Florence Dittle, facilitator of instruction for the district, said recently that the placement tests for 8th graders, which conclude in December, will feature […] Skip to content All Sections ...

Nevertheless, they are held back to repeat 8th-grade mathematics coursework rather than advancing to the next course in the recommended mathematics course sequence,” the legislation noted. But nine ...

Test Yourself: 5 Questions From an 8th-Grade Math Test AUG. 28, 2015 This month, New York State reported that just 22 percent of the eighth graders who took this year’s Common Core-aligned math ...

Eighth-grade math is changing: Instead of emphasizing Algebra I where only some students thrive, many schools are placing all students in the same general class that covers several concepts.

About a year after new math placement criteria were approved, a Glenview School District 34 task force has made adjustments to the process through which students can test into higher level math cla… ...

Parents of 5th grade and 8th grade students this year no longer have to depend on STAAR tests to determine whether their student will advance to the next grade. Jennifer Jones is a parent of 2 ...