This fourth grade numbers whiz from Eastie is taking on Texas in a national competition

A fourth grader O’Donnell Elementary earned the top score at a statewide math competition, which landed him a spot next month ...
Education Week

5 Research-Backed Ways to Help Students Catch Up in Math

Students are barely beginning to recover from a historic decline in math performance. Across every grade and region of the country, students in every racial, income, and disability group have ...
komonews

4th grade reading, 8th grade math scores continue to plunge in WA despite more spending

SEATTLE — State and federal education spending for K-12 schools in Washington is way up, but test scores in fourth grade reading and eighth grade math are dropping, according to a non-partisan ...
WOSU Public Media

74% of Ohio 8th graders not hitting math benchmarks, 65% of 4th grade readers are also behind

More than a majority of American 4th graders and 8th graders are not meeting reading and math benchmarks, including Ohioans, according to data from the Annie E. Casey Foundation's 2024 Kids Count Data ...
Education Week

Young Students Gravitate to Math. How Teachers Can Build on That Curiosity

Zachary Champagne’s 3rd and 4th graders figure out early on that this math class will be different when their teacher tells them: “I don’t care about the answer.” The goal is to shift his elementary ...
The Hill

Test scores show largest math declines ever for fourth, eighth graders

Students’ math scores nationwide dropped by the largest amount ever this year while reading scores also saw sharp declines, according to newly released Education Department data that provides the most ...