This publication provides a basic list of mathematical standards for the State of Louisiana, and indicates at which point each skill should be introduced and mastered in grades 1 through 10. At designated mastery points, students will be expected to respond satisfactorily to criterion-referenced test items designed to assess performance on the identified skill. The list was predicated on the National Council of Supervisors of Mathematics position statement on essential mathematical skills. However, it currently includes only eight of the ten skill areas, excluding probability and computer literacy. Skills are grouped by sets; numeration; whole number operations; fractions and operations; decimals and decimal operation; percent, ratio, and proportion; squares and square root; relations and functions; measurement and estimation; geometry; and problem solving. (MNS)