The Basics: In math, students develop an understanding of rates and ratios, using tables, graphs and equations to solve real-world problems of proportional relationships. Students also work on solv… ...

The Common Core standards lay out what students are supposed to be able to accomplish in mathematics and English from kindergarten through 12th grade. They aim to promote critical thinking.

Unless lawmakers change the plan, third through eighth graders in Louisiana will take new multi-state tests next year for the Common Core mathematics and English standards. If you were at that ...

Common Core, a national set of educational standards adopted in 2010, established reading and math benchmarks that children must reach from kindergarten through 12th grade.

ROCHESTER, N.Y. — Jennifer Craig stared at her daughter's fifth-grade math homework. It was a three-digit multiplication problem, and it seemed simple enough. But her 10-year-old was supposed to ...

An in-depth discussion of Common Core standards, how to implement them in the classroom and how to evaluate student performance. Divided up by grade level and subject. An in-depth discussion of ...

Common Core math is getting the works from critics: It's too demanding for most kids; holds back the speedy kids; not the same as what parents already know; makes kids cry. It even promotes "fuzzy ...

A bafflingly graded third-grade math quiz caused a firestorm on Reddit last week and has spread across the internet, causing several people to question Common Core math standards and the teacher's ...

In high school, students use a deeper understanding of mathematics to solve real-world problems. While in elementary and middle school, the math skills children need to know are organized by grade ...

Who created Common Core math? Jason Zimba and the other writers knew the transition would be tough, but they never imagined political battles would threaten the very existence of their dream.

The standard pathway starts with a class called Math 7 in seventh grade, which includes elements of pre-algebra.

An in-depth discussion of Common Core standards, how to implement them in the classroom and how to evaluate student performance. Divided up by grade level and subject.