The exams were intended to test student achievement in math. After a disastrous performance last school year by middle and high school students, the “common semester assessments” have become a test in ...

Mathematics education is in crisis: A third of all schoolchildren end up in remedial math courses, and the level of interest in the subject is at an all-time low. This is a result, in part, of schools ...

A sharp rise in students without middle school-level math skills is raising alarms among educators and policymakers.

It turns out that it does not always pay to be good at math, at least not as a Texas middle school student. Texas lawmakers tried to reduce testing this school year, but a conflict between state and ...

The College Board released its 2012 SAT college-entrance test results this week, and here are some highlights: 1. Continuing an uninterrupted trend that dates back to at least 1972, high school boys ...