If a graph is a straight line with a positive slope AND goes through the point (0, 0), then the relationship is direct. Definition: A quantity y is directly proportional to a quantity x if y = kx for some k > 0. Often just the term proportional is used to mean directly proportional.
In January 2011, the NYS Board of Regents adopted the NYS P-12 CCLS, which include the Common Core State Standards and a small amount of additional standards uniquely added by New YorkState. The New York State P-12 CCLS were implemented in New York State schools at the beginning of the 2012-2013 school year.
Minnesota adopted the English Language Arts standards but not the Mathematics standards. Several states that initially adopted Common Core have since decided to repeal or replace it, namely Indiana, Oklahoma, and South Carolina. Standards were released for mathematics and English language arts on June 2, 2010, with a majority of states adopting the standards in the subsequent months.