reflections – mirror images of the figure. For tips to help your eighth-grader in math class, check out our eighth grade math tips page. Parent Toolkit resources were developed by NBC News Learn ...

Sports provide an engaging way of exploring a host of mathematical concepts. Any hard-core baseball fan knows that the game can’t truly be appreciated without an understanding of some essential ...

Under the current policy, students who take General Math in 8th grade, the less rigorous alternative to Algebra, are penalized on the results of their state standardized math test. If they test at the ...

U.S. 4th and 8th grade students are performing worse in math, and somewhat worse in reading, than they were two years ago, according to new data from a national test. The results were a surprise ...

A recent report by the National Assessment of Educational Progress described 4th and 8th grade student reading and math test scores as showing "modest improvement" in 2007 but "stalled improvement ...

and school districts across the country have hoped to diversify access to college-preparatory math by increasing the number of students who take algebra by the end of 8th grade. But calling a ...

Amazingly, a child’s kindergarten math scores are a better predictor of his or her third-grade math and reading scores, than a child’s kindergarten reading scores. As the most accurate ...