In eighth grade, students focus on connecting their understanding of math to solve a variety of problems.

Historically speaking, Algebra 1 has been reserved for ninth or tenth grade, and research indicates the majority of students ...

“Today I just finished the 8th grade entire unit,” said Jack Killian. Shannon Beighley said that 13 of her students are now moving on to Algebra I, which is regarded as a high school math course.

In math, pool of struggling learners grows The average NAEP math score fell 5 points in 4th grade, to 236 out of 500, and in 8th grade fell 8 points, to 274 out of 500.