New York Students Post Higher Math Scores
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In every grade tested, New York City saw jumps, often in double-digits, in the proportion of students performing at grade level over the year before.
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Eighth-grade students in the United States scored better in both mathematics and science last year than in 1999, but still lagged their peers in a number of other industrial countries, according
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Pupils have made improvements in maths but there has been little progress in writing, official figures show.
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The average ACT score rose in Illinois for the second year in a row, with Chicago scores climbing at double the state&#39;s rate, new data showed Tuesday.
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PARIS High school students in Hong Kong, Finland and South Korea do better in mathematics than those in any other country, according to a new international comparison of mathematical skills among 15-year-old students from 40 countries.
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Elementary and middle-school students are making significant improvements in math skills, while their gains in reading are more modest, according to national test results.
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By NANCY ZUCKERBROD, AP education writer  The House approved legislation Tuesday intended to boost the number of highly qualified math and science teachers in U.S. schools.
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More students are passing Advanced Placement exams in every part of the country, as college-level work in high school becomes increasingly common &#151; and competitive.
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Elementary and middle-school students are making across-the-board gains in math and more modest progress in reading, national test results out Tuesday show.
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Compared with peers in traditional public schools, fourth-graders in charter schools do as well in reading but worse in math, a pilot government study says.
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By RICK COLLINS  Education  BRAINTREE - South Shore high school students so far have done pretty well passing their reading, writing and arithmetic MCAS tests.
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In the nation&#39;s first comparison of test scores between children in charter schools and regular public schools, students in traditional public schools fared better than similar students in charter schools, The New York Times reported today.
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The Nation's Report Card shows U.S. students are improving slightly in math, but less so in reading
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At age 7, Terence Tao was taking high school math classes. At 31, he is one of the worldâs top mathematicians, tackling an unusually broad range of problems.
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Government exceeds target of increasing the number of pupils achieving at least five A* to C grades in their GCSEs.
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Arizona students showed a slight improvement in the Stanford 9 Achievement Test, scoring 11 points above the national average for math and reaching or topping national averages in language and reading, according to results released Monday.
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The report says students are catching up to their worldwide counterparts but fourth-graders are not. By Michael Dobbs / Washington Post.