Next month, a panel of University of California professors in the sciences and math will give their recommendations on the contentious issue of how much math high school students should know before ...

Students’ math scores hit historically low levels on national assessments during the pandemic. A big reason why: students’ poor grasp of statistics and geometry. But scores began to slip in statistics ...

Twenty states consider Algebra II a high school graduation requirement, but about half of those allow for exceptions or alternatives, such as data science courses. Credit: Meredith Kolodner/The ...

California’s math wars are roiling the state’s educational system, with contentious debates over high school curricula. At issue is whether a “data science” course should be available as a substitute ...

Briana Hampton, a San Gabriel High School junior, is determined to get into a four-year university to achieve her dream of becoming a social worker or psychiatrist. But she feared she would fail a ...

Math scores of K-12 students in the U.S. plummeted during the COVID-19 pandemic. Hopes that these scores would rebound among teenagers after the pandemic have proven vain. In 2023, U.S. News & World ...

A report on ACT scores issued Wednesday showed that a majority of Texas high school graduates who took the test were ill-prepared for introductory college courses in core subjects. Update: This story ...

After faculty protests and a debate over racial equity, the state’s public universities reconsider whether high school students can skip a foundational course. By Amy Harmon Since 2020, California has ...

The California State Board of Education voted to adopt a new—and much-debated—math framework on Wednesday, concluding a years-long process that involved three drafts, prompted hundreds of suggested ...

The average test scores for U.S. 13-year-olds have dipped in reading and dropped sharply in math since 2020, according to new data from National Assessment of Educational Progress. The average scores, ...