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 ...

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 ...

UPPER MARLBORO, Md. (7News) — In a startling revelation, over 80% of Maryland students have fallen short on state proficiency tests in math and English language arts, according to scores reported by ...

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 ...

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.

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 ...

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, ...