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In Elementary School, Many Teachers Have a Shaky Grasp of Math. Can Preparation Programs Change That?

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When it comes to math, students are struggling. The recent national assessment underscored that by revealing that 24 percent of fourth graders are still performing below basic math skills, also shining a spotlight on an ever-growing inequality in math performance across the country. That has consequences.

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Don’t Call Them Test Companies: How the College Board and ACT Have Shifted Focus

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It only says something about whether students have yet attained the reading, writing, and math skills they will use to gain knowledge in college or career training; it makes no statement about what they are capable of learning.” In a way, the College Board and ACT are trying to resolve what is a fundamental contradiction in their missions.

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