Opinion: Test Results Reveal a Deeper Issue in Math – And It’s Not the Math Itself

American students are struggling with math, but what’s really to blame? Some blame the pandemic. Others point to overreliance ...
Chronicle

A Grueling Math Test So Hard, Almost No One Gets a Perfect Score

Every year, thousands of college students from across the U.S. and Canada give up a full Saturday before finals begin to take a notoriously difficult, 6-hour math test — and not for a grade, but for ...
The Hechinger Report

Mathematics test scores in some countries have been dropping for years, even as the subject grows in importance

A mixed class of Year 2 and 3 students — equivalent to first and second grades in the United States — practices fractions at Beach Haven School in Auckland, New Zealand. The government has instituted ...
EdSource

Placement tests land many students in a math maze instead of on pathways to success

January 22, 2026 - Fausto Lopez finished high school, got an associate degree and applied to attend a four-year college - all while inside juvenile detention. Imagine you’re 16. You’ve just passed ...