Sixth graders Zoe and Amoni, right, work together during Kelly Woodfin’s advanced math class in Union Public Schools. The Tulsa-area school district for about a decade has tried to increase enrollment ...

As a Rigby High instructional coach, Levi Jaynes was appalled at the math scores. In 2018, only about a third of students who took the state’s standardized math exam were at grade level or higher.

A sharp rise in students without middle school-level math skills is raising alarms among educators and policymakers.

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American high school graduates are taking harder math and science classes, according to a recent report by the National Center for Education Statistics. In September, Tom Luce, former CEO of the ...