Burleigh: Are students being equipped with a genuine understanding of math concepts or merely trained to follow steps?

High-achieving kids often aren't in the testing pool. They attend private schools or their parents opt them out of state tests.

The highest-ranking city school on the new math tests was the Syracuse Latin School, which had a proficiency level of 55%. That tied the school for No. 77 in the region.

Educators in a research partnership have found that early math screening is a helpful teaching tool that helps educators ...

CCSD says middle schoolers will take semester exams in four subjects starting next school year. The tests aim to monitor and ...

A brain teaser challenge is a type of IQ test that mostly involves solving a puzzle, cracking a code, finding a hidden object or mistake, or detecting the fault in the image. Brain teaser puzzles test ...

Four years after the pandemic emergency ended and K-12 performance plunged nationwide, New Jersey’s third through eighth graders are finally edging up to be on par with pre-pandemic levels, although ...

Scores on New York’s statewide assessment tests improved in both math and English language arts during the 2024-2025 school year. Statewide, 57% of students tested proficient in math last year, up 3 ...

Fewer than half of Montana students in grades 3 through 8 are at or above grade-level proficiency standards in language arts and math. That’s according to the first statewide results of a new ...

An exterior shot of the Kentucky Department of Education at 300 Sower Boulevard in Frankfort, Kentucky, on February 7, 2025. Tasha Poullard [email protected] Kentucky students performed ...

Setting aside time in the school day to teach students social-emotional skills, such as emotional regulation and perspective-taking, can substantially boost students’ grade-point averages and ...

The New York State Education Department is pushing new math guidelines, including a recommendation that teachers stop giving timed quizzes — because it stresses students out. The new guidelines also ...