A California district found that higher expectations for low-performing students boosted math achievement, according to a ...

So districts simply took their ninth grade algebra textbook and content and started using it in eighth grade, he said. Many eighth graders aren’t developmentally ready for the more complex ...

Adams: My math-and-physics-teacher husband knew that if our daughter didn't take geometry in 9th grade, she'd never get to calculus. He was right.

The Math Placement Act requires districts to have a “multi-point, objective, fair and transparent placement process for all incoming ninth grade students.” Zepeda ruled that Palo Alto Unified ...

So districts simply took their ninth grade algebra textbook and content and started using it in eighth grade, he said. Minnesota now ranks lower on state-by-state comparisons of calculus enrollment ...