A typical 8th grade math textbook includes just a handful of real-world problems for students to solve, finds a new international study. And that’s not enough, according to William Schmidt, ...
kfoxtv: Changes made to 5th, 8th grade STAAR math test for 2014 school year
Changes made to 5th, 8th grade STAAR math test for 2014 school year
EdSource A University of California in the heart of farm country aims to attract more students Eighth-graders in the United States have made steady progress on an international test measuring math ...
MinnPost: Minnesota lawmakers hoped 8th grade algebra would get far more students to calculus. It hasn’t
Minnesota lawmakers hoped 8th grade algebra would get far more students to calculus. It hasn’t
Across the country, 4th and 8th graders are taking the National Assessment of Educational Progress in a range of subjects this month, but I’ll be paying particularly close attention to how middle ...
Education Week: A New Approach to Algebra in 8th Grade Seems to Produce Big Benefits
A New Approach to Algebra in 8th Grade Seems to Produce Big Benefits
San Antonio Express-News: Fewer San Antonio-area eighth-graders are taking STAAR math test
More local school districts are moving their eighth-graders out of grade-level math and into Algebra 1, usually a ninth-grade course, according to this year’s passing rates for the State of Texas ...
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