Yahoo

Less than half of SC’s 3rd to 8th graders can do math on grade level, as reading scores surge

The state Board of Education hears a report on Jasper County School District on Tuesday, August 5, 2025. (Photo by Skylar Laird/SC Daily Gazette) WEST COLUMBIA — More than half of South Carolina’s ...
WPXI

One state tried algebra for all eighth graders. It hasn't gone well

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 ...
Yahoo

About half of SC’s 3rd to 8th graders can read on grade level. Math scores are worse.

Tests are graded with an A+ and an F. (Photo by Getty Images) COLUMBIA — Fewer than half of South Carolina third- through eighth-grade students can do math as expected for their grade level, according ...
MinnPost

Minnesota lawmakers hoped 8th grade algebra would get far more students to calculus. It hasn’t

MinnPost’s journalists are out in the community to report on the things that are happening in Minnesota. Your support right now will help fund their work AND keep our news paywall-free. BRAHAM, Minn. ...
Oregonian

Portland Public Schools is trying to close the algebra access gap. Early evidence suggests it’s working

The seventh graders in Maddie Hines’ project-based math class in North Portland are learning all about how to run sophisticated experiments where they come up with a hypothesis, test it out using the ...