A new study shows that high-achieving Black students are less likely to be enrolled in Algebra 1 classes in middle school compared to their non-Black peers, limiting their path to college and STEM ...

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Many states are pushing students to take Algebra 1 in middle school to prepare them for advanced math in high school. A new analysis, however, suggests that increased enrollment hasn’t led to higher ...

California students who fail algebra and repeat the course are pretty much doomed to fail again, a vicious cycle that wastes limited resources and precious learning time, according to a report ...

NWEA, a K-12 assessment and research organization, released today a new research brief, "Unequal Access to 8th-Grade Algebra: How School Offerings and Placement Practices Limit Opportunity." The ...

High-achieving North Carolina 8 th graders who took Algebra 1 online performed worse than similar students who took the course in a traditional classroom, according to a new study from researchers at ...