A bad relationship with math can start early, and anxiety or a lack of confidence around numbers can compound over time — transforming from a grade school phobia to a career hurdle. But some math ...

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CHICAGO (Reuters) - Despite persistent stereotypes, girls in the United States now perform just as well as boys on standardized tests in math, U.S. researchers said on Thursday, "There just aren't ...

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A new study finds that high school students identify more with math if they see their math teacher treating everyone in the class equitably, especially in racially diverse schools. While the ...

Encouraging students to take accelerated math classes in 8th grade, based on prior strong performance, increases their chances of scoring a 3 or higher on Advanced Placement math exams in high school, ...

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A new paper from Jamil Maroun and Christopher Tienken sets out to determine whether a state’s big standardized test measures student learning, teacher effectiveness, or something else. The answer, it ...

An abysmal showing by U.S. students on a recent international math test flabbergasted typically restrained education researchers. “It looks like student achievement just fell off a cliff,” said Dan ...