At the state’s prodding, the proportion of students taking Algebra in eighth grade increased 60 percent over the past decade – a significant achievement. But there has not been a parallel success in ...

For the study’s author, Tom Loveless, a nagging question about 8th grade courses and AP performance revolved around the practice of tracking. He argues that American schools offer inadequate ...

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The researchers used data from the U.S. Trends in International Mathematics and Science Study, which included a survey of 8th grade teachers in 111 schools nationwide on their teaching practices.

The State Board of Education voted unanimously Wednesday to remove state incentives encouraging schools to offer Algebra I in 8th grade. The move was both a vote of confidence in the new Common Core ...

It includes data from 8,719 school districts with either math or reading achievement data across 43 states. Test results account for roughly 35 million third through eighth grade students between ...

The Trends in International Mathematics and Science Study (TIMSS), as the survey is called, was conducted last year on fourth- and eighth-graders in 64 countries and regions of the world.