Historically speaking, Algebra 1 has been reserved for ninth or tenth grade, and research indicates the majority of students ...

Fifteen years after the calamitous rollout of the Common Core math standards, the once-derided strategy has proven its ...

Students who pass Algebra 1 in eighth grade are more likely to sign up for more advanced math courses, and those who pass more advanced math courses are more likely to graduate from college and ...

Though a new law removes algebra II as a core requirement for a high school diploma, many Texas universities say they will not change their admissions standards to drop the advanced math course ...

The Developmental Math Program in the Department of Mathematics at Western Michigan University offers Math 1100, a mastery-based algebra course covering the arithmetic foundations of algebra, ...

Critics noted that the NCES study did not include data on 8th grade Algebra 1 and Geometry courses, even though one in five 2005 high school graduates had taken Algebra 1 in middle school.

Questioning whether the algebra II's reputation as a indicator of students’ potential was “causational or observational,” he said the advanced math course should not be “the determining ...

Tuesday's findings suggest that their course offerings were often "advanced" in name only: Fewer than one in five high school graduates who took an "honors" Algebra I class in high school got ...

“Many students who are quite capable give up on math because they were encouraged or allowed to take a course they were not ready for.” ...

Teachers cover significantly less algebra or advanced content in algebra classes in schools with mostly black students than schools with mostly white or Latino students.