In standard form, numbers are recorded as a number between 1 and 10 multiplied by a power of ten.

But students who had most of the math knowledge from previous grades, including the predecessor skills, did the best. They had a 58% success rate on new Algebra 1 content.

Eloy Ortiz Oakley, the chancellor of the California Community Colleges system, wants to kick loose the requirement of algebra for non-STEM majors.

The fight over math in the Golden State’s public schools is likely to spread across the country.

The Developmental Math Program in the Department of Mathematics at Western Michigan University offers Math 1100, a mastery-based algebra course covering the arithmetic foundations of algebra, ...

In one finding, the study says having students who struggle in math repeat algebra rarely leads to proficiency.