A California district found that higher expectations for low-performing students boosted math achievement, according to a ...

So districts simply took their ninth grade algebra textbook and content and started using it in eighth grade, he said. Minnesota now ranks lower on state-by-state comparisons of calculus enrollment ...

Some places are moving to universal early algebra. Minnesota has required it for years — with less-than-promising results.

Adams: My math-and-physics-teacher husband knew that if our daughter didn't take geometry in 9th grade, she'd never get to calculus. He was right.

The Math Placement Act requires districts to have a “multi-point, objective, fair and transparent placement process for all incoming ninth grade students.” Zepeda ruled that Palo Alto Unified ...