North Carolina revised its "Standard Course of Study" in 1985 to reflect the knowledge, skills, and attitudes needed to function in an industrial age. The entrance into what is being called the information age brings new challenges in preparing students with new skills in the areas of creative thinking, problem solving, interpersonal relations, communication, and cooperative learning. This handbook is a revision of the 1985 edition of the Teacher's Handbook for the Mathematics 9-12 Curriculum of the Standard Course of Study. Opening sections include the educational philosophy for the mathematics program, an outline of the mathematical concepts and student attitudes relative to the mathematics curriculum, the major emphases of the mathematics curriculum, expected program outcomes, and a diagram that traces the possible pathways through the mathematics program. The remaining two sections of the document describe the competency goals and objectives for the courses offered in the Standard Course of Study and supply sample measures corresponding to those competency goals and objectives. The courses in the Standard Course of Study are as follows: (1) Pre-Algebra; (2) Algebra I-A; (3) Algebra I-B; (4) Algebra I; (5) Technical Mathematics; (6) Geometry; (7) Algebra II; (8) Advanced Mathematics; and (9) Advanced Placement Calculus. (MDH)