Students across the country struggled with advanced algebra on a first-of-its-kind test in that subject, according to a report to be released this week by Achieve, the nonprofit Washington ...

Includes updates and/or revisions. States that voluntarily took part in a demanding test of advanced algebra skills, given for a second straight year, again saw large proportions of their students ...

Certain middle school students taking advanced math classes can celebrate limited relief from standardized testing following new rules from state Education Commissioner Michael Williams. The Houston ...

California has taken a bold step to lead the nation by setting the highest expectations in the country for our eighth-grade students in mathematics. Earlier this month, the state Board of Education ...

KENNEWICK -- This school year's testing season isn't just nerve-wracking for students -- drastic changes to state math exams also are puzzling school district officials, parents and legislators.

Sacramento County Superior Court judge on Tuesday ordered the state Board of Education to postpone its plan to force all California eighth-graders to be tested in algebra. The state Board of Education ...

The term math anxiety doesn’t call to mind a person who excels at the subject. But students who perform extremely well on math exams can suffer from such anxiety, which has a surprisingly powerful ...

How do I know what math course I should take? "Prerequisite" is a term for "something necessary as preparation for something else." In the case of math placement, prerequisites come in the form of ...

Nearly 68,000 elementary and middle school students in 95 districts across Long Island refused to take the state math test this week — 47.9 percent of students eligible in those systems to sit for the ...