Students across the country struggled with advanced algebra on a first-of-its-kind test in that subject, according to a report to be released this week by Achieve, the nonprofit Washington ...

Nothing about Algebra II is easy. Educators applauded lawmakers in June for dumping Algebra II as an end-of-course exam after less than half of students passed the test over its three-year existence.

LITTLE ROCK — One in 10 Arkansas students who took last year's multistate Algebra II Endof-Course test scored at the desired "prepared" or "well prepared" levels. Eighty-eight percent of the state's ...