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

Math proficiency among eight graders at Albuquerque Public Schools has fallen slightly, according to last year’s state assessment, and for eighth grade students identified in the Yazzie-Martinez ...
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 ...
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 ...
KUNM

THURS: APS reports drops in eighth grade math, improvement in sixth and seventh grades, + More

Math proficiency among eight graders at Albuquerque Public Schools has fallen slightly, according to last year’s state ...