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 […] ...

In the 1990s and 2000s, several states and large school systems began requiring students to take the subject in 8th ... below-grade-level proficiency in math were placed in remedial pre-Algebra ...

She also pointed out that students who take pre-algebra in eighth grade are now placed with honors geometry students, saying the school is getting kids “who are ill-prepared for such a rigorous ...

is studying eighth graders’ math skills at three county schools. The study’s purpose is to improve eighth grade pre-algebra education, to better prepare students for high school algebra.