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 ...

Even if you never learned the difference between a triangle, a rectangle and a trapezoid, and you never used a ruler, a compass or a map, you would still do well on some basic geometry tests, ...

The exams were intended to test student achievement in math. After a disastrous performance last school year by middle and high school students, the “common semester assessments” have become a test in ...

Mathematics plays a central role in winnowing opportunities for students to enter and succeed in college. In California, students can graduate from high school with just two years of math, including a ...

Hooda Math has updated its free timed math tests to work on any Internet-connected device. Covering addition, subtraction, multiplication and division, the tests can be set by students or teachers to ...

As Clark County School Board member Terri Janison on Thursday reacted to the excessive rate of student failure on end-of-semester math exams, she made it clear that now's the time for change, not ...

Artificial intelligence is coming for everything you hold dear, and not even your beloved SAT scores are safe. A new AI system can now tackle geometry questions on the SATs about as well as an average ...

The city is asking public school principals to consider giving math tests to kindergartners, a proposal that comes amid debate over the growing use of standardized tests nationwide. The experiment ...

The common math assessments under development by PARCC will be translated into Spanish and possibly other languages, but whether English-language learners will have access to non-English versions will ...