Education by the Numbers Archives - The Hechinger Report

The math achievement of American high school students in 2015 fell for the second time in a row on a major international benchmark, pushing the United States down to the bottom half of 72 nations and regions around the world who participate in the international test, known as the Program for International Student Assessment or […]

Education by the Numbers

U.S. now ranks near the bottom among 35 industrialized nations in math

Is it better to teach pure math instead of applied math?

State-of-the-art education software often doesn’t help students learn more, study finds

Data show International Baccalaureate (IB) classes help low-income students

Colleges send too many into remedial classes who don’t need it, growing body of research shows

The children of children who went to desegregated schools reap benefits, too, study finds

The best school violence prevention program may start with raising test scores, study shows

Data show segregation by income (not race) is what’s getting worse in schools

Are science lecture classes sexist?

Cries about national teacher shortages might be overblown