High School Statistics and Probability: Common Core Standards

Your Teacher Information Pack for High School Statistics and Probability: every Common Core standard with its official code, notes on which states use them, and trusted links. Tick what you're teaching and send it straight into the lesson plan maker.

Does my state use these standards?

Your state may use its own standards. Common Core is not federal law: each state decides. For math (compiled 2026-10-20, check your state's site before relying on it):

• Use their own standards, not Common Core (14): Alabama, Alaska, Florida, Georgia, Indiana, Kentucky, Minnesota, Missouri, Nebraska, Oklahoma, South Carolina, Tennessee, Texas, Virginia. Codes on this page won't match your state's paperwork.
• Adapted and renamed (24): Arizona, Arkansas, Colorado, Idaho, Kansas, Louisiana, Maine, Maryland, Massachusetts, Mississippi, Montana, New Hampshire, New Jersey, New York, North Carolina, North Dakota, Ohio, Oregon, Pennsylvania, South Dakota, Utah, West Virginia, Wisconsin, Wyoming. Mostly similar, but check wording and codes.
• Common Core as written (13): California, Connecticut, Delaware, District of Columbia, Hawaii, Illinois, Iowa, Michigan, Nevada, New Mexico, Rhode Island, Vermont, Washington.

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The standards

Standards are grouped into domains (big areas such as Operations & Algebraic Thinking) and clusters (the bold lines). Each code links to the official page. ★ marks a modeling standard and (+) additional mathematics for advanced courses.

Interpreting Categorical & Quantitative Data (ID) 9 standards

• Summarize, represent, and interpret data on a single count or measurement variable
  • HSS.ID.A.1 Represent data with plots on the real number line (dot plots, histograms, and box plots).
  • HSS.ID.A.2 Use statistics appropriate to the shape of the data distribution to compare center (median, mean) and spread (interquartile range, standard deviation) of two or more different data sets.
  • HSS.ID.A.3 Interpret differences in shape, center, and spread in the context of the data sets, accounting for possible effects of extreme data points (outliers).
  • HSS.ID.A.4 Use the mean and standard deviation of a data set to fit it to a normal distribution and to estimate population percentages. Recognize that there are data sets for which such a procedure is not appropriate. Use calculators, spreadsheets, and tables to estimate areas under the normal curve.
• Summarize, represent, and interpret data on two categorical and quantitative variables
  • HSS.ID.B.5 Summarize categorical data for two categories in two-way frequency tables. Interpret relative frequencies in the context of the data (including joint, marginal, and conditional relative frequencies). Recognize possible associations and trends in the data.
  • HSS.ID.B.6 Represent data on two quantitative variables on a scatter plot, and describe how the variables are related.
    • HSS.ID.B.6.a Fit a function to the data; use functions fitted to data to solve problems in the context of the data. Use given functions or choose a function suggested by the context. Emphasize linear, quadratic, and exponential models.
    • HSS.ID.B.6.b Informally assess the fit of a function by plotting and analyzing residuals.
    • HSS.ID.B.6.c Fit a linear function for a scatter plot that suggests a linear association.
• Interpret linear models
  • HSS.ID.C.7 Interpret the slope (rate of change) and the intercept (constant term) of a linear model in the context of the data.
  • HSS.ID.C.8 Compute (using technology) and interpret the correlation coefficient of a linear fit.
  • HSS.ID.C.9 Distinguish between correlation and causation.

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Making Inferences & Justifying Conclusions (IC) 6 standards

• Understand and evaluate random processes underlying statistical experiments
  • HSS.IC.A.1 Understand statistics as a process for making inferences about population parameters based on a random sample from that population.
  • HSS.IC.A.2 Decide if a specified model is consistent with results from a given data-generating process, e.g., using simulation. For example, a model says a spinning coin falls heads up with probability 0.5. Would a result of 5 tails in a row cause you to question the model?
• Make inferences and justify conclusions from sample surveys, experiments, and observational studies
  • HSS.IC.B.3 Recognize the purposes of and differences among sample surveys, experiments, and observational studies; explain how randomization relates to each.
  • HSS.IC.B.4 Use data from a sample survey to estimate a population mean or proportion; develop a margin of error through the use of simulation models for random sampling.
  • HSS.IC.B.5 Use data from a randomized experiment to compare two treatments; use simulations to decide if differences between parameters are significant.
  • HSS.IC.B.6 Evaluate reports based on data.

