After years of declining test scores the Maine department of Education last month announced what it called a "Back to Basics" ...

There are lots of unsolved mysteries in the world of math, and many of them start off with a deceptively simple premise, like ...

This month, I went to school for parent-teacher conferences. My second-grader’s self-evaluation form listed several categories: “I follow directions,” “I understand math,” “I like to read,” and one we ...

“We call it quantitative literacy, just knowing which fraction is larger or smaller, that the slope is positive when it is ...

After more than a month delay, assessment data for Kentucky students was publicly released Nov. 19, showing small proficiency ...

This month, I went to school for parent-teacher conferences. My second-grader's self-evaluation form listed several categories: "I follow directions," "I understand math," "I like to read," and one we ...

You might find the following question on a first-grade math test: "Fill in the box: 7+2=[blank]+6." But what you wouldn't expect is for 25 percent of incoming freshman at a highly ranked university to ...

If you applied all the lessons in the book so far, the young people in your life would know that they could meet high ...

I am proud of the commendable performance Kentucky students demonstrated during their assessments,” Commissioner of Education Robbie Fletcher said.