The architects of the Common Core State Standards for mathematics explicitly aimed to sacrifice breadth for depth, but that proposition has raised questions about whether assessments can be developed ...

If you’re a teacher in a state that will take the PARCC or Smarter Balanced common-core-aligned assessments next spring, you know by now that the performance tasks for math are going to be hard—likely ...

Change is an ongoing process which results in positive or negative outcomes, although the expectations when changes are implemented are for the good. The underpinning theories and principles in ...

Mathematics is a unique subject in that mathematics-related motivation and learning are often accompanied by strong emotions, ...

North Carolina assigns schools letter grades based on how many students pass state exams and a school’s improvement over time ...

Scientists have found that the strength of communication between the left and right hemispheres of the brain predicts performance on basic arithmetic problems. The findings shed light on the neural ...