Calls to retain South Dakota’s current math standards continued at the state Board of Education Standards meeting Monday, Nov. 10, as opponents flagged a proposed rewrite of the standards as overly simplistic.

The state Department of Education received 44 comments on the new standards as of Friday, most of which were critical of some or all of the rewritten standards. Department officials presented the board with a revised proposal during the Monday meeting at the Sioux Falls Ramkota hotel, addressing some concerns in the submitted feedback.

The proposed standards were reviewed by a 20-person revision committee earlier this year after being developed by a statewide advisory group. South Dakota Secretary of Education Joe Graves said the proposal leaves core concepts largely unchan

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