After an article about North Carolina teachers failing math test required for licensure got national circulation, math-minded readers wanted to see for themselves how hard the test is. “Would have ...

For more than five months, North Carolina’s education leaders have been agonizing over a math test that has posed a barrier for hundreds of elementary school teachers trying to get their license and ...

It’s a tough test — but not so tough to pass. New York high-schoolers who took the Regents Common Core Algebra I exam this month had to earn just 27 of 86 points, or 31.4 percent, to pass. On the ...

ALBANY — How can you pass a test if you only get 26 of 86 points? Take the New York State Regents Algebra 1 exam. The fuzzy math, critics say, illustrates how New York policymakers have become so ...

For more than 40 years, Florida’s public high school students have needed to pass state language arts and math exams to graduate. Now, as more students struggle to pass the tests and the bar is set to ...

On Nov. 5, Massachusetts voters will decide whether to keep the state’s two-decade-old state test graduation requirement. The ballot measure, Question 2, would repeal the need for students to pass the ...