A similar proportion of eighth-graders failed to come up with the following sum: 12 + (-4) + 12 + 4 = _______. By the 12th ...

Schools are less likely to offer Latino and Black students early algebra, limiting odds they will get advanced courses and higher-paying jobs.

You might find the following question on a first-grade math test: "Fill in the box: 7+2 = [blank] + 6." What you wouldn't expect is for 25 percent of incoming freshmen at a highly ranked university to ...

The Tupper Lake Central School District recently released its state test results from last year. The district’s passing rates lagged behind all state averages for grades three through eight in English ...

Middle schoolers' access to the course is stratified along racial, socioeconomic, and regional lines, new research finds.

85% of third graders passed the third-grade reading assessment after the final retest. It was one point higher than the ...

Fort Worth leaders have expressed concern about the state of the city’s school system. But a new report shows four bright spots.

UC San Diego’s record-high enrollment seems to have come at a cost: increasingly underprepared students. On Nov. 6, UCSD’s ...

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 ...