This rule is adopted by the (hereinafter the PED) for the purpose of establishing entry-level competencies that are based on what beginning history, geography, economics, civics and government teachers must know and be able to do to provide effective history, geography, economics, civics and government programs in New Mexico pre K-12 schools. The competencies were developed to ensure alignment with the New Mexico's content standards and benchmarks for social studies and with the national standards of the national council for social studies.
N.M. Admin. Code § 6.64.6.6