Middle school math needs to be every superintendent's new priority
New test results point to an urgent need by California to improve learning during pivotal years for education.
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New test results point to an urgent need by California to improve learning during pivotal years for education.
Tracking the same students over time reveals previously unseen improvements in reading after third grade.
Teachers have to get creative to get students excited about math and make up for lost time, after a year of distance learning.
A deeper dive into the Smarter Balanced test data reveals that the news is both better and worse than we previously realized
The pandemic compounded the challenge of teaching math at grade level when many California students may be three or four years behind.