A bill moving through California’s legislature would require schools to test kindergarteners' math skills.

A bill moving through the California Legislature would test students as early as kindergarten on math. It's part of an effort ...

California could begin testing students as early as kindergarten in math if a bill currently going through the state ...

Here's how you can help your kindergartner master the basics of math outside of the classroom. Try to incorporate basic math concepts into everyday activities. Have your child count objects regularly ...

Proficiency by grade 3 is linked to long-term academic and life outcomes, making early identification of struggling students key.

The vast majority of students won’t take algebra until middle or high school. But teachers can start laying the groundwork for this pivotal class a lot sooner, some researchers say—and instilling ...

Kindergarten teachers report spending much of their math instructional time teaching students basic counting skills and how to recognize geometric shapes -— skills the students have already mastered ...

Those early differences can have critical implications for whether students ultimately reach proficiency by third grade — a critical academic benchmark closely tied to long-term educational success.

While many studies have been conducted on infants' and preschoolers' math competencies, few have evaluated how toddlers' basic mathematics knowledge relates to early elementary school success. Now, in ...