California may soon test children on math as early as kindergarten in effort to curb dismal scores

A bill moving through the California Legislature would assess students as early as kindergarten on math. It's part of an ...
Newsweek

First-Grader Who’s Had Enough of Math Is All of Us: ‘Can’t Be Bothered’

See more of our trusted coverage when you search. Prefer Newsweek on Google to see more of our trusted coverage when you search. A 7-year-old girl had her parents chuckling with the sassy answer she ...
Education Week

Kindergartners’ Math and Reading Scores Can Predict Their 3rd Grade Performance

Kindergartners who started school scoring in the bottom 20% had only a 1 in 10 chance of reading proficiency by 3rd grade.
The News-Gazette

More Vermilion County first-graders put to test in math challenge

Mark Denman Elementary School first-grader Jeremiah Denson works on a fraction problem. Josie Scates, 7, from Bismarck-Henning, works on a math problem at the Danville District 118 First Grade Math ...
The Hechinger Report

Why schools are teaching math word problems all wrong

Segue Institute for Learning teacher Cassandra Santiago introduces a lesson on word problems to her first graders one spring afternoon. Credit: Phillip Keith for The Hechinger Report The Hechinger ...