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Conditional Probability & the Rules of Probability (CP) 9 standards

• Understand independence and conditional probability and use them to interpret data
  • HSS.CP.A.1 Describe events as subsets of a sample space (the set of outcomes) using characteristics (or categories) of the outcomes, or as unions, intersections, or complements of other events ("or," "and," "not").
  • HSS.CP.A.2 Understand that two events A and B are independent if the probability of A and B occurring together is the product of their probabilities, and use this characterization to determine if they are independent.
  • HSS.CP.A.3 Understand the conditional probability of A given B as P(A and B)/P(B), and interpret independence of A and B as saying that the conditional probability of A given B is the same as the probability of A, and the conditional probability of B given A is the same as the probability of B.
  • HSS.CP.A.4 Construct and interpret two-way frequency tables of data when two categories are associated with each object being classified. Use the two-way table as a sample space to decide if events are independent and to approximate conditional probabilities. For example, collect data from a random sample of students in your school on their favorite subject among math, science, and English. Estimate the probability that a randomly selected student from your school will favor science given that the student is in tenth grade. Do the same for other subjects and compare the results.
  • HSS.CP.A.5 Recognize and explain the concepts of conditional probability and independence in everyday language and everyday situations. For example, compare the chance of having lung cancer if you are a smoker with the chance of being a smoker if you have lung cancer.
• Use the rules of probability to compute probabilities of compound events.
  • HSS.CP.B.6 Find the conditional probability of A given B as the fraction of B's outcomes that also belong to A, and interpret the answer in terms of the model.
  • HSS.CP.B.7 Apply the Addition Rule, P(A or B) = P(A) + P(B) - P(A and B), and interpret the answer in terms of the model.
  • HSS.CP.B.8 (+) Apply the general Multiplication Rule in a uniform probability model, P(A and B) = P(A)P(B|A) = P(B)P(A|B), and interpret the answer in terms of the model.(+)
  • HSS.CP.B.9 (+) Use permutations and combinations to compute probabilities of compound events and solve problems.(+)

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Using Probability to Make Decisions (MD) 7 standards

• Calculate expected values and use them to solve problems
  • HSS.MD.A.1 (+) Define a random variable for a quantity of interest by assigning a numerical value to each event in a sample space; graph the corresponding probability distribution using the same graphical displays as for data distributions.(+)
  • HSS.MD.A.2 (+) Calculate the expected value of a random variable; interpret it as the mean of the probability distribution.(+)
  • HSS.MD.A.3 (+) Develop a probability distribution for a random variable defined for a sample space in which theoretical probabilities can be calculated; find the expected value. For example, find the theoretical probability distribution for the number of correct answers obtained by guessing on all five questions of a multiple-choice test where each question has four choices, and find the expected grade under various grading schemes.(+)
  • HSS.MD.A.4 (+) Develop a probability distribution for a random variable defined for a sample space in which probabilities are assigned empirically; find the expected value. For example, find a current data distribution on the number of TV sets per household in the United States, and calculate the expected number of sets per household. How many TV sets would you expect to find in 100 randomly selected households?(+)
• Use probability to evaluate outcomes of decisions
  • HSS.MD.B.5 (+) Weigh the possible outcomes of a decision by assigning probabilities to payoff values and finding expected values.(+)
    • HSS.MD.B.5.a Find the expected payoff for a game of chance. For example, find the expected winnings from a state lottery ticket or a game at a fast-food restaurant.
    • HSS.MD.B.5.b Evaluate and compare strategies on the basis of expected values. For example, compare a high-deductible versus a low-deductible automobile insurance policy using various, but reasonable, chances of having a minor or a major accident.
  • HSS.MD.B.6 (+) Use probabilities to make fair decisions (e.g., drawing by lots, using a random number generator).(+)
  • HSS.MD.B.7 (+) Analyze decisions and strategies using probability concepts (e.g., product testing, medical testing, pulling a hockey goalie at the end of a game).(+)

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Standards for Mathematical Practice apply to every grade and course

• MP1 Make sense of problems and persevere in solving them.
• MP2 Reason abstractly and quantitatively.
• MP3 Construct viable arguments and critique the reasoning of others.
• MP4 Model with mathematics.
• MP5 Use appropriate tools strategically.
• MP6 Attend to precision.
• MP7 Look for and make use of structure.
• MP8 Look for and express regularity in repeated reasoning.

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Tests and key dates

Each state sets its own tests and testing windows. Check your state education department (links on our state list) and your district calendar.

Official documents

• Official standards page: Math › Content › HSS

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