In the 8th grade math curriculum, students deepen their knowledge of writing and reasoning with algebraic expressions, study linear equations, and learn about the idea of mathematical functions.

Say goodbye to eighth-grade Algebra I and hello to the rise of Common Core math To get to math in college, students have to get through Algebra.

The Common Core math standards were largely written by a physics professor working part time in his garage. Now they're in use by tens of millions of students nationwide.

Despite record education spending, the math score slide casts doubt on Common Core’s learning standards and approach to student improvement.

The appendix of the common-core math standards suggests a three-years-in-two option, in which students take the content of 7th grade math, 8th grade math, and Algebra 1 in the last two years of ...

A bafflingly graded third-grade math quiz caused a firestorm on Reddit last week and has spread across the internet, causing several people to question Common Core math standards and the teacher's ...

The Republicans dismiss the Common Core State Standards, the hot issue of the moment, in two words or fewer. The standards are “a disaster,” Donald Trump said.

For 4th grade math, the researchers found that 79 percent of NAEP’s test items matched material from the common-core standards at or below that grade level. And for 8th grade math, the ...

The Common Core calls for cross-disciplinary teaching and the reinforcement of foundational English and math skills in not only core academic subjects, but in art, music, and gym as well.

'Using the sample of released items in the New York Common Core tests, I recently spent some time looking over the eighth-grade math results and items to see what was to be learned – and I came ...

Another bill extended that moratorium through July 2015. Common Core couldn’t wait that long, and in 2012 lawmakers approved Assembly Bill 1246, allowing the state to move ahead with frameworks and ...