A coalition of 12 Southern states is launching a joint project to improve algebra instruction and testing in their high schools. The group, organized by the Southern Regional Education Board, is ...

School is out, but across Florida more than 200,000 students anxiously await the result of the linchpin in their high school graduation portfolio: a passing score on the Algebra 1 end-of-course exam.

Montgomery County's failure rate for the June final exam in Algebra 1 was so steep — 82 percent for high school students — that district officials say they decided to add 15 percentage points to all ...