Want to help your eighth-grader master math? Here are some of the skills your child will be learning in the classroom. Understand rational and irrational numbers. Know that a rational number can be ...

Where states set the bar for what counts as “proficient” performance on state tests differs dramatically across states and even across subjects and grades within states, a new study reveals. The ...

Last spring, Massachusetts eighth-graders took the state’s first ever civics MCAS exam, finally setting a benchmark for ...

EdSource · How one student became a powerful voice for others with disabilities Eighth grade students’ science test scores have fallen to the level they were in 2009, the first year the national test ...