high school ADP benchmarks. To address this, Achieve has "backmapped" the ADP Mathematics benchmarks from grade 12 down through Kindergarten.
Achieve's Mathematics Benchmarks, Grades K – 12 are organized into three parts: