Elementary math teacher Margie Howells teaches a 5th grade class at Wheeling Country Day School in Wheeling, W.V., on Sept. 5, 2023. A new survey of U.S. adults finds that they don't agree on the ...

Students build computational skills and their confidence and ability to talk about math effectively with these games.

Most math teachers who are using generative AI tools are doing so for lesson planning and creating student materials, such as quizzes, in-class activities, and homework assignments.

That said, fourth-grade math scores still remained below pre-pandemic 2019 levels, with one exception: Alabama was the only state where fourth-graders' average math scores surpassed 2019 scores.

U.S. students are still nearly half a grade behind in math and reading. It's been nearly five years since the pandemic first closed schools, yet students are still behind.