High school freshman Brenden Shuler breezed through the state-standardized algebra test last year, but doesn’t really see the point of the exam. “If you have a good enough grade in that class, that ...

Keyari Cooper started ninth-grade algebra with a decent attitude. Math wasn't her best subject, but the Pittsburg High School student thought she had a fighting chance to pass the course. Factoring, ...

EdSource · When teens counsel teens: Why peer support programs are growing While the state’s standardized testing program is being revamped during the transition to the new Common Core State Standards ...

Jasmine Villa has taken the state’s new graduation test three times. She has failed three times. And though the 17-year-old Oxnard student says she still hasn’t learned all the material on the ...