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 ...

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.

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

Next year, sixth- and seventh-graders in HISD will enroll in advanced math classes, preparing more students to take Algebra 1 ...

ALBANY – A second round of state testing will begin Wednesday in New York public schools as a movement to refuse the exams in protest continues to gain momentum. Students in grades 3-8 will sit ...

Sat, 19 Oct 2013 21:04:56 GMT — New York state has proposed letting eighth-graders skip the statewide math test if they take the algebra Regents test. The Wall Street Journal reports that the state ...

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 ...