Narrow math tests inevitably drive down real standards because accountability pressures principals and teachers to teach to the test. Conversely, well-engineered tests of the math we actually want ...

The decision about whether students are “college-ready” in mathematics will be based only on the exams students take at the end of a math sequence, rather than on a combination of results from all the ...

A university report found a sharp rise in first-year students lacking high school math proficiency. At UCSD, where more than ...

This article written by staff writers Elizabeth Doran and Maureen Nolan. Scores on the New York state assessment tests given in grades three through eight were released Wednesday, and as predicted the ...

"I am proud of the commendable performance Kentucky students demonstrated during their assessments," Commissioner of Education Robbie Fletcher said.

Two out of 3 California students did not meet state math standards and more than half did not meet English standards on state assessments taken in the spring, reflecting sizable drops in performance ...