All California eighth-graders in public school will have to take Algebra 1 beginning in 2011 under a policy approved Wednesday by the state Board of Education in an 8-1 vote. The board decided to make ...

TALLAHASSEE (CBS4) – Florida ninth-graders who took the state's first ever end-of-course Algebra I exam, on average, got only 41-percent of the answers correct. Education Commissioner Eric Smith ...

More than 1 in 3 public school students now take Algebra 1 before high school. For those students to succeed, schools must adjust middle school programs to better match student readiness to class ...

This article was originally published in El Paso Matters. In the last few years, the Socorro Independent School District has been preparing its middle school students to enroll in algebra once they ...

Charter-school network Success Academy had all of its eighth-graders take the state Algebra 1 Regents exam last year — and notched a 99 percent pass rate, the network said Monday. All told, 426 ...

The bar keeps dropping on state math exams — and critics are saying it’s because officials are desperate for high graduation rates. Kids only need to score a measly 30 percent on this month’s Algebra ...

While statewide scores remained largely mixed, Houston ISD high school students saw improvement in each STAAR subject, including large gains in Algebra 1 and biology, two years into state intervention ...

Algebra has long been a fundamental part of any high school math curriculum. In many places it's become a fundamental part of the middle school math curriculum, too. In recent years, more students ...

A new bill in the Florida Legislature proposes eliminating the Algebra 1 and 10th grade ELA assessments as graduation requirements. Supporters argue that the current system unfairly penalizes students ...

While statewide scores remained largely flat, Houston ISD high school students saw improvement in each STAAR subject, including large gains in Algebra 1 and biology, two years into state intervention.