We hope education leaders will pursue efforts to improve math instruction. New international test scores show how urgent the need for change is.

A separate study of nearly 4.4 million students in grades 3-8 during the pandemic found among students with above-average math scores, 55 percent of Black, Hispanic, and Native American students ...

Eighth-graders in nearly every state across the nation and fourth-graders in a large majority of states, including California, saw significant drops in average math scores since the pandemic ...

Released Tuesday, it finds the average international math score fell by the equivalent of three-quarters of a year of learning. Reading scores fell by the equivalent of half a year.

Math and reading scores for American 13-year-olds plunge to lowest levels in decades In the national sample of 13-year-old students, average math scores fell by 9 points between 2020 and 2023 ...