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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

Five years ago, Kentucky became the first state in the country to start implementing the Common Core State Standards in classrooms and measuring whether students are reaching those standards. While ...

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,” ...

After a long and frustrating homework session with his 2nd grade son one day last school year, Jeff Severt dashed off a letter to the teacher. “I have a bachelor of science degree in electrical ...

In a move likely to cause political and academic stress in many states, a consortium that is designing assessments for the Common Core State Standards released data Monday projecting that more than ...

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 ...