Though basic math content is crucial for students who begin school with little math knowledge, a growing body of research argues more comprehensive kindergarten math instruction that moves beyond ...

Nearly a quarter of 4th graders could not meet basic math achievement on the 2024 National Assessment of Educational Progress.

Experts say math research hasn’t gotten as much funding or attention, especially beyond the elementary level. Meanwhile, the math instruction schools are currently using doesn’t work all that ...

The U.S. trails other high-income countries in math performance, and lately more students graduate from high school with deficits in basic math skills. Advocates say teaching practices supported by ...

"Teaching children the basic concept behind math problems was more useful than teaching children a procedure for solving the problems – these children gave better explanations and learned more ...

As American schools work to turn around math scores that plunged during the pandemic, some researchers are pushing for more attention to a set of research-based practices for teaching math. The ...