The architects of the Common Core State Standards for mathematics explicitly aimed to sacrifice breadth for depth, but that proposition has raised questions about whether assessments can be developed ...

If you’re a teacher in a state that will take the PARCC or Smarter Balanced common-core-aligned assessments next spring, you know by now that the performance tasks for math are going to be hard—likely ...

The dominant response to the recently-released NAEP Report Card on 4 th and 8 th grade proficiency scores has been to focus on the adverse effects of school closures: declining competencies, ...

North Carolina assigns schools letter grades based on how many students pass state exams and a school’s improvement over time ...

Mathematics is a unique subject in that mathematics-related motivation and learning are often accompanied by strong emotions, ...