Nothing about Algebra II is easy. Educators applauded lawmakers in June for dumping Algebra II as an end-of-course exam after less than half of students passed the test over its three-year existence.

Every California eighth-grader will be tested in algebra -- ready or not -- under a policy approved Wednesday that could make the state the first in the nation to require an upper-level math class ...

Just three years ago, only a third of Hayward students took algebra in middle school. Now, almost all of the district’s eighth-graders tackle irrational numbers, absolute values and the ubiquitous ...

A nationwide network outage at Pearson, Florida’s testing company, created problems for schools administering the state’s new standardized algebra exam today, officials said. Students were able to ...

After taking Maryland's state algebra test this year, Susan Gruenspecht's students at Westland Middle School in Montgomery County wanted to know: Where was the algebra? They were not alone. University ...

A new report from Brown University shows, summer math camps helped Rhode Islanders boost their scores and skills.

Imagine you’re 16. You’ve just passed your California driver’s test, and you’re lining up to get what you think will be your license. Instead, you’re presented with a form telling you that, though you ...

A Sacramento Superior Court judge has halted - at least for now - a controversial plan to require that all California eighth-graders be tested in Algebra 1 as early as 2011. No other state requires ...

Texas’ first trove of 2021 state standardized test scores offers early confirmation of what many educators feared: students fell dramatically behind in math during the coronavirus pandemic. Results ...

The State Board of Education voted unanimously Wednesday to remove state incentives encouraging schools to offer Algebra I in 8th grade. The move was both a vote of confidence in the new Common Core ...

California schools enroll too many eighth-graders in algebra who are unprepared for the challenging course, according to a study released Friday. The study “Gaining Ground in the Middle Grades: Why ...

TALLAHASSEE (CBS4) – Florida ninth-graders who took the state's first ever end-of-course Algebra I exam, on average, got only 41-percent of the answers correct. Education Commissioner Eric Smith ...