This month, New York State reported that just 22 percent of the eighth graders who took this year’s Common Core-aligned math test received a passing mark. How do you compare?

Put another way, only 69% of California principals report using some form of assessment data — whether grade-level tests, diagnostic tests, in-class tests, or classroom assignments — to inform ...

Florence Dittle, facilitator of instruction for the district, said recently that the placement tests for 8th graders, which conclude in December, will feature an online math exam.

To conduct the analysis, Curriculum Associates looked at the grade-level placement results for students in grades 1 through 8 who took the company’s diagnostic tests in reading and math in ...

It’s spring again, time for math placement tests at Berkeley High. The math department requires that any Berkeley student who did not attend a Berkeley public school in eighth grade take a placement ...

Eighth-grade math is changing: Instead of emphasizing Algebra I where only some students thrive, many schools are placing all students in the same general class that covers several concepts.

Parents of 5th grade and 8th grade students this year no longer have to depend on STAAR tests to determine whether their student will advance to the next grade.

Parents who think their children are ready for algebra in eighth grade can encounter resistance from teachers and administrators who think they know better.

Test scores for eighth-grade students in the US declined in both US history and civics in 2022, according to a new report from the National Assessment of Educational Progress, often referred to as ...

State and federal education spending for K-12 schools in Washington is way up, but test scores in fourth grade reading and eighth grade math are dropping.

But in math, the scores were down significantly. Just about 18 percent of sixth graders and 7 percent of eighth graders scored proficient. Those numbers are down from 30 percent and 13 percent in ...