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Arizona standardized test results are in, and preliminary figures show most Arizona students are not proficient in math or reading. Here are some samples of the unofficial results under the new ...
Most Arizona students are not as fortunate as Sigg's. This year, more than 100,000 Arizona students failed the math portion of AIMS — more than five times as many as those who failed reading.
Becoming a math teacher in Arizona just got a little easier. In an effort to address the shortage of qualified math teachers, the State Board of Education has opted to test an educator’s ability ...
Arizona's performance when it comes to state policies for improving math education is unacceptable, according to a new study.
Arizona’s science and social studies standards for K-12 students are being updated, and the state's department of education wants your input.
A conservative Arizona Republican senator who was pushing a contentious proposal that would bar any sexual education instruction for students before the 7th grade and create new requirements for ...
Learning how to "transcribe ideas legibly in cursive" by the end of the third grade. Creating additional standards for high-school math courses beyond Algebra I, geometry and Algebra II Adding ...
Robison Elementary School is trying out a new way to get kids to like math — teaching their parents to love it.
Math scores also went up, rising 2 percent to an unimpressive 59 percent. Writing scores however, remain in the crapper -- scores this year dropped 15 percent to a failing grade of 56 percent.
Arizona will require public schools to teach cursive handwriting as one of a number of new education standard.
The project, dubbed the Southern Arizona Mathematics Initiative, is intended for teachers in schools that perform poorly on the Arizona Instrument to Measure Standards. Instructors will utilize essays ...