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As reliably as Persephone returns from Hades every Spring to spread light and rebirth, standardized tests emerge from another Netherworld to spread stress and fear. Since business CEOs, politicians ...

A number of courses across the university use either the Miami Math Placement exam or an ACT or SAT mathematics test subscore as a prerequisite. Since ACT and SAT scores are optional, all incoming ...

Tenth-graders in the US saw their math scores on an international test hit an all-time low last year while plummeting 13 points compared to 2018, according to results released Tuesday. The Program for ...

A man has sparked a viral debate after sharing how his test paper was marked as incorrect when he wrote ".50" instead of ".5" while converting centimeters to meters. The post, shared in the popular ...

Among high school students and adults, girls and women are much more likely to use traditional, step-by-step algorithms to solve basic math problems – such as lining up numbers to add, starting with ...

In the midst of the coronavirus pandemic, teachers have had to rethink pretty much everything they do with students—and that includes how they give math tests. With many students working remotely, ...

A bad relationship with math can start early, and anxiety or a lack of confidence around numbers can compound over time — transforming from a grade school phobia to a career hurdle. But some math ...

One of the most hotly contested teaching practices concerns a single minute of math class. This story also appeared in Mind/Shift Should teachers pull out their stopwatches and administer one-page ...

As educators, community members and parents work to help kids catch up from pandemic-related learning loss through accelerated learning and high dosage tutoring, national test scores published Monday ...

Nearly half of young New Yorkers statewide are still missing the mark on standardized math and English exams, according to ...

Every mathematician has a story that goes something like this. You’re at a party, and someone asks what you do for a living. “I’m a mathematician,” you say. “You must be a genius!” they reply. Or ...