Studies have shown that the intervention improves measures of algebra content knowledge and thinking skills for students in grades 3-5—gains that persist into 6th grade. Now, ongoing research ...

According to a 2013 report from the Brookings Institution, the number of students taking Algebra 1 or a more advanced math course (such as geometry) in eighth grade nearly tripled between 1990 and ...

Gender gaps in math achievement and teacher expectations that boys are stronger at math than girls start to form by kindergarten, according to a study released Thursday by the American Educational ...

Kindergarten may be math’s most important year — it lays the groundwork for understanding the relationship between number and quantity and helps develop “number sense,” or how numbers relate to each ...

Kindergarten math skills: Find out what you need to know for your student In kindergarten, children focus on learning numbers and what they represent, as well as basic addition and subtraction.

When Bill Horkan, a talented teacher I know, thinks about the national debate over how to improve math instruction, he imagines getting students ready for algebra as early as first grade. “Some ...

There is no correlation nationwide between eighth-grade algebra policies and performance in algebra, Lawless said. At Horace Mann Middle School in Los Angeles, 214 eighth-graders, nearly half ...