Yahoo

Less than half of SC’s 3rd to 8th graders can do math on grade level, as reading scores surge

The state Board of Education hears a report on Jasper County School District on Tuesday, August 5, 2025. (Photo by Skylar Laird/SC Daily Gazette) WEST COLUMBIA — More than half of South Carolina’s ...
Yahoo

About Half of SC’s 3rd to 8th Graders Read on Grade Level. Math Scores are Worse

This article was originally published in South Carolina Daily Gazette. COLUMBIA — Fewer than half of South Carolina third- through eighth-grade students can do math as expected for their grade level, ...
Atlanta Journal-Constitution

We expect kids to be on grade level in math. A lot of them aren’t.

In listening sessions with state leaders over the last few weeks, Georgia teachers voiced concerns about a test-based accountability system that demands all students be at the same place at the same ...
Education Week

3 Big Changes My School Is Making to Boost Math Achievement

We have yet to see any rebound in middle school math on the nation’s report card, where scores declined by 8 points from 2019 to 2022 and remained at that low point when kids last took NAEP in 2024.
komonews

Washington 8th grade math scores decline despite increased education spending

WASHINGTON STATE — In a KOMO News Waste Watch Report, the math isn't penciling out in Washington. Math proficiency scores dropped again among the state's 8th-grade students, according to the National ...