New York Post

Students being placed into advanced math classes based off standardized test scores, not grades

DALLAS (AP) — When Tha Cung looked over his sixth-grade class schedule, he took notice of the math block. He had been placed in an advanced class. “I didn’t know ‘honors’ even existed,” he said. Tha ...
Albuquerque Journal

APS reports drops in eighth grade math, improvement in sixth and seventh grades

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The Grio

Which students get into advanced math? Texas is using test scores to limit bias

DALLAS (AP) — When Tha Cung looked over his sixth-grade class schedule, he took notice of the math block. He had been placed in an advanced class. “I didn’t know ‘honors’ even existed,” he said. Tha ...
Education Week

The Performance Problem: An Example From a Common-Core Test

This is a sample 6th grade performance task for the common-core math assessment being developed by Smarter Balanced testing consortium. This is a sample 6th grade performance task for the common-core ...
The Gazette

Education trends were on the right track prior to pandemic

The Douglas County School District increased achievement the most when compared to the other six districts. While the district reported a minuscule 0.5-percentage-point drop in sixth grade math, it ...