How can I assume that? The test asked them to define the word decipher, and 24 percent got it wrong. “You can’t believe how low ‘below basic’ is,” says Carol Jago, a former public-school teacher who ...

This month, I went to school for parent-teacher conferences. My second-grader’s self-evaluation form listed several categories: “I follow directions,” “I understand math,” “I like to read,” and one we ...

A new report from UCSD demonstrates the alarming lack of preparation among incoming freshmen for college level math courses.