This Algebra I curriculum guide, produced under the direction of the State of Louisiana Department of Public Education, is a segment of the educational program established in response to accountability, assessment, and competency-based education laws. This guide is designed to represent the best thinking of a selected statewide committee established to determine the scope of mathematics content for a first-year course in algebra at the secondary school level. The guide contains: (1) the membership rosters of the committees involved in development of the material; (2) a review of the curriculum development process; (3) six required goals that students completing Algebra I should be able to reach; (4) a complete curriculum outline with performance objectives; and (5) a detailed set of activities grouped with specific objectives and content areas of the Algebra I program. (MP)