The Mississippi Department of Education has removed all of the math practice tests for the Common Core-linked state assessments from its website. A spokesperson for the department said the practice ...
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A large-scale study of over 200,000 U.S. students found that even minimal annual use of Khan Academy’s mastery-based math program correlated with measurable test score improvements. Researchers noted ...
There is little question in my mind that national standards will be a blessing. The crazy quilt of district and state standards will become more rational, student mobility will stop causing needless ...
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Students at Eastway Middle School in Charlotte, NC, use graphing calculators to send data to their teacher as part of a Texas Instruments algebra-readiness program known as MathForward. The impending ...
A set of guidelines adopted by 45 states this year may turn children into "little mathematicians" who don't know how to do actual math. A few weeks ago, I wrote an article for TheAtlantic.com ...
This week’s question is: What are the best strategies for teaching Common Core math to English language learners? I can speak from experience in saying that Common Core has not made it any easier to ...