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Maryland College and Career Ready Standards for Mathematics: Maryland Math Standards

All Third Space Learning math resources and tutoring align with Maryland’s MCCRS-M and the MCAP Math Assessments.

High-impact tutoring builds fluency, reasoning and application to help students master grade-level content and succeed on MCAP.

Lessons support real-world problem-solving and incorporate Maryland’s Standards for Mathematical Practice across all grade levels.

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Understanding the Maryland math standards

Maryland’s College and Career Ready Standards for Mathematics (MCCRS-M) were adopted in 2010 and are built on the Common Core State Standards. Developed through expert collaboration, they reflect Maryland’s commitment to postsecondary readiness, balancing fluency, conceptual understanding and real-world application.

Key features of the Maryland math standards

Eight Mathematical Practices develop reasoning, precision, and strategic problem-solving.

Align closely with MCAP assessments to support measurable student growth.

Support equity and accessibility through scaffolding, UDL, and targeted intervention.

High school structure allows flexibility while ensuring coverage of core conceptual categories.

How Third Space Learning aligns to Maryland math standards

Lessons follow Maryland’s MCCRS-M domains and scaffold key skills from conceptual understanding to real-world application.

Every tutoring session aligns with grade-level standards and supports classroom instruction across all mathematical domains.

Personalized instruction builds confidence and fluency in solving problems, estimating values, comparing quantities, and justifying answers.

Weekly progress tracking supports data-driven decisions and aligns with MCAP benchmarks to determine gaps, recognize patterns, and view student strengths over time.

“The students are understanding the concepts and are able to articulate them in their own words.”

How Third Space Learning aligns to Maryland math standards

Liz Avery, Math Instructional Coach

Renaissance Academy Charter School of The Arts

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Maryland-Aligned math tutoring

AI voice tutoring is aligned to MCCRS-M, supporting fluency, problem-solving, and student confidence in math.

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Maryland-Aligned math lessons


Lessons follow MCCRS-M progressions and use scaffolding to build fluency, reasoning, and multiple ways to find, add, and represent solutions.

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Maryland state test preparation

Practice materials mirror the MCAP test format, helping students interpret data, solve equations, and explain answers using graphs, formulas, and tables.

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Math resources for Maryland educators

Access lessons, tasks, and assessments aligned to Maryland domains like expressions, functions, tables, graphs, and data displays.

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Maryland Grade-level standards overview

Find resources aligned to Maryland’s MCCRS-M for each grade, including number sense, addition, subtraction, and parts of equations.



Elementary School Math Standards



Middle School Math Standards



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Support all your math teachers and students with Third Space Learning

Our educators understand Maryland’s MCCRS-M and partner with schools to strengthen classroom math instruction.

All resources align with MCCRS-M and support instruction across Maryland’s grade-level domains and conceptual categories.

One-to-one AI voice tutoring supports fluency, confidence, and reasoning through scaffolded, real-time math conversations.

Weekly insights track MCAP-aligned progress and help teachers determine gaps, recognize patterns, and view student strengths over time.

Flexible scheduling supports both intervention and acceleration so all students access grade-level math.

Discover how Maryland-aligned math tutoring can increase proficiency – book a consultation today.

Frequently asked questions

What is different about Maryland’s new Mathematics Content Standards?

Maryland’s math standards build on Common Core but emphasize real-world application, reasoning, and fluency. They include state-developed guidance and assessments like MCAP to ensure students master core concepts and are prepared for college and careers. Find out more: marylandpublicschools.org/about/Pages/DCAA/Math/MCCRSM.aspx

What are the Mathematical Practices in Maryland?

Maryland uses eight Standards for Mathematical Practice, including reasoning abstractly, modeling with math, and attending to precision. These guide instruction and help students build the habits of thinking like mathematicians.
– Make sense of problems and persevere in solving them
– Reason abstractly and quantitatively
– Construct viable arguments and critique the reasoning of others
– Model with mathematics
– Use appropriate tools strategically
– Attend to precision
– Look for and make use of structure
– Look for and express regularity in repeated reasoning

How are Maryland math standards assessed?

Students in Grades 3–8 and high school take MCAP Math Assessments, which measure mastery of the MCCRS-M using multi-step problems and real-world applications.

How does tutoring aligned to MCCRS-M help with MCAP?

Tutoring sessions follow MCCRS-M progressions and build fluency, reasoning, and problem-solving – directly supporting student success on MCAP tests. As all lessons are online, tutoring also helps with students understanding and use of technology.

Do Maryland’s standards support diverse learners?

Yes. Maryland provides scaffolds and uses Universal Design for Learning (UDL) to ensure access for English Learners, students with disabilities, and advanced learners.

How does Maryland support advanced math concepts in upper grades?

In middle and high school, Maryland students explore algebra, systems of equations and inequalities, symmetry, and geometric properties. They use functions to represent relationships, apply formulas, write expressions, solve equations, analyze points and intervals on a line, and work with units and terms across math domains.

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