The recent announcement by the Department of Basic Education (DBE) regarding certain proposed changes to the pass requirements for grades 7-9, which specifically involves Mathematics, is disconcerting ...

The results of Grade 9 pupils in maths in the Trends in International Mathematics and Science Study have shown "a remarkable upward trend". Grade 9 pupils outperformed pupils from Jordan, Palestine, ...

This week we are hearing from the Philadelphia Education Research Consortium (PERC, @PHLedResearch) about two connected research projects on ninth grade on-track metrics. This post is by Theodore ...

More than 40 per cent of Grade 9 public school students failed their math provincial achievement tests last year — bringing the state of math in Alberta to what parents are calling a “crisis.” ...