KENNEWICK -- This school year's testing season isn't just nerve-wracking for students -- drastic changes to state math exams also are puzzling school district officials, parents and legislators.
Inside her fifth-grade classroom at Brandon Elementary School, teacher Jill Carlson sees her students slumped in their chairs ...
Some math experts are worried the computer-based testing platforms that PARCC and Smarter Balanced plan to use for common-core tests this spring will make it tough for students to show what they know, ...
In sum: Test scores have been trending down for over a decade. There are some signs of recovery in math, but not many in ...
Long Island students are scoring higher on reading and math tests, and that’s praiseworthy. Yet as always, those results are ...
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The traditional ways of teaching math have not been working, according to the San Diego Unified School District. Years ago, the district surveyed students and found that many of them couldn’t explain ...