The Common Core math tests began Wednesday, and many students have opted out of the exam. The math tests are given to kids in third through eighth grade. When the English tests were given earlier this ...

Officials say opt-out numbers are expected to soar after Wednesday's Common Core math tests were administered for students in grades three through eight. Last week, the group Long Island Opt Out says ...

Nearly 80,000 public school students in 100 districts across Long Island refused Tuesday to take the state mathematics exam given in grades three through eight, in a fifth straight year of boycotts ...

Wide-ranging boycotts of the state Common Core math test showed no sign of abating in Long Island’s public schools, as more than 90,000 students refused to take the exam this week, a Newsday survey ...

Fifth-grade math teacher Wei Zhang moves her hands in small circles with her palms up, coaxing her students to think about the math problem on the board. “This way makes it easier to certain people,” ...

A correction to an earlier version of this article has been appended to the end of the article. When Veera Sinha was a little girl in India, her father asked his kids to solve math puzzles in their ...

EVERETT — Most high school juniors in Snohomish County tested at a college-ready level for English this spring but floundered in math, according to state test results. Results from the 2015-16 school ...

Students can prepare for New York’s annual math and English tests by practicing the following essential skills and strategies. These tips, endorsed by local tutors, are important for kids in every ...

Wednesday students across New York finished their first day of Common Core State Math assessments. 3rd through 8th graders took the English language portion of the exams last week, and many districts ...

Local students beat the state average in math across the board, but we fell behind the state average Test scores from local districts on grades 3 through 8 Common Core math tests stayed above the ...