The U.S. trails other high-income countries in math performance, and lately more students graduate from high school with deficits in basic math skills. Advocates say teaching practices supported by ...

Nearly a quarter of 4th graders could not meet basic math achievement on the 2024 National Assessment of Educational Progress.

Includes updates and/or revisions. The influence of a federal report calling for a more orderly approach to teaching mathematics in the early grades will hinge largely on whether its message is ...

Teachers have changed how they handle math instruction; they just need more training, and parents also have to adjust.

That has consequences. Early math skills are associated with higher literacy and higher earnings. But many elementary school teachers are uncomfortable with math — in a way that can pass on to ...