According to test results of a nationwide test released by the Education Department on Wednesday its for the first time since 1990, the mathematical skills of American students have dropped.decline appeared in both Grades 4 and Grade 8 in an exam administered by department of education every two years as the National Assessment of Educational Progress.
Some of the Educators said that the first-time decline in math scores was unexpected, and related to decline of test result the changes in the Common Core standards, which have been adopted by more than 40 states. For example, some of the fourth-grade math questions on data analysis, statistics and geometry are not part of that grade’s guidelines under the Common Core and so might not have been covered in class. The largest score drops on the fourth-grade math exams were on questions related to those topics.
As states have adopted the Common Core — guidelines many teachers have adjusted their curriculum and instructional methods, particularly in math. Students are asked to use math to solve real-life problems and find different ways to come at the same answer rather than simply repeating formulas.
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