According to a 2013 report from the Brookings Institution, the number of students taking Algebra 1 or a more advanced math course (such as geometry) in eighth grade nearly tripled between 1990 and ...

Caden Rivera, a 16-year-old junior, said middle school was the beginning of a math slide for her. She got As in elementary school math but her grades fell once she hit algebra in eighth grade. “I was ...

Nearly half of the wealthiest schools offered algebra to all of their eighth grade students, regardless of math ability, compared with about a third of the poorest schools. Slide from a RAND webinar, ...

Early algebra does appear to slightly boost enrollment in advanced math courses in the short term—for example, more 10th graders taking Algebra II—but the effect fades as students get older ...

Eighth grade algebra teacher Rick Riccio helps students with a problem at Braham Area High School in Minnesota. Credit: Patience Zalanga/The Hechinger Report BRAHAM, Minn. — It was fourth-period ...

Algebra I won’t be considered a ninth-grade course anymore in Pasco County schools. Calling it a gateway to success in many career and college preparation programs, superintendent John Legg said ...

Students in grades three, six ad seven had improved performances on the math end-of-course exam. The 65% of 6th-graders who ...

Students from Orange, Osceola, Lake and Seminole county public schools mirrored the state trend passing the exams at rates ...

Most area school districts saw passing rates decrease in Algebra I, English II, English I and U.S. History on the spring 2025 ...