The NCES report ( reveals continued national declines in student performance in science, reading, and mathematics. According to NPR ( 8th‑grade science scores fell 4 points while 12th‑grade math and ...

Want to help your eighth-grader master math? Here are some of the skills your child will be learning in the classroom. Understand rational and irrational numbers. Know that a rational number can be ...

Math scores of California’s average eighth graders on standardized tests in 2021 were in line with the knowledge and skills of fifth graders, according to a new analysis of the state’s Smarter ...

Sports provide an engaging way of exploring a host of mathematical concepts. Any hard-core baseball fan knows that the game can’t truly be appreciated without an understanding of some essential ...

RICHMOND, Va. -- The vast majority of RPS seventh-graders took the eighth-grade math Standards of Learning (SOL) test during the 2021-2022 school year, as opposed to the seventh-grade math SOL. And of ...

The promise of eighth grade algebra and the loss of upper school students to private schools were two focuses for a School Committee candidates forum held by the Cambridge Advanced Learning ...

A decade-long slide in high schoolers’ reading and math performance persisted during the COVID-19 pandemic, with 12th graders ...

Most days in Molly Schaefer’s 8th grade geometry class, her students are focused on math concepts—learning about radians or cross-sections of three-dimensional figures. But one Friday about a month ...

Concerned New York parents ripped schools on Monday for not offering more support amid the COVID-19 remote learning saga — as new data known as the “nation’s report card” revealed the pandemic erased ...

The future of math education will begin with the divorce of a very long-term marriage between math learning and grade-level instruction. “The Future of Math,” my chapter in School Rethink 2.0, ...