BRAHAM, Minn. — It was fourth-period Basic Algebra 8 class on a gray October morning at Braham Area High School. Teacher Rick Riccio had assigned an exercise on converting large integers to scientific ...

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Massachusetts schoolchildren outscored kids from the rest of the country in reading and math in 2024, according to an assessment known as "the nation's report card." But the state is still struggling ...

National test scores released Monday confirm the grim news that’s been coming from state exams: Students across the country saw significant academic setbacks during the pandemic, especially in math.

More local school districts are moving their eighth-graders out of grade-level math and into Algebra 1, usually a ninth-grade course, according to this year’s passing rates for the State of Texas ...

Students in New York continue to lag behind levels they achieved in reading and math before the Covid-19 pandemic, according to new nationwide assessment tests results. The new results come from ...

Fort Worth ISD leaders presented an encouraging trend to the school board and City Council: Students in kindergarten through eighth grade showed academic growth on a midyear test. Some experts and ...

This article was originally published in The Hechinger Report. Like learning to read by third grade, taking eighth grade math is a pivotal moment in a child’s education. Students who pass Algebra 1 in ...

Students graph linear equations in Zach Loy’s ninth-grade algebra class at Braham Area High School in Minnesota. Credit: Patience Zalanga for The Hechinger Report The Hechinger Report covers one topic ...

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