Students must know, among other
things, how to read the key in a table, interpret the scale on a graph or chart, and know the
particular symbols of political cartoons and illustrations (e.g., that donkeys and elephants are
symbols of political parties).
The
particular aspect (now please don't reply that that's the whole
thing, and that the Common Core doesn't require numeric precision)
of the «attend to precision» Common Core practice that I explained, and gave examples
of, has not to do with numeric precision, but rather, with precise
symbols and syntax.