UC San Diego report finds alarming drop in freshmen math skills, with one in eight below middle school level

Shocking UC San Diego study reveals one in eight college freshmen lack basic math skills, with remedial course enrollment ...
Education Week

Math Tracking Starts as Early as Elementary School, a New Study Finds

Tracking, or grouping students according to their perceived ability, is a common feature in high school math. But a new study finds that it’s widespread as early as elementary and middle school, ...
University of Delaware

Math anxiety among middle schoolers

Math anxiety, which can begin as early as kindergarten, negatively affects students’ math performance both in the moment and throughout their math education. Most research focuses on the affective or ...

Nearly one in eight college freshers can’t do middle-school math, UC San Diego report reveals

A UC San Diego report reveals a sharp decline in math readiness, showing nearly one in eight incoming college students cannot ...
The New York Times

U.S. Students’ Progress Stagnated Last School Year, Study Finds

Despite billions in federal aid, students are not making up ground in reading and math: “We are actually seeing evidence of backsliding.” By Sarah Mervosh Despite billions of federal dollars spent to ...
Oregonian

Portland Public Schools slows efforts to end early algebra for select middle schoolers

Portland Public Schools backed off from its plan to discontinue accelerated middle school math classes this week, saying the proposal — intended to improve educational equity and boost math mastery — ...