This article was originally published in The Hechinger Report. Like learning to read by third grade, taking eighth grade math is a pivotal moment in a child’s education. Students who pass ...
Math scores for U.S. fourth and eighth graders declined significantly last school year, compared to 2019, according to the latest results from the National Center for Education Statistics ...
The results of an international test of academic skills released recently show dire declines in math for U.S. fourth- and eighth-grade students. The Trends in International Mathematics and Science ...
The latest results were collected in 2023, with hundreds of thousands of students participating around the world. In the United States, fourth and eighth graders performed much worse in math last year ...
More countries are edging ahead of the United States in math and science achievement, according to the latest results from an international test of 4th and 8th graders in the subjects. The Trends ...
Average math scores among U.S. 4th and 8th graders fell steeply between 2019 and 2023, falling 18 points for the younger group and an even sharper 27 points for the older students, data released ...
In contrast, on the Program for International Student Assessment or PISA, another key international test given to eighth graders in 2022, U.S. math scores also fell steeply, but the U.S. ranking ...