As teacher David Ramirez strode around his 7th-grade classroom at Oakland’s Urban Promise Academy, he was taking on a central challenge of the new Common Core standards: how to ensure that students ...

I remember the day in ninth grade algebra when I asked my math teacher the question most students ask: When would I ever use y=mx+b in my “real life?” He did not provide a compelling answer. Like many ...

When I was in ninth grade, my English teacher assigned selections from S.I. Hayakawa’s “Language in Thought and Action.” My friends and I were initially baffled by his concepts. Still, we eventually ...

When: Hempfield education and programs, policy, personnel, and legal school board committee meeting, June 15. What happened: District officials proposed updates to the secondary math course and ...

Washington students are posting some of their best test scores in math and English in quite some time. “The rate of progress for the first time in years, the growth that we see in our students from ...

Maryland Comprehensive Assessment Program standardized test results from spring 2024 reflected little overall improvement in English language arts and math, according to data released Tuesday by the ...

For the first time since COVID-19 hit, California students demonstrated slight across-the-board gains in math, English and science according to statewide standardized testing data released Thursday.

New York state is preparing to lower its minimum test scores for student proficiency in math and English following what an official described as a "learning loss" during the coronavirus pandemic. The ...

Local schools had mixed results on the 2010 End-of-Course Assessments in English, math and biology, but the schools on probation in Lake County continued to show dismal results. For some districts, ...

TALLAHASSEE, Fla. — A new bill proposed by Florida lawmakers is looking to eliminate algebra and English exam requirements for high school graduation. Filed in February, SB 166 proposes removing these ...

Lehigh Valley schools and districts found themselves at both ends of the spectrum in math and English test results.

Los Angeles Unified Supt. Alberto Carvalho greets students and families at Main Street Elementary School on the first day of the 2024-25 school year. (Al Seib / For The Times) Test scores for ...