by eighth grade. Algebra I (or Integrated Math I) is considered a ninth grade course, but taking it on that schedule typically doesn’t allow students to meet the prerequisites for Calculus in their ...

Test your mettle with these eighth-grade-level questions from the Trends in International Mathematics and Science Study (TIMSS) and National Assessment of Education Progress (NAEP). Answers are at ...

It was risky. Students sometimes end up with lower math scores when they’re pushed to do work that is too advanced for them; that’s why California ended an eighth grade “algebra for all” initiative a ...

In the fall of 2019, four high schools in a San Francisco Bay Area district shook up many of their ninth grade math classes. Students had traditionally been separated into more than five math courses ...

When students take Algebra 1 matters ... to take the subject in 8th or 9th grade, with the aim of ensuring that all students would be ready for college-level math upon graduation.

Wellesley Middle School is one of the only districts in the Boston area to offer accelerated math placement in the 6th grade.  For this they should be […] ...