In fourth grade, students focus most on using all four operations - addition, subtraction, multiplication, and division - to solve multi-step word problems involving multi-digit numbers. Fourth-grade ...

Alabama’s 2022 law reshaped math instruction at the elementary level by providing money for all schools to hire math coaches ...

We have yet to see any rebound in middle school math on the nation’s report card, where scores declined by 8 points from 2019 to 2022 and remained at that low point when kids last took NAEP in 2024.

U.S. 4th and 8th grade students are performing worse in math, and somewhat worse in reading, than they were two years ago, according to new data from a national test. The results were a surprise to ...

Buoyed by their successful strategies for early literacy, California legislators and advocacy groups are calling for a parallel approach to math.

When the Education Department released data earlier this week documenting what U.S. students in the fourth and eighth grades know and can do in math and reading – the most comprehensive examination of ...

A new bill would require districts to screen for — and help — students falling behind in math in the early grades, just as they now do for students with challenges in reading.