In many places it's become a fundamental part of the middle school math curriculum, too. In recent years, more students have begun taking Algebra 1 in eighth or even seventh grade ...

The curriculum, Illustrative Math, ... “I love it,” said Mia Price, who’s using Illustrative Math for her seventh-grade students at a middle school in Brooklyn for the second year.

This year, a new curriculum from Illustrative Mathematics was rolled out for kindergarten to fifth-grade students. That matches the curriculum already used in 6th, 7th and 8th grades. But change ...

Our changes to the 6th and 7th grade math structure are deliberately designed so that students have a better preparation for advanced mathematics in high school and beyond—and so that more ...

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The question led me to lock myself in my office with our 6 th grade math curriculum. The 25-page document included an overarching philosophy, standards, dates, instructional practice, assessments ...

The current math curriculum allows students to have the option of taking advanced or honors classes after 5th grade based on benchmark scores, MSTEP scores and teacher recommendations.

Eighth-grade math teacher Emma Comstock Reid from Fannie Lou Hammer Middle School. (Michael Appleton/Mayoral Photography Office) “This was the first introduction to the word ‘congruence ...