M.6.DA.DS.2

New in 2026. Students collect their own data and learn where other data comes from.

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Grade 6

M.6.DA.DS.1NewAn investigative question comes first, because it decides what data to collect.Formulate and recognize statistical investigative questions that are of interest to students to collect data from online sources and websites, smartphones, sensors, publicly available government agencies, and other modern devices.

Grade 5

M.5.DA.DS.2NewStudents already choose how to collect data and decide what to do about missing values and errors.Determine strategies for collecting and considering data in a variety of ways including with the use of technology. Understand that data may contain errors (missing values, etc.) and decisions have to be made on how to account for or resolve these issues.

M.6.DA.DS.2

PriorityNew in 2026

Collect and record data with technology to identify and describe the characteristics of data sets. Understand that data can be collected (primary data) or existing data can be obtained from other sources (secondary data).

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WIDA language connections1

Explain · Expressivespeaking, writing and representing

ELD-MA.6-8.Explain.Expressive · Language for Mathematics, Grades 6-8

Construct mathematical explanations that…

Introduce concept or entity
Share solution with others
Describe data and/or steps to solve problem ●State reasoning used to generate solution

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New in 2026 with no Common Core past, and OSPI lists no interim items. Collecting data with technology is hard to ask on a test at all, so classroom evidence carries this one for now.

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Grade 6

M.6.DA.DS.3PriorityNewOnce data is collected, students describe it through its displays.Analyze data visualizations and describe measures of center and variability of quantitative data using appropriate displays (dot plots, boxplots). Describe key features of distributions for the variables including center, variability, and shape.

Grade 7

M.7.DA.DS.2NewGrade 7 asks whether a sample actually represents the population.Understand information from a sample is valid only if the sample is representative of that population. Understand data can be used to make comparisons between different groups at one point in time and the same group over time.

Grade 8

M.8.DA.DS.2NewGrade 8 questions the data itself: how it was collected and from whom.Understand how to interrogate the data to determine how the data were collected, from whom they were collected, what types of variables are in the data, how the variables were measured, and possible outcomes for the variables.

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Taught alongside it, including its supporting standards.

M.6.DA.SP.1A statistical question anticipates variability, which is why one data point will not answer it.Recognize a statistical question as one that anticipates variability in the data related to the question and accounts for it in the answers. For example, "How old am I?" is not a statistical question, but "How old are the students in my school?" is a statistical question because one anticipates variability in students' ages.M.6.DA.SP.5PriorityPart b, what was measured, how, and in what units, is the record this standard asks students to keep.Summarize numerical data sets in relation to their context.