Using data collected under the Trial State Assessment (TSA) of the National Assessment of Educational Progress (NAEP), this article describes and illustrates a two-stage statistical model for ...

The Monthly publishes articles, as well as notes and other features, about mathematics and the profession. Its readers span a broad spectrum of mathematical interests, and include professional ...

Cambridge, Mass., February 22, 2010 -- From how massive humpbacks glide through the sea with ease to the efficient way fungal spores fly, applied mathematicians at Harvard have excavated the equations ...

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MADISON — A major study of recent international data on school mathematics performance casts doubt on some common assumptions about gender and math achievement — in particular, the idea that girls and ...

WASHINGTON — A reading score that rates a fourth-grader “proficient” in Mississippi would be a failing score in Massachusetts, according to a report released yesterday by the Education Department. The ...

Metro Atlanta students’ success on the state’s mandatory reading test didn’t change much from last year, but there was wide variation in math results, according to the latest results on the Criterion ...

Blog posts represent the views of CFR fellows and staff and not those of CFR, which takes no institutional positions. The Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) released the ...