Montgomery County's failure rate for the June final exam in Algebra 1 was so steep — 82 percent for high school students — that district officials say they decided to add 15 percentage points to all ...

A coalition of 12 Southern states is launching a joint project to improve algebra instruction and testing in their high schools. The group, organized by the Southern Regional Education Board, is ...

Jhazmyne Fitzpatrick plans to walk through her last few years at Godby High School without the specter of Algebra I hanging over her head. The 15-year-old sophomore wanted to finish off the course for ...

School is out, but across Florida more than 200,000 students anxiously await the result of the linchpin in their high school graduation portfolio: a passing score on the Algebra 1 end-of-course exam.

TALLAHASSEE, Fla. — A new bill proposed by Florida lawmakers is looking to eliminate algebra and English exam requirements for high school graduation. Filed in February, SB 166 proposes removing these ...

This principal didn’t do his math. Tyee Chin of Flushing HS — a cornerstone of Mayor de Blasio’s limping Renewal Schools program — demands that teachers aim to pass 75 percent of their students, or ...