Seventh- and eighth-grade students in Mrs. Julie Brendlinger’s class from Marion Center Junior/Senior High School competed in ...

A study published in the journal Nature yesterday, Wednesday, February 5, 2025, titled Children’s Arithmetic Skills Do Not ...

While the highest-performing students started to regain lost ground, lower-performing students fell further behind.

Among the few bright spots was an improvement in fourth grade math, where the average score ticked up 2 points on a scale of 500 ... and some were unable to identify that the word “industrious” means ...

The results showed that, compared to 2022, the average math score for eighth grade students was virtually unchanged, while reading scores fell 2 points at both grade levels ... and some were unable to ...

Among the few bright spots was an improvement in fourth grade math, where the average score ticked up 2 points on a scale ... were unable to identify that the word “industrious” means ...

I call them problems because of the puzzle’s title, “Word Problems ... This is my second Times puzzle. It’s exciting to run a Sunday, especially with a theme that’s so math-oriented.