Brain teaser puzzles test the reader's critical thinking and problem-solving skills by challenging them to solve a problem. These challenges have the potential to boost intelligence and improve ...

In “The Great Math War,” Jason Socrates Bardi takes on a battle for the soul of numbers that divided the experts of its day. By Jordan Ellenberg Jordan Ellenberg, a professor of mathematics at the ...

The writing’s on the wall — if you can read it. Sobering national test results show more high school seniors are struggling with math and reading than at any point in recent decades, with Education ...

Exciting news for our students and community! The Clark County School District (CCSD) will be implementing the shorter version of the SBAC, Nevada’s state assessment for reading, math, science, and ...

As in previous years, 2024 testing data show Wisconsin had the largest gap in reading and math scores between Black and white students of any state in the U.S. For Wisconsin fourth graders, 51% of ...

GREENWICH — For the most part, Greenwich schools saw the percentage of students earning mastery scores on the Smarter Balanced math and English Language Arts assessments increase from 2022-23 to ...

Scores on New York’s statewide assessment tests in math improved during the 2023-2024 school year, but scores declined in English language arts, according to new data. Statewide, 54% of students ...

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A decade after Connecticut switched to the Smarter Balanced Assessment to measure academic performance, the debate about “over testing,” student anxiety, costs and “teaching to the test” continues.

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There was a slight improvement in math while English language arts declined a smidgen, and the wide proficiency gap between Black and Latino students and whites and Asians showed little change. Only ...

Most California students did not pass statewide reading, writing and math tests given in spring 2023. There was a slight improvement in math scores, but English language arts performance stagnated